Graduate Students

Recent Online Master's of Arts Theses in History and Area Studies

Alvarez, Araceli The Media as an Image Maker/Breaker: The Case of Tina Modotti and Its Literary Representation History/AS
Alvarez, Leticia The Influence of the Mexican Muralists in the United States. From the New Deal to the Abstract Expressionism History/AS
Bright, Eric W. "Nothing to Fear from the Influence of Foreigners:" The Patriotism of Richmond's German-Americans during the Civil War History
Crawford, Aaron S. The Resurrection of Andrew Johnson: His Return to Tennessee Politics History
Curtis, Christopher M. "Can These Be The Sons of Their Fathers" The Defense of Slavery in Virginia, 1831-1832 History
Donaldson, Sharon Olivia Models and Their Artists: The Dichotomous Representation of Women in The Unknown Masterpiece, Manette Salomon and The Masterpiece History
Dotson, Paul Randolph Sisson's Kingdom: Loyalty Divisions in Floyd County, Virginia, 1861-1865 History
Finck, James Wilford Honor and Duty to God and State: John Janney and the Virginia Secession Convention History
Fox, Jr., Carlton Trent The U.S.Army School of the Americas and U.S. National Interests in the 20th Century History
Gagnon, Heather Elizabeth Scandalous Beginnings: Witch Trials to Witch City History
Grady, Timothy Paul On the Path to Slavery: Indentured Servitude in Barbados and Virginia during the Seventeenth Century History
Hebert, Keith Scott A Case Study in Nineteenth Century Medicine: Robert Ellett's Medical Practice, 1850-1904 History
Hephner, Richard H. "Where Youth and Laughter Go": Trench Warfare from Petersburg to the Western Front History
Le Corre-Cochran, Victoria Ann Taking Control, Women of Lorient, France Direct Their Lives Despite The German Occupation (June 1940-May 1945) History
Lopez, Abel R ãWe have everything and we have nothingä: Empleados and Middle-Class Identities in Bogota, Colombia: 1930-1955. History/AS
Lovasz, Michelle Anne French Caribbean Women and the Problem of Empowerment: A look at "Moi, Tituba sorcière...Noire de Salem" and "Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle History/AS
Martin, Ana Maria "Águila o sol" de Sabina Berman: una visión postmoderna de la historia de Mexico History/AS
McCall, R. David "Every Thing in its Place" Gender and Space on America's Railroads, 1830-1899 History
Mitchell, Sarah Bodies of Knowledge: The Influence of Slaves on the Antebellum Medical Community History
Neely, Caroline Elizabeth "Dat's one chile of mine you ain't never gonna sell": Gynecological Resistance within the Plantation Community History
Noyalas, Jonathan Alex "My will is absolute law" General Robert H. Milroy and Winchester, Virginia History
Paxton, James W. B. Fighting for Independence and Slavery: Confederate Perceptions of Their War Experiences History
Perez-Lagunes, Rosario The Myth of La Malinche: From the Chronicles to Modern Mexican Theater History/AS
Razzino, Marianne Pauline Environmetal Education in Mexico: A Conetent Analysis of Primary School Textbooks History/AS
Roberts, Kevin African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms among Slaves in Virginia, 1740-1870 History
Shelton, Regan Virginia "The Case of Mary Phagan,'A Story About the Story of a Murder': Constructing a Crime" History
Stallard, Wendy Annette The Highland Charge and the Jacobite Rebellions History
Taylor, Sarah Elizabeth Remembering Elderly Women in Early America: A survey of how aged women were memorialized in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century tombstone inscriptions, death notices, funeral sermons, and memoirs History
Teagle, Robert James Land, Labor, and Reform: Hill Carter, Slavery, and Agricultural Improvement at Shirley Plantation, 1816-1866 History
Wright, Robert Brian The Idealistic Realist: Mary McLeod Bethune, The National Council of Negro Women and the National Youth Administration History

 

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