In April History undergraduate students took advantage of several opportunities to share their research projects. The Department of History offers undergraduate students research opportunities and many undergraduate researchers shared their work in poster and presentation formats at national and local venues. Senior McKenna Williamson and junior Elizabeth Satterfield attended the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at University of Central Oklahoma from April 4th to 7th . McKenna, mentored by Michele Stephens, presented her research on mental illness in early 20th century Mexico and Haleigh Posey Explains her research Elizabeth, mentored by ....
Leading into the 1900s, operators in the West Virginia coal, timber and glass industries sent recruiters to Ellis Island, offering to pay for incoming immigrants to come to the state. The biggest immigrant groups in the state quickly became the Italians and the Irish. While in the southern part of the state, immigrants were confined to coal camps, in Northern West Virginia, they were able to spread out and form communities with like immigrants. By 1908, Marion, Harrison and Ohio County began to see a rise in activity from the Black Hand mafia. From 1908-1923 the Mafia activity led to....
A new exhibit at
WVU’s Downtown Campus Library looks at the long and vibrant history of
Morgantown’s Sunnyside neighborhood. This exhibit is the result of several semesters of research and collaboration with Professor Jenny Boulware's courses, utilizing research from many students within the history department. Additionally, history major Elizabeth Satterfield worked on Sunnyside research over Summer 2017 as the recipient of a SURE grant.
This year Dr. Michele Stephens had the opportunity to travel with students in the
Andes region for two study abroad experiences. As a faculty sponsor for study
abroad trips in Bolvia and Peru, she visited both countries to support the
students and see their experiences for herself.
Our students and former students have been busy this year!
Check out some of the exciting accomplishments of our current undergraduate and
graduate students and catch up on the news from our amazing alumni:
Our department aims to foster research opportunities for
everyone, including Undergraduate History Majors. To this end, we developed the Undergraduate Research
Skills Program in order to encourage and foster innovative research among our
Undergraduate students.
In an
effort to engage students with the past, Dr. Arthurs has been actively
developing courses that take a thematic approach to history. He believes that
courses should allow students to think about history in a broader sense.
“The shot John Wilkes Booth shot at Ford’s Theatre was the
first shot in the war to come after, the war on Black freedom and equality…a
war we are still fighting today,” Martha Hodes said as a striking final thought
in her lecture “Mourning Lincoln: The Assassination and the Aftermath of the
Civil War” given at WVU on September 29.