Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Alpha Phi Chapter

 

2009 Regional Conference

March 28, 2009
Michigan State University
Kellogg Center

 

   
Session I
Vietnam & Protest

(left) Eric Baldwin, Michigan State University
I Aint Gonna March No More

(right) Aaron Myers, Michigan State University
Fire and Slaughter: Soldiers of Vietnam


 

 

left) Judge: Professor William Schoenl, Michigan Sate University

(right) Chair: Ryan Etzkorn. Michigan State University

 

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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Mediterranean
(l to r) Judge: Professor Denise Demetriou
Brendon Lee, Oakland University
U.S. Policy with Israel 1967 - 1973: Israel as a Strategic Asset
Matthew Murray, Michigan State University
Coup in Tripoli: The Attempted Overthrow of Yusuf Pasha in 1805
Chair: Jeffrey Richards, Michigan State University



(l to r) Brendon Lee, Oakland University
Matthew Murray, Michigan State University
Chair: Jeffrey Richards, Michigan State University

   
   
Session II
European Jews in WW II
(left) Judge: Professor Emily Tabateau
Chair: Professor Jane Vieth

(left) Ben Dacin, Oakland University
Changing Fate: The Evolution of Policy Toward Romanian Jewry
Robert Super: Michigan State University
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising



   
   

Religion and Economics

(l to r)  Judge: Professor Edward Jocque,
Chair: Sam Warren,
Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University
Rochester's Agrarian Past: 20th Century Farms in Avon Township

Eric Bowler, Western Michigan University
The Catholic Reforms of Henry VIII

 



Session III
Sugar and Fashion in the Nineteenth Century
(left) Judge: Professor Michael Stamm
Chair: Justin Benson, Michigan State University

Jessica Yetter, Western Michigan University
Woman and Fashion: The Impact on French Society in the Nineteenth Century
Andrew Stonehouse, Oakland University
Sugar and Spice Does Not Make Everything Nice



   
   
l to r) Ryan Etzkorn, Michigan State University
The Sting of Asia's "Granary"
Jaclyn Freeman, Alma College
The Forgotten Sector of Operation "TORCH"
Judge: Professor Matthew Pauley
Chair: Elizabeth Slocum


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Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Dr. Thomas Underhill
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Michigan State University

   
   
Luncheon Head Table
(l to r) Jeffrey Richards, Elizabeth Slocum,  Dr. Jane Vieth, Dr. Thomas Underhill, Dr. Emily Tabateau, Justin Benson and

   
   
Award Winners
(Standing) Brendon Lee, Andrew Stonehouse, Eric Baldwin,
Aaron Myers, Jessica Yetter, Jaclyn Freeman



Dr. Jane Vieth, Conference Organizer
With two of her students
(left) Aaron Myers and Eric Baldwin