Seven History Students Present Research at National Convention

Seven students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's History program presented their research at the Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, national convention in early January. Held at the Arlington, VA, Renaissance Capital View Hotel, the convention included students and faculty from across the United States.

UL students presenting their research were: Connor Benoit, "Southern Aggression: Political Terror in 1868 Louisiana"; Kallie Barron, "St. Landry Sketches: Chronicling Civil War and Reconstruction-Era St. Landry Parish"; Ashley Birdsall, "Cunning Women in Early Modern England"; Connor Cruse, "The Princess and the Pilot: Two Stories of Soviet Defection; Ashlyn Capello, "Popular Printing, Internal Othering, and Witch Making in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century London"; Taylor Townsend, "Daniel Hundley and the Southern Gentleman: One Man’s Contribution to the Lost Cause"; and Luca Lancon, "The Imposition of European Gender Roles on Indigenous People in the Mississippi Valley." Two other UL History students, Ethan Campisi and Emma Thomas, attended the convention but did not present. The students were joined by Dr. Michael S. Martin, faculty co-advisor for the Epsilon-Xi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Pictured here (l-r) are incoming national Vice President of PAT Dr. Kyriakos Nalmpantis, past PAT President Dr. Clayton Drees, outgoing PAT President Dr. Debra A. Mulligan, incoming PAT President Dr. Hosok O, Martin, Barron, Cruse, Birdsall, Capello, Campisi, Benoit, Thomas, Lancon, Townsend.