Shepherd University Department of History Spring 2021 Student Capstone Presentations
April 20 and 22, 4:00 – 6:30 PM
All presentations held over Zoom
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April 20 Schedule
Introduction 4:00 – 4:10 PM
Raphael Corletta, “Ravaging Summer: The Memory of the War of 1812 in Maryland,” (4:10 PM)
Advisors: Drs. Broomall and Bankhurst
Colton Blackwell, “Humanizing the Dead: Antietam, America’s Single Bloodiest Day,” (4:30 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Broomall
Christian Webb, “ ‘To the Mountains’: How the Tidewater Planter Impacted the
Lower Shenandoah Valley in the Eighteenth Century,” (4:50 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Broomall
Intermission (5:10 – 5:20 PM)
Victoria Myers, “”When Red and Green mix it Creates Yellow; The Story of Charlotte Perkin Gilman and Silas Wier Mitchell,” (5:20 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Sandy
Erik Minyard, “ ‘Never Put New Wine in an Old Bottle’: Adapting to 20th Century Warfare with Armored Vehicles,” (5:40 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Broomall
Conner Goff, “Religion and Rome During the Reigns of Elagabalus and Constantine,” (6:00 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Brasher
April 22 Schedule
Introduction 4:00 – 4:10 PM
Logan Babylon, “A Contemporary Approach to the Utilization of Oral History in Research and Education,” (4:10 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Alexander
Rudolph Bakin, “Concerning the Relation Between 15th-16th Century Fight Manuals and the Martial Culture of Europe,” (4:30 PM)
Advisor: Professor Priddy
Alexander Lucas, “The Military History of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook, New Jersey: A Case Study on The Evolution of United States Coastal Defenses and Military Technology,”(4:50 PM)
Advisors: Drs. Broomall and Bankhurst
Intermission (5:10 – 5:20 PM)
Brian McCoy, “The Impact of the Civil War on Civilians in Baltimore and Annapolis,” (5:20 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Broomall
Ryan Morris-Escobar, (5:40 PM)
Advisor: Dr. Alexander
Department Awards Presentation (6:00 PM)