History Department Honors Program/Senior Thesis Presentations
Location
Hogan, 401
Start Date
22-4-2026 8:30 AM
End Date
22-4-2026 12:30 PM
First Advisor
Liat Spiro
Second Advisor
Chris Staysniak
Third Advisor
Kris Ray
Fourth Advisor
Gwenn Miller
Department
History
Description
9 - 9:20 A.M. | Max Coté ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Liat Spiro & Ed O'Donnell) Accusations of Insanity: The Medicalization of American Anarchism, 1890 - 191
9:20 - 9:40 A.M. | Erin Albers ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Chris Staysniak) The Women of the Boston Cooking School: The Construction of Nutrition Expertise through Teacher Education and Popular Publications
9:40 - 10 A.M. | Enci Zheng ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ke Ren) Trapped Overseas, Bound at Home: Qiaopi and Family Responsibility in South China–North America Migration, 1850s–1940s
10:10 - 10:30 A.M. | Caleigh Noonan ’26 (Faculty Mentors: Gwenn Miller and Kris Ray) Wa-Xthe-Thoṉba (“Woman of Two Standards”): Maria Tallchief’s Navigation of Tradition and Modernity in Ballet, Osage Culture, and Mid-Century American Society
10:30 - 10:50 A.M. | Junyi Wu ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ke Ren) Who Determines Authority in Medicine? Conflicts Over Science, Identity, and National Independence in the West China Union University, 1891-1945
10:50 - 11 A.M. | Coffee Break
11 - 11:20 A.M. | Stefanie Szawerda ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Hooper) The Government Girl’s Secrets: Judith Coplon, the FBI, and the Boundaries of National Security
11:20 - 11:40 A.M. | Aidan Traverse ’26 (Faculty Mentors: Liat Spiro and Tom Gottschang) We Must Have Jobs!”: The UAW, Full Employment, and the Drive for Industrial Democracy
11:40 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Colette Potter ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ed O'Donnell) Responsibility and Respectability: The MacBride Principles and American Lobbying Power During the Troubles
12 - 12:20 P.M. | Emily Addona ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Hooper) Eyes on Solidarity: The U.S. Valorization of Poland and the Re-Imagining of Polish-American Identity in the Reagan Era
History Department Honors Program/Senior Thesis Presentations
Hogan, 401
9 - 9:20 A.M. | Max Coté ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Liat Spiro & Ed O'Donnell) Accusations of Insanity: The Medicalization of American Anarchism, 1890 - 191
9:20 - 9:40 A.M. | Erin Albers ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Chris Staysniak) The Women of the Boston Cooking School: The Construction of Nutrition Expertise through Teacher Education and Popular Publications
9:40 - 10 A.M. | Enci Zheng ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ke Ren) Trapped Overseas, Bound at Home: Qiaopi and Family Responsibility in South China–North America Migration, 1850s–1940s
10:10 - 10:30 A.M. | Caleigh Noonan ’26 (Faculty Mentors: Gwenn Miller and Kris Ray) Wa-Xthe-Thoṉba (“Woman of Two Standards”): Maria Tallchief’s Navigation of Tradition and Modernity in Ballet, Osage Culture, and Mid-Century American Society
10:30 - 10:50 A.M. | Junyi Wu ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ke Ren) Who Determines Authority in Medicine? Conflicts Over Science, Identity, and National Independence in the West China Union University, 1891-1945
10:50 - 11 A.M. | Coffee Break
11 - 11:20 A.M. | Stefanie Szawerda ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Hooper) The Government Girl’s Secrets: Judith Coplon, the FBI, and the Boundaries of National Security
11:20 - 11:40 A.M. | Aidan Traverse ’26 (Faculty Mentors: Liat Spiro and Tom Gottschang) We Must Have Jobs!”: The UAW, Full Employment, and the Drive for Industrial Democracy
11:40 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Colette Potter ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Ed O'Donnell) Responsibility and Respectability: The MacBride Principles and American Lobbying Power During the Troubles
12 - 12:20 P.M. | Emily Addona ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Hooper) Eyes on Solidarity: The U.S. Valorization of Poland and the Re-Imagining of Polish-American Identity in the Reagan Era
Comments
Additional Faculty Mentors: Cynthia Hooper, Tom Gottschang, Ed O'Donnell