8:00am—9am

Registration (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Foyer)

Breakfast and Coffee Service (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 110)

• Assorted breakfast tacos from Taco Cabana
• Coffee service from Mocha & Java

 

9:00am—10:20am

• Diplomatic Response to Native and Foreign Powers Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 201) Faculty Commentator: Margaret Vaverek, Librarian, Texas State University, and Jason Rivas, Graduate Student, Texas State University

Student Moderator: John Rogers, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Issac Xaiver Auld, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Comparative Analysis of the United States, France, and Spain’s Use of Neutrality in 1776 and 1793’”
• Christopher Bragdon, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Effects of Cherokee Nationalism and American Public Opinion on Early S. Diplomacy”
• Kendall Jo Allen, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Education as a Diplomatic Tool in Negotiations with Native People”

 

9:00am—10:20am

Transformations in Architecture Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 106)

Faculty Commentator: Dr. Peter Dedek, Associate Professor, Texas State University Student Moderator: Kyla Campbell, Graduate Student, Texas State University

• Kyle Walker, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture’s Role in the Preservation Movement in San Antonio”
• Mary Kahle, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Architecture of Moral Treatment for the Mentally Ill in Nineteenth Century S.”
• Nikolas Koetting, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “‘A Comparative Analysis of the Architecture of Charleston and New Orleans

 

9:00am—10:20am

Decolonization and the British Empire Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 105)

Faculty Commentators: Dr. Nancy Berlage, Director of Public History, Texas State University Student Moderator: Francisco Rodriguez Arroyo, Graduate Student, Texas State University

• Rayanna Hoeft, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “A Collection’s Purpose: Connecting Material Culture to Museum Visitor Experience”
• Messia Gondorchin, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Misunderstood Monuments of a Forgotten War: Commemoration of the Second Boer War throughout England”
• Desmond Workhoven, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Barton Brothers: Privateers and Founders of the Scottish Navy”

 

10:30am—11:50am

Thomas Jefferson and National Leaders Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 201) Faculty Commentator: Dr. Shannon Duffy, Senior Lecturer, Texas State University Student Moderator: John Rogers, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Christian M. Prado, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Nature and Nurture: How Human Tendency and Exterior Influence Affected Early Diplomatic Policy”
• Samantha S. Cayse, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “North African Pirates and American International Affairs: Evolution of Jefferson’s Diplomacy with the Barbary States”
• Asher C. Rogers, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Jefferson’s America in the Age of European Colonialism: Western Territories & the Louisiana Purchase”

 

10:30am—11:50am

Gender and Women’s Identity Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 106)

Faculty Commentator: Dr. Jessica Pliley, Associate Professor, Texas State University Student Moderator: Messia Gondorchin, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Jennifer Blackwell, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Two for the Price of One: The First Ladies and American Diplomacy Beyond the Confines of the Women’s Sphere”
• Lauren Kahre-Campbell, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Gendered Patterns of Inheritance in Early Modern England”

 

10:30am—11:50am

Foreign Policy and War Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 105)

Faculty Commentator: Dr. Ellen Tillman, Associate Professor, Texas State University Student Moderator: Desmond Workhoven, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Evan Moore, Graduate Student, Texas State University

• “The Continental Army’s Role in Violence at the Battle of King Mountain”
  • Andrew Freeman, Graduate Student, Texas State University
    • “From Tampico to Niagara Falls: How a Perceived Insult Led to Invasion, Occupation, and Mediation”
  • Robert J. Anzenberger, Graduate Student, Texas State University
    • “Herbert Hoover: Finland’s Guardian Angel”

 

12:00pm—12:30pm

Lunch catered by Mamacita’s (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 110)

 

12:45pm—1:45pm

Keynote Presentation (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 101)

• Dr. Thomas Cauvin, Assistant Professor at Colorado State University and President of the International Federation for Public History

 

2:00pm—3:20pm

The Continuous Role of Slavery in Revolutions and Diplomacy Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 106)

Faculty Commentator: Dr. Dwonna Goldstone, Director of African American Studies Program, Texas State University

Student Moderator: Messia Gondorchin, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Ana Sofia Hernandez, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “‘The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Early American Diplomacy Towards Slavery”
• Reagan Deona Sekander, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Annexation of Texas and the Issues that Slowed the Process”

 

2:00pm—3:20pm

Perspectives in Modern History Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 105)

Faculty Commentators: Mr. Dan K. Utley, Lecturer, Texas State University and Dr. Jeff Helgeson, Associate Professor, Texas State University

Student Moderator: Desmond Workhoven, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Suzanne Schatz, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Fire Burns On: Texas A&M Bonfire, Women, and Tradition”
• Ethen Peña, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Yellow Stained Tears”: The Effects of Historical Trauma on the American Indian Movement”

 

2:00pm—3:20pm

The Chains of Early American Diplomacy Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 201) Faculty Commentator: Dr. Sara Damiano, Assistant Professor, Texas State University Student Moderator: John Rogers, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Tobi Omo-Osagie, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Racial Barriers to American Diplomacy”
• William Joseph Keenan, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “By Way of the St. Lawrence: The Bond of Slavery in Canada and The United States”
• Alex J. Humphries, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Faith of the Confederacy Rests on Cotton”

 

3:30pm—4:50pm

The Beginnings and Impact of the Monroe Doctrine (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 201)

Faculty Commentators: Dr. Thomas Alter, Assistant Professor, Texas State University, and Rayanna Hoeft, Graduate Student, Texas State University

Student Moderator: John Rogers, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Hannah Thompson, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How Early American Presidents Paved the Way for the Monroe Doctrine”
• Sarie Aguirre, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Advancement of American Imperialism through The Monroe Doctrine”
• Illeane Marquez, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Monroe Doctrine: A Policy of Non-Interference for European Powers for Peace and Safety”

 

3:30pm—4:50pm

American Imperialism Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 106)

Faculty  Commentator:  Dr.  Joshua  Paddison,  Lecturer,  Texas  State  University Student Moderator: Messia Gondorchin, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Noa Vasquez, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Conquest and Growth: The Two Ages of Filibustering”
• Carlos Fidalgo, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Texas Quagmire: How Failed Diplomacy Sparked the Mexican American War”
• Jacob Dowdell, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
  • “The Tempering of US Imperialism: The Cost of an Island Empire”

 

3:30pm—4:50pm

Military and Government Architecture Panel (Taylor-Murphy Hall, Room 105) Faculty Commentator: Dr. Peter Dedek, Associate Professor, Texas State University

Student Moderator: Desmond Workhoven, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

• Kyla Campbell, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “From Barracks to Balfour: The Evolution of Base Housing on American Military Bases.””
• Evan Smith, Graduate Student, Texas State University
  • “Washington D.C.: A Unique Creation of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”