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Student Research
Every year several EMU History students present their original historical research in the Undergraduate Symposium and Graduate Research Fair. Students interested in engaging in an independent research project should contact the faculty member with whom they would like to work.
2009 Undergraduate Symposium presentations
- Colleen Marquis, "A History of History: War Re-Enacting in America"
- Changbin Em, "Gentry of the Chesapeake: A Study of Social Stratification in Colonial Virginia and Maryland"
- Sharon Sullivan Dufour, "Ritual Purity Laws: A Comparison of the Laws of Manu and Moses"
- Sabrina Fitzwilliams, "In Search of Prosperity and Adventure: Women Homesteaders in the American West"
- Daniel Peterson, "Constantine and Christianity: An Opportunistic Conversion?"
- Michael Vianueva, "Unleashing the Blitzkrieg: Precursors of a Tactical Revolution"—
- Danielle Marsh, "Brunelleschi: Architect of Rebirth"
- Sarah Anthony, "The Mystery of the Princes: The Unknown Fate of Edward V and Prince Richard"
- Brittany Mrozek, "Cultural Explorations Beyond the Classroom"
- Allen Kopicko, "A Liberal View of the Election of 1864: The Ideology behind the Once Democratic Detroit Free Press"
- Sharon Sullivan Dufour, "The Samaritan Pentateuch: A Comparative Analysis with the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint"
- Michael Blanchard, "Foreign Workers in Japan’s Meiji Restoration: A Preview of Cultural and Political Relations Between Japan and the West in the Twentieth Century"
- Sierra Farmer, "Building Young Women's Leadership Potential" Scott Lonsdale, "Revolutionary Detroit: Native Americans and the Continental Congress"
- Ehteshaam Gulam, "The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus as Seen in Islam"
- Justin Payne, "The Black Preacher: One Entity, Two Souls"
- Chris Schaedig, "Sticking Their Necks Out: Morals and Lessons for the Home Front in Casablanca, Since You Went Away and Why We Fight"
2009 Graduate Research Fair presentations
- Marcus Adams, “Profiting from Prostitution in Renaissance Florence”
- Wilson Blythe, “Overcoming Resistance to Killing: America’s Military in the 20th Century”
- Karen Widger Caldwell, “For Better or Worse?”
- Peter W. Cherlet, “California Gold Rush 1848-1855: The Chinese and their Departure from Mining”
- Aaron Dougherty, “’These Fellows Intend Mischief’: Tecumseh, the United States, and the Climax of Indian Nationalism”
- Pamela German, “English Witchcraft: A Gender and Geographical Issue”
- Joseph Pfeifer, “The 81st and 82nd West African Division in World War II during the Burma Campaign”
- George Royce, “Diamonds in Angola: Funding UNITA’s War”
- Bridget Sekuterski, “The United States’ Support of the Dictatorship in Zaire”
- Michael Stout, “French African Colonial Troops on the Western Front of World War II”
- David Wagner, “The Decline of Rust Belt Cities: 1945-1960”
- Carly Willacker, “The Socio-Economic Struggle of Ghanaian Women from Matrilineal Community to Patriarchal Society”
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Student Lauren Myhand presents at the 2008 Undergraduate Symposium.
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