04/04/2019
HAYS, Kan. – The Department of History at Fort Hays State University presented seven papers at the 2019 Kansas Association of Historians Conference in Manhattan.

Students and faculty attended and presented at the conference, with two students earning awards.

Students who presented are listed in alphabetical order.

Randy Gonzales, Hays history graduate student, presented “Newspaper Coverage of Kansas ‘Fitter Families,’” which won the award for Best Graduate Paper.

Carly Kauffman, Hays history graduate student, presented “Racial and Ethnic Implications in Rorschach Tests.”

Trevor Leverett, Sublette history graduate student, presented “The Black Fist of Freedom: The Growth of Black Power and FBI Intervention,” which tied for first place in the Undergraduate Paper Award.

Jordan Stevens, Wichita sophomore majoring in history, presented “There’s Something Happening Here: American Protest Songs of the Vietnam War.”

Faculty who presented were:

Dr. John Mack, FHSU Virtual College professor of history, presented “Selling a Mythical Past: Fred Harvey and the Spectacle of the American Southwest.”

Hollie Marquess, instructor of history, presented “Drue Leyton Tartiere’s Resistance Efforts to Aid Allied Aviators in Occupied France.”

Dr. Kim Perez, associate professor of history, presented “‘Hoover’s Silent Partner’: Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover’s Collaboration on the Translation of De Re Metalica.”

Additionally, Dr. Marco Macias, assistant professor of history, Dr. Juti Winchester, assistant professor of history, Marquess and Perez served as chairs for different sessions held throughout the conference.

“Overall the 2019 KAH Conference was a success,” said Marquess. “The History Department is so proud of our students who participated in the conference, presented their work and won awards. Their dedication and level of scholarship produced is something for which they deserve recognition.”