March 2023

PhD candidate James Schroeder has won the College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Arts and Humanities Frank Fraser and Irene Potter Scholarship.

History major Alicia Callahan won the Crimson Award (1st place) in the Arts and Humanities category at SURCA. Her poster presentation, which was based on her Honors thesis, was about the combat experience and traumatic personal memories of the soldiers of the 6th Armored Division, who fought continuously for nine months in the European Theater of WW2 and liberated […]

Jacob Wells (MA 2015; faculty advisor Jesse Spohnholz) has just published an article, “Why Not be Flexible in Assignments?” in Kappan, a journal for K-12 educators. Jacob is the chair of the History Department (and cross-country and track & field coach) for the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, PA.

Shawna Herzog presented a virtual lecture on “Negotiating Abolition: The Antislavery Project in the British Straits Settlements” on March 21. This lecture was open to all undergraduate and graduate students in History, as well as other members of the NIU community. Participants were invited to view the lecture and participate in the discussion session afterward.

Sreya Mukherjee has been selected as one of the winners for the GPSA Excellence Awards, 2022-23 under the category Graduate Teaching Assistant.

Marlene Gaynair has been awarded an External Mentor Grant through ADVANCE @ WSU. Marlene will work with Dr. Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, to prepare her book proposal.

Berit Davis and Jessica O’Rourke were selected to be part of the Publicly Engaged Fellowship Cohort by the Center for Arts and Humanities.