History MA students win Michigan Historical Review's Best Graduate Student Paper award

Every year, the Michigan Historical Review awards a prize to the best graduate student paper in Michigan. The winner receives $1,000 and has their article published in the MHR. This year, History MA student Kyle Whitman won the prize with his essay "'Indians just fish because it is their right to fish': Michigan Native Americans and the Battle for Fishing Rights." Whitman’s paper focuses on the American Indian Movement in Michigan and how the state’s tribes used fishing rights as a way to further their sovereignty.

History MA student Carly Scarbrough came in second with her paper "'We Don't Go Anywhere': The Lives of Washtenaw Women during the Reign of the Ypsilanti Ripper." Scarbrough’s paper examines the role that gender and the sexual revolution played in the murders committed by John Norman Collins between 1967 and 1969. She is working to revise and resubmit her paper for publication. 

Congratulations to both Kyle and Carly--and many thanks to Professor Mary-Elizabeth Murphy as both papers came out of her class HIST 601: Researching U.S. History.