Beamish, Richard Win Research Recognition Awards

Dr. Ian Beamish and Dr. Carl Richard were recognized for their research activities at the UL Research Recognition Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 12.

Beamish, assistant professor of history and interim director of Public History, received the College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for the work he has done with undergraduate students. This includes research-oriented courses like "African American History in Iberia Parish, 1880-1900" and "Black Civil War Veterans in Iberia Parish, 1865-1877," both of which resulted in public-facing exhibits; student-curated museum projects such as Resistance Through Persistence: Enslaved Women's Culture in Louisiana; the teaching of our capstone "Research and Writing" course; and the employment of undergraduate research assistants for research in slavery and agriculture reform.

Richard, professor of history, is a highly regarded scholar of American intellectual history, the Founding generation, and Ancient Greece and Rome. He received the College of Liberal Arts Research Excellence Award for the work he has done throughout his still-vibrant career. He has published eight books, in addition to providing contributions to professional journals and edited volumes, while also presenting his research before national and international audiences.

Congratulations to both of them on these well-deserved honors!