History

In its the History Department awards Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

Catherine Emily Bogut, (Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Michael Butler , Nicholas Popper, Jess Paga
Skylar Mackenzie Brotz, (High Honors)
Frederick Corney + Kathrin Levitan , Thomas Linneman
Robert Kyle Coleman, (Highest Honors)
Frederick Corney + Tuska Benes, Mary Kirsh, Randi Rashkover
Josiah Canon DeSarro-Raynal, (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Eric Han, Michael Hill, Eric Brown
Jiaju Du, (Highest Honor)
Tuska Benes + Michael Butler , Moritz Graefrath
Samantha Marie Fidler, (Highest Honors)
Paul Mapp + Jessica Stephens, Jerry Watkins
Alona Keryn Harris, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Nicole Dressler, Zach McCulley
Henry Mark Mulrooney Hermes, (High Honors)
Frederick Corney + Carol Sheriff, Elena Prokhorova, Stephen Hanson
Andrew Elliot Jones, (Honors)
Brianna Nofil + Hiroshi Kitamura, Deenesh Sohoni
Blake Anthony McCullough, (Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Alexander Angelov, John Donahue
Riley Mirra Neubauer, (Highest Honors)
Carol Sheriff + Hannah Rosen, Randi Rashkover
Joseph Anthony Shaklik, (Highest Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Jerry Watkins III, Marcus Holmes
Bennett Scott Snyder, (Highest Honors)
Julia Gaffield + Fabricio Prado, Paul Mapp, Simon Stow
Megill Danielle Stewart II, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Chandos Brown, Elyas Bakhtiari
Abigail Renee Swanberg, (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Sarah Thomas, Jerry Watkins III, Buck Woodard
Benjamin Edward Toyryla, (Highest Honors)
Brianna Nofil + Hiroshi Kitamura, Deenesh Sohoni
Charlotte Kersey Visconsi, (Highest Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Nick Popper, Álvaro Garrote Pascual

2023-2024

Gabriel Black-Planas, (Highest Honors)
Philip Daileader + Peyman Jafari, Robin Ellis
Jacob Johan Conrod, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Kathrin Levitan, Alexander Angelov
John Edward Dale, (Highest Honors)
Paul Mapp + Alexander Angelov, Nicholas Popper
Taylor L Fischer, (High Honors)
Nicole Dressler + Paul Mapp, Buck Woodard
Terence James Carl Flannery, (Honors)
Tuska Benes + Philip Daileader, Alexander Angelov
Nicole Anjali Ganti, (High Honors)
Richard Turits + Brianna Nofil, Catherine Brix
Kaya Boyer Guthrie, (High Honors)
Brianna Nofil + Charles McGovern, Mackenzie Israel-Trummel
Rachel Claire Hogue, (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Nicholas Popper, Mary Kirsh
Xincheng Hou, (Highest Honors)
Fabrício Prado + Eric Han, Jinghong Zhang, Emily Wilcox
Chloe Adams Kinderman, (Highetst Honors)
Kathrin Levitan + Amy Limoncelli, Francie Cate
Kendall Elizabeth McKinley, (Highest Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Michael Butler, A. Maurits van der Veen
Katherine Alexandra Moniz, (High Honors)
Robyn Schroeder + Julie Richter, Kim Wheatley
Sarah Ann Palluconi, (Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Tuska Benes, Jay Watkins
Molly Maureen Parks, (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Peyman Jafari, Michael Butler, Elizabeth Barnes
Isabel Pereira-Lopez, (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + Álvaro Garrote Pascual, Nicholas S. Popper
Jake Augustus Poppiti, (Honors)
Jay Watkins + Andrew Fisher, Claire Pamment, Laurie J. Wolf
Jacob Schapiro, (Highest Honors)
LuAnn Homza + Philip Daileader, Randi Rashkover
Rose Sophia Shafer, (Highest Honors)
Tuska Benes + Jennifer Gülly, Amy Limoncelli
Cecilia Rose Weaver, (High Honors)
Sarah E. McCartney + Nicole Dressler, Peter McHenry
Amy Danielle Weitzman, (Highest Honors)
Catherine Kelly + Paul Mapp, Jessica Stephens

2022-2023

Lucy Clark Abell, "" (Highest Honors)
Adrienne Petty + Chandos Brown, Jaclyn Moloney
Sage Claire Bouchér, "" (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Fabrício Prado, Liz Moran Clayton
Katarina Bromkamp, "" (Highest Honors)
Paul Mapp + Nicole Dressler, Annie Blazer
Grace Christiana Brooks, "" (Honors)
Michael Butler + Kathrin Levitan, Adam Potkay
Madison Cross-Kaplan, "" (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Jay Watkins III, Michael Brennan Harris
Astrid Tatiana Garcia, "" (High Honors)
Adrienne Petty + Chandos Brown, John Riofrio, Melvin Ely
Maximilian Bernd-Youngjin Kim, "" (High Honors)
Sarah McCartney + Richard Turits, Sibel Zandi-Sayek
Xiuyu Li, "" (Highest Honors)
Eric Han + Fabricio Prado, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Kitamura Hiroshi
Robert Davis Little, "" (High Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Peyman Jafari, Rui Pereira
Christen Marie Sigourney Macias, "" (Highest Honors)
Fabricio Prado + Nicole Dressler, Adela Amaral
Ethan Seth Miller,"" (Highest Honors)
Jody Allen + Adrienne Petty, Jajuan Johnson, Jackson Sasser
Adam Kyle Pleasants, "" (High Honors)
James Whittenburg + Matthew Schueller, Paul Mapp
Isabella Maria Stark,"" (High Honors)
Charles McGovern + Philip Daileader, Eric Han, Amy Oakes
Henry George Stratakis-Allen, "" (Highest Honors)
Ayfer Karakaya-Stump + Philip Daileader, Alexander Angelov
Natalie Bailee Wexler, "" (High Honors)
Jerry Watkins + Charlie McGovern, Kevin Smith
Clairice Wyszynski, "" (Highest Honors)
Brianna Nofil + Chinua Thelwell, Claire McKinney
Rachel Celia Zaslavsky,"" (High Honors)
LuAnn Homza + Philip Daileader, Mary Kirsh, Randi Rashkover
Heidi Carmel Zmick,"" (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Philip Daileader, Cristina Stancioiu

2021-2022

Jason Blau, "" (Highest Honors)
Hannah Rosen + Richard Turits, Jonah Goldwater
Allyson Cook, "" (High Honors)
Leisa Meyer + Jerry Watkins, III, Thomas Linneman
Beckett Hunecke, "Global Trade and Local Cuisine: New England and the Iberian Atlntic in the Early Nineteenth Century" (Highest Honors)
Fabricio Prado + Adrienne Petty, Sara Bon-Harper
Charlotte Lucas, "" (Honors)
Adrienne Petty-Roberts + Claire McKinney, Jay Watkins III
Laura Mills, "" (High Honors)
Jerry Watkins + Michael Butler, Charlie McGovern
Jillian Murphy, " (Honors)
Jerry Watkins + Alison Scott, Charles McGovern
Daniel Speer, "" (High Honors)
Charles McGovern + Jay T. Watkins III, Mitchell D. Brown, Fred Corney
John Wagner, "The Hanoverian Interest: British Foreign Plicy and the Electorate of Hanover, 1740-1760" (Highest Honors)
Kathrin Levitan + Michael Butler, Rob Leventhal
Annemarie Wolf, "" (High Honors )
Jeremy Pope + Tuska Benes, Andrew Tobolowsky

2020-2021

Zoe Connell, "" (High Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Ayfer Stump, Luis Baldomero-Quintana
Kevin Diestelow, "" (Highest Honors)
Simon Middleton + James Whittenburg, John Lombardini
Grace Ford-Dirks, "" (Highest Honors)
Adrienne Petty + Molly Swetnam-Burland, Frederick Corney
William Hubbert, "" (Highest Honors)
Jay Watkins + Charles McGovern, Alison Scott
Meredith Jackson, "" (Highest Honors)
Jody Allen + Julie Richter, Sara Bon-Harper
Lydia Mackey, "" (Highest Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Simon Middleton, Catherine Levesque
Benjamin Marin, "" (Highest Honors)
Michael Butler + Amy Limoncelli, Mary Kirsh
Rory Oates, "" (High Honors)
Paul Mapp + James Whittenburg, Marcus Holmes
Sophie Rizzieri, "" (High Honors)
Christopher Grasso + Paul Mapp, Christopher Freiman
Lindsey Rogers, "" (High Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Michael Butler, Amy Oakes
Bailey Ward, "" (High Honors)
Gérard Chouin + Audrey Horning, Neil Norman, Charles McGovern
Robert Warrick, "" (High Honors)
Michael Butler + Amy Oakes, Amy Limoncelli
Grant Wong, "" (Highest Honors)
Charles McGovern + Jerry Watkins III, Arthur Knight, Richard Lowry
Jialu Zou, "" (High Honors)
Ronald Schechter + Frederick Corney, Michael Leruth, Robert Leventhal

2019-2020

Meredith Barber, "" (High Honors)
Susan Kern + Amy Limoncelli, Alexandra Joosse
Heather Byrum, "" (Honors level)
Carol Sheriff + Jay Watkins, Maggie Kirsh
Luke Campopiano, "" (Highest Honors)
Michael Butler + Fabricio Prado, Paul Davies
Emma Diduch, "" (Highest Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Kathrin Levitan, Deborah Morse
Aaron Higgins, "" (High Honors)
Amy Limoncelli + Laurie Koloski, Clay Clemens
Tessa Payer, "" (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Abby Schreiber, Tric Wesp
Olivia Vande Woude, "" (Highest Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Gerard CHouin, Giulia Pacini
Nina Willms, "" (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Amy Limoncelli, Audrey Horning
Yutong Zhan, "" (Highest Honors)
Adrienne Petty + Joshua Hubbard, Leisa Meyer

2018-19

Lydia Heaton, "'" (Highest Honors)
Carol Sheriff + Kathrin Levitan, Michael Leruth
Matthew Kowal, ""
Jerry T. Watkins + Leisa Meyer, Laurie Wolf
Zhengyuan Ling, "" (Honors)
Eric Han + Josh Hubbard, Tomoyuki Sasaki
Abby Whitlock, "" (Highest Honors)
Frederick Corney + Chandos Brown, Amy Limoncelli, Bruce Campbell
Charlotte Engel, "" (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Gerard Chouin, Patricia Wesp

2017-18

Mehr Ali, "" (High Honors)
Chitralekha Zutshi + Jerry Watkins, R. Benedito Ferrão
Rose Olwell, "" (Highest Honors)
Guillaume Aubert + Gérard Chouin, Oludamini Ogunnaike
Samantha Ryan, "" (High Honors)
Leisa Meyer + Jerry Watkins, Patricia Wesp
Keon Shahidi, "The Influence of Christian Scripture on the Metaphysics and Mystical Theology of Evagrius Ponticus" (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + Ronald Schechter, Michael Daise
Brendan Thomas, "" (High Honors)
Andrew Fisher + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Frederick Corney

2016-17

Douglas Breton, "" (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Paul Mapp, Giulia Pacini
Monica Cronin, "" (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + David Corlett, Michael Butler, Kelly Charles
Cody Grogan, "" (High Honors)
Michael Butler + Dajeong Chung, Tun-Jen Cheng
Susannah Haury, ""Our Wages for Our Pains:" National Identity, Patriotism, and the Motivation of American Sailors in the Revolutionary War" (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Carl Lounsbury, Colleen Kennedy
Polly Lauer, "" (Highest Honors)
Betsy Konefal + Richard Turits, Teresa Longo, Chinua Thelwell
James Leach, "" (Highest Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Marc Sher, Ronald Schechter
Luke Maclay, ""Living History:" Heritage Breed Livestock and the Pursuit of the Past" (High Honors)
Laurie Koloski + Frederick Corney, Jeremy Stoddard
Francesca Maestas, "" (Honors)
Ayfer Stump + Jonathan Glasser, Robert Vinson, Kathrin Levitan
Sloane Nilsen, "" (Highest Honors)
Frederick Corney + Kathrin Levitan, Laurie Koloski, Bruce Campbell
Rachel Rosenfeld, "David Brown + Jody Allen, Arthur Knight
John Weaver, "" (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Bruce Campbell, Ronald Schechter

2015-16

Mary Andino, "" (High Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Robert Leventhal, Tuska Benes
Meghan Condlin, "The Hammer and Sickle, Parallel Bars and Spikes: How Cold War America Responded to Soviet Olympic Success" (High Honors)
Cindy Hahamovitch + Kyrill Kunakhovich, James Whittenburg
Kelsey Fenske, "" (High Honors)
David Brown + Laurie Wolf, Kyrill Kunakhovich
Brenna Ferris, "" (Honors)
Betsy Konefal + Michael Iyanaga, Robert Vinson
Luke Frerichs, "" (High Honors)
David Corlett + Richard Turits, Neil Norman
Cade Meinel, "" (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + Fabricio Prado, Driss Cherkaoui
Jeremy Ross, "" (High Honors)
Betsy Konefal + Silvia Tandeciarz, Richard Turits
Abigail Trevor, "" (High Honors)
Ronald Schechter + Kathrin Levitan, Kim Wheatley

2014-15

Jacob Abrams, (High Honors)
Ronald Schechter + Frederick Corney and William Hausman
Timothy Courtney, (Highest Honors)
C. Julia Richter + Jody Allen and Monika Gosin
Whitney Fields, (High Honors)
Hannah Rosen + Robert Vinson and Michael Blakey
Madeline Grimm, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + James Whittenburg and Brett Wilson
Jacob Jose, (Honors)
Betsy Konefal + Richard Turits and Susan Norman
Kathryn Plunkett, (High Honors)
Charles McGovern + Scott Nelson and Richard Lowry
Alaric Powell, (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + Ayfer Karakaya-Stump and Cristina Stancioiu
Hannah Tucker, (Highest Honors)
Scott Nelson + Nicholas Popper, Peter McHenry and Paul Mapp
Sydney Weaver, (Honors)
Fahad Bishara + Philip Daileader and Maryse Fauvel

2013-14

John Bridgeford, "The Making of a 'New Ramallah': A Palestinian Diaspora Community in America" (Highest Honors)
Ayfer Karakaya-Stump + Fahad Bishara, Tamara Sonn
Bryan Casey, (Highest Honors)
Melvin Patrick Ely + Robert Trent Vinson, Jackson N. Sasser, Jr.
Robin Crigler, (Highest Honors)
Robert Trent Vinson + Hannah Rosen, Chinua Thelwell
Yonsoo Kang, (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Eric Han, Beverly Peterson
Luke Nicastro, "'No Commitments': Canada and Imperial Defense, 1936-1939" (Highest Honors)
Michael Butler + Eric Han, Ross Carroll
Amy Schaffman, (Highest Honors)
Bruce Campbell + Frederick Corney, Jennifer Taylor
Dwight Weingarten, (High Honors)
Charles McGovern + Andrew Fisher, John L. Froitzheim
Deborah Wood, (Highest Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Ayfer Karakaya-Stump, Frans Schalekamp

2012-13

Chelsea Bracci, (Honors)
Tuska Benes +Frederick Corney, Marc Raphael, Laurie Koloski
Meredith Duffy, (High Honors)
Leslie Waters + Tuska Benes, Marc Raphael
Sophia Farrulla, "The Enemy Within: Internecine Conflict in the Second Kingddom of Kush" (Highest Honors)
Jeremy Pope + Neil Norman, Ronald Schechter
Jill Found, (Highest Honors)
Susan Kern + James Whitenburg, Michael Blakey
Sarah Higgins, (High Honors)
Leisa Meyer + David Dessler, David Corlett
Neal Hurst, (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Susan Kern, Patricia Wesp
Allison Kennington, (High Honors)
Eric Han + Joanna Schug, Chitralekha Zutshi, Kathrin Levitan
Hannah Metheny, (Highest Honors)
Carol Sheriff + James Whittenburg, Katherine Preston
Zack Quaratella, (High Honors)
Carol Sheriff + Scott Nelson, John Baltes
Rebekah Turnmire, (Highest Honors)
Julie Richter + Susan Kern, Charles McGovern
Henry Ware, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Frederick Corney, Jonathan Glasser
Glenn Williams, (High Honors)
James Whittenburg +Martha Alexander, David Corlett
Kyra Zemanick, "War on the Ground: A Study on the Relizability of Firsthand Testimony on the Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862" (Honors)
James Whittenburg +Carol Sheriff, E. Grey Gundaker

2011-12

Eric Ames, "" (High Honors)
Julie Richter + Paul Davies, Scott Nelson
Roger Bailey, "'" (High Honors)
Chandos Brown + Richard Lowry, Paul Mapp
Andrew Budiansky, "" (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + John Conlee, Nicholas Popper
Andrew Frantz, "" (Highest Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Paul Mapp, Simon Stow
Max Lazar, "" (High Honors)
Tuska Benes, Cindy Hahamovitch, Jennifer Taylor
Rebecca Little, "" (High Honors)
Leisa Meyer + Chandos Brown, Nancy Gray
Diana Ohanian, (Highest Honors)
Ronald Schechter + Frederick Corney, Giulia Pacini
Charles Ritinski, "" (Honors)
David Corlett + Nicholas Popper, Patricia Wesp
Ellen Walsh, "" (Honors)
Karin Wulf + Jennifer Putzi, Carol Sherriff
Mason Watson, """ (Highest Honors)
Kathrin Levitan + Frederick Corney, Kathrin Seidl-Gomez
Andrea Williams, "" (High Honors)
Paul Mapp + Maria Swetnam-Burland, James Whitenburg

2010-2011

Daniel Bever, (High Honors)
James Whittenburg + Chandos Brown, Mel Ely, Chris Howard
Doina Cretu, (Honors)
Gregor Kranjc + Tuska Benes, Paula Pickering
Mark Guerci, (Highest Honors)
Scott Nelson + Mel Ely, Clyde Haulman
Erin Holmes, (High Honors)
James Whittenburg + Carl Lounsbury, Ed Pease
Meredith Howard, (Honors)
Lu Ann Homza + Nick Popper, Erin Minear
Jennifer Joyce, (High Honors)
Nicholas Popper + Paul Mapp, John Conlee
John Kelly, (High Honors)
Scott Nelson + Mel Ely, John Donahue
Blair Saunders, (Honors)
Robert Vinson + James La Fleur, Amy Selzer
Julianne Sicklesteel, (Highest Honors)
Julia Richter + Paul Mapp, Terry Meyers
Anna Storm, (High Honors)
Paul Mapp + Chandos Brown, Randy Coleman
Michael Young, (Honors)
James Whittenburg + Phil Daileader, John Conlee

2009-10

Lydia Barrett Blackmore,
Julie Richter + Susan Kern, Martin Gallivan
Christopher James Consolino, (Highest Honors) Paul Mapp + Ronald Schecter, John Baltes
Caryne Eskridge, (High Honors) Brett Rushforth + Ronald Schecter, Martin Gallivan
Andrew Garden, (Highest Honors) Bruce Campbell + Tuska Benes, Fred Corney, Clay Clemens
Rebecca Green, (Highest Honors) James Whittenburg + Paul Mapp, Adam Potkay
Amy Limoncelli, (High Honors) Kathrin Levitan + Bruce Campbell, Ronald Schechter
Thomas Queen, (High Honors) Charles McGovern + Hiroshi Kitamura, Melanie Dawson
Jennifer Souers, (High Honors) James Whittenburg + Carol Sheriff, Christine Nemachek

2008-09

Katherine Arnold, (Highest Honors)
Robert Vinson + Ismail Abdalla, Brad Weiss
Michael Blaakman, (Highest Honors)
Camille Wells + Carol Sheriff, David Holmes
Samantha Grill, (High Honors)
Leisa Meyer + Andy Fisher, Colleen Kennedy
Jaimie Lewis, (High Honors)
Philip Daileader + LuAnn Homza, Barbara Watkinson
Joshua Litten, (High Honors)
Craig Canning + Erik Han, T.J. Cheng
Jeffrey Mason, "The Undeserving Other: A Study of Service and Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on "Latino-ness" in Williamsburg" (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Charles McGovern, Marley Brown
Matthew Morrill,
Carl Lounsbury + Scott Nelson, Ed Pease
Camerson Shriver, (High Honors)
Paul Mapp + Brett Rushforth, Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
Elizabeth Yohn, "Haitians in Montreal: The Role and Experience of a Francophone Immigrant Group in Modern Quebec Nationalism" (Highest Honors)
Cindy Hahamovitch + Tuska Benes, Dennis Smith

2007-08

Hannah Ayers, "Space, Secularism, and the Expansion of Forced Child Begging in Senegal, 1850-2008" (High Honors)
James LaFleur + Melvyn Ely, Tamara Sonn
Marie Booth, "Prostitution and the Representation of Anxiety in London, 1723-1870" (High Honors)
Kathrin Levitan + Karin Wulf, Deborah Morse
Laura Brandt, "Boys Don't Make Passes (at Girls who Wear Glasses): Gender, Vision Aids, and Persona in the Early American Republic" (Honors)
James Whittenburg + Julie Richter, Kathleen Bragdon
Kelly Creed, "Classical Liberal Stunt Men: Lord Acton, Herbert Spencer, and the Development of Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain" (Highest Honors)
Tuska Benes + Kathrin Levitan, Robert Leventhal
Jennie Davy, "From Color Line to Colorblind: Changing African American Perceptions of the Japanese during World War II" (High Honors)
Chandos Brown + Hiroshi Kitamura, Arthur Knight
Jason Drake, "Servant to England: The Biography of Adam Marsh (de Marisco)" (Honors)
Philip Daileader + LuAnn Homza, Monica Potkay
Allison Finkelstein, "'Unhappy Differences': The American Revolution and the Disruption of the Course of Theatre in Virginia" (High Honors)
James Whittenburg + Susan Kern, Richard Palmer
Jennifer Hoover, "Secrets in Switzerland: Allen W. Dulles' Impact as OSS Station Chief in Bern on Developments of World War II & U.S. Dominance in Post-War Europe" (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + David McCarthy, William Rennegal
Paul Kuenker, "Out of the Depths: The Construction of Meaning After Colorado Mining Disasters" (Honors)
Andrew Fisher + Kris Lane, Charles Palermo
Ashley Whitehead, "Though my people slay me, yet I will trust in them': Varina Davis and the Elusive Paradigm of the Politically Elite Confederate Woman" (Highest Honors)
James Whittenburg + Susan Kern, Katherine Preston

2006-07

Elizabeth Anderson, "'Again in the Providence of God:' Two Appalachian Women Inscribe Community, Family, and Faith on the Civil War" (Highest Honors)
Karin Wulf + Leisa Meyer, Jennifer Putzi
Philip Baylor, "The Instruments of Peace: The West Indies in the Seven Years' War, 1759-1963" (Honors)
James Allegro + James Axtell, Sharla Blank
John Bell, "'It was honest': The Politics of Authenticity in the American Folk Revival and British Punk Subcultures" (Highest Honors)
Charles McGovern + Scott Nelson, Rob Leventhal
Sara Casey, "Elizabeth Avery Meriwether: One Southern Woman's Life of Contradiction" (High Honors)
Chandos Brown + Carol Sheriff, Susan Donaldson
Stephanie Crumbaugh, "'To Sell for Exploitation': Indian Slavery in the English Colonies" (Highest Honors)
James Axtell + Andrew Fisher, Fred Smith
Katherine Eade, (Honors)
Ronald Schechter + Chitralekha Zutshi, Margaret McColley
Mary French, "History and Memory: The Memoirs and Other Writings of Russian Literary Emigres Bunin, Berberova, Nabokov and Brodsky" (Highest Honors)
Fred Corney + Tuska Benes, Alexander Prokhorov
Leah Giles, "'A Great Ambition to Serve Your Lordship': The Influence of Sir John Yeamans of the Founding and Early Development of South Carolina" (Highest Honors)
Timothy Huffstutter (Honors)
Carol Sheriff + Charles McGovern, Rich Lowry
Jacob Lubetkin, "'England's Freedom, Soldiers Rights': Democratic Upheaval in the English Civil War" (Highest Honors)
Dale Hoak + Tuska Benes, Don Campbell
Heather Maclean, "King Henry VIIIÕs Sumptuary Laws and Their Impact on British Society during the Tudor Era" (Honors)
Dale Hoak + LuAnn Homza, Patricia Wesp
Celeste McNamara, "Patronage in Savonarola's San Marco: the Correspondence of fra Santi Rucellai" (Highest Honors)
LuAnn Homza + Dale Hoak, Monica Potkay
John Regina, "Between Migration and Nativism: The Adjustment of the Italians in America" (Honors)
Carl Strikwerda + Hiroshi Kitamura, John Donahue
Sarika Reuben (High Honors)
Chitralekha Zutshi + Hiroshi Kitamura, Deenesh Sohoni
Stuart Smith, "To Those Who Fought: The Pacific War's Place in American Historical Memory" (High Honors)
Chandos Brown + Melvyn Ely, Walter Wenska
Joshua Specht, "Boodle-Carriers, Shovers, and Cony-Men: Counterfeiting in Nineteenth-Century America" (Highest Honors)
Scott Nelson + Ronald Schechter, Tim Costelloe
David Williard, "'An Officer May Punish a Private, But He Dare not Curse Him': Social Values and Wartime Experience in the Army of Northern Virginia" (Highest Honors)
Carol Sheriff + Melvyn Ely, David Holmes
Nora Wolf, "Popular Art and the Culture of Racism: Establishing the Semiotics of Race" (High Honors)
Melvyn Ely + Kris Lane, Anne Charity
Brandon Wolfe, "'Democracy in Housing': Property Rights and the Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis, 1948-1968" (Highest Honors)
Charles McGovern + Hiroshi Kitamura, Jackie McLendon

2005-06

Joseph Bertini, "Capturing the Mandate of Heaven: State Control and Religion in Chinese History" (High Honors)
Craig Canning + Walter Skya, Kevin Vose
Jennifer Brickey, "The Diary of Fanny Fain of Blountville: Defining Allegiance in Civil War East Tennessee" (Honors)
Jim Whittenburg + Scott Nelson, Will Hausman
David Carey, "The Burden of Memory: German Holocaust Memorialization 1945-2005" (High Honors)
Tuska Benes + Laurie Koloski, Clay Clemens
Sarah Cordes, "'Yanks' in Post-War Germany: The Role of Gis in the American Occupation of Germany, 1944-1949" (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Laurie Koloski, Rob Leventhal
Edward Geist, "Repressing the Unthinkable: Public Perceptions of Civil Defense in the Cold War" (High Honors)
Hiroshi Kitamura + Charles McGovern, Tony Anemone
Kristi James, "Captured Innocence: Narratives of Children's Captivities Among the Indians, 1677-1874" (High Honors)
James Axtell + Andrew Fisher, Kathleen Bragdon
Susanna Klosko, "Victims or Heros? The Chmielnicki Uprising and Jewish Interpretations of Martyrdom" (High Honors)
Laurie Koloski + Ron Schechter, Naama Zahavi-Ely
Elizabeth McCrillis, "'Virginians are of Genuine Blood - They Will Dance or Die!': The Significant Role of Dance in Eighteenth Century Northern Neck Virginia" (Highest Honors)
Jim Whittenburg + Andrew Fisher, Chris Nemacheck
Jonathon Miller, "Dueling Editors: Honor, the Duel, and the Public Sphere in Antebellum Virginia" (High Honors)
Scott Nelson + Andrew Fisher, Phil Kearns
Caitlin Verboon, "Apostles of Democracy: The Green Family in Nineteenth Century Politics" (High Honors)
Scott Nelson + Cindy Hahamovitch, Charles McGovern

2004-05

Matthew Bernt
Kevin Kelly + Paul Mapp, Clyde Haulman
Alison Ferguson
Mel Ely + Carol Sheriff, Dee Royster
Brian Haynes
Dale Hoak + Paul Mapp, John Conlee
Scott Hoffman
James McCord + Laurie Koloski, Clay Clemens
Catherine Huennekens
Dale Hoak + LuAnn Homza, Nancy Gray
Sharon Jones
Jim Whittenburg + Jim Axtell, Bella Ginzbursky-Blum
Stuart Lilie
Ronald Schechter + Paul Mapp, Giulia Pacini
Graham Nessler
Kris Lane + Brett Rushforth, Ann Marie Stock, Kirsten Kellogg
Kate Pierce-McManamon
Laurie Koloski and Bruce Campbell + Fred Corney, Ron Schechter
Peter Taylor
James Whittenburg + Phil Daileader, Jennifer Taylor

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