In this session, History Majors completing their Senior Seminar (the History Department's capstone project) will present their senior thesis projects. There are ten History majors engaged in the Senior Seminar process during the 2018-2019 academic year. Four of the students are developing research projects based on an extensive internship experience at the Oregon State Archives; the other six students are developing theses based on individualized research projects.
Session 1 (10:15 - 11:15 A.M.) Dayna Ragasa Mental Hospitals and their Effect on Race and Gender in the 1920s Mentor: Kim Jensen
Kennedy Hudson Restraint as Therapy: Institutional Control at the Oregon State Hospital in the 1920s Mentor: Kim Jensen
Owen Reutlinger You Say You Want A Revolution: Slavery in Haiti and the United States in the early 1800’s Mentors: John Rector, Elizabeth Swedo
Alexandra Bell Confronting The Early Relationship Between the United States and Saudi Arabia Mentor: John Rector
Session 2 (11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.) Brant Cheeley Misinformed but Well Meaning: United States Newspaper Coverage of the Bosnian War From 1992-95 Mentor: David Doellinger
Andres Alvarez Immigrants, Mental Health, and the Oregon State Hospital Mentor: Kim Jensen
Alexander Eidler The Teutonic Order and the Baltic Crusades Mentor: Elizabeth Swedo
Session 3 (12:45 - 1:45 P.M.) Marcos Morales, Elizabeth Swedo The Creation of a King: How Geoffrey of Monmouth Influenced the Story of King Arthur Mentor: Bau-Hwa Hsieh
Austin Jones Confessionalization and Actualization in Calvin’s Geneva Mentor: David Doellinger
Damon Solomos Eugenics In Practice At The Oregon State Mental Hospital Mentors: David Doellinger, Kim Jensen
