March 10, 2008
UNO History Student Research Presentations:
The Phi Alpha Theta conference is held in conjunction with the 2008 Louisiana Historical Association annual meeting. Phi Alpha Theta is an international honor society that seeks to bring together students, professors and other historians in an environment conducive to research, sound teaching, publication and the exchange of ideas among peers. The UNO chapter is directed by Drs. Jeff Wilson and Jim Mokhiber. |
UNO undergraduate as well as graduate history students are presenting their research at various conferences in Louisiana and beyond. Two UNO graduate students are preparing to present at conferences in Philadelphia and Mexico.
Graduate student Eileen Guillory will present her research into the post-Katrina realities confronting elderly members of the New Orleans area at the International Oral History Association’s September 2008 conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. Titled “Facing the Storm: An Oral History of Elderly Survivors of Katrina,” Guillory’s research began while enrolled in Dr. Connie Atkinson’s Oral History course. Guillory’s topic developed into her MA thesis, which Dr. Atkinson is directing. Very rarely has the International Oral History Association accepted graduate student proposals for presentation, which is indicative of Guillory’s promise as a scholar.
Graduate student Joseph Stoltz will present a paper titled “To Support and Defend the Constitution on the Banks of the Mississippi: The Establishment of the Orleans Territorial Militia" at Temple University’s Twelfth Annual Barnes Club Graduate Student Conference. The conference takes place April 12th in Philadelphia. Stoltz wrote his paper specifically for the conference.
Two UNO history students are presenting papers at the 2008 Louisiana Regional Phi Alpha Theta Meeting in Lafayette. Justin Cottrell will
present "The Women of the Camps: Profiles of Female Concentration Camp Guards in Nazi Germany" and John Mangipano will present
"The Golden Age of New Orleans Aviation: The Blue Frontier." Mangipano wrote his paper as part of the coursework in Dr. Madelon Powers’ Researching New Orleans class.
Undergraduate history major Jeff Ferguson will present “The New Orleans Mint and Mardi Gras Doubloons” during the Louisiana Folklore Society 2008 Annual Meeting . The conference takes place in New Orleans on the UNO campus, April 4-5th. Ferguson conducted his research while enrolled in Dr. Mizell-Nelson’s History of New Orleans course. Mizell-Nelson will also showcase a few other examples of UNO undergraduate research in a separate presentation.
