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SU
at the Phi Alpha Theta biennial conference,
January 2006, Philadelphia
Five seniors had the opportunity to present
research at the national biennial convention in Philadelphia. Lauren
Girio, Aileen Carlson, Randy Hagofsky, Conor Muntz, and Brian Richards
each presented a primary source research paper that had been completed
as part of their senior capstone experience. The conference allowed
students to combine a research paper, public presentation, and a three
day off campus urban experience. Students had the opportunity to intellectually
engage with faculty and students from about 20 different institutions
across the nation. The experience was greatly enhanced by the fact that
all five full time faculty members from the SU history department were
able to attend the conference, discuss papers and lectures with the
students, and to help mediate and encourage the students who for the
first time experienced public critique and praise of their work.
Senior
history majors presented the following papers (in order of presentation):
Lauren
N. Girio
Consumed With Scarcity: Representations of Food in Neorealist
Italian Cinema
Conor
Muntz
A Vision of Progress: Scottish Nationalism during the 1960s-70s
Brian
J. Richards
Uniting the Republicans: The First National Republican
Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1856
Aileen
Carlson
The Italian’s Market in the Italian Market: How Italian
Immigrants
Prospered in America Through Business and Organization
Randy
Hagofsky
The Pen’s Power during Chinese Exclusion in the United
States
Randy Hagofsky and Aileen Carlson listen to comments
during their panel,
"U.S. Immigration and Imperialism." 
Brian Richards presents "Uniting the Republicans."
Dr. Cymone Fourshey, Aileen Carlson, and Brian
Richards between sessions
Dr. David Imhoof chairs a panel on Nazi Germany
Students and faculty at the Presidential banquet
Randy Hagofsky, Aileen Carlson, and Lauren Girio
Randy Hagofsky ponders his future
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