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History Review
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Fall 2020 Newsletter FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSIT Y | fau.edu/history
Inside this Issue Message From remote option for those who were unable to
the Chair travel. Most classes were taught synchronously,
Student News ....................5 meaning that students logged into a Zoom-like
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Graduates 2019/20 ...........6
& Where are They Now?
As you can see, the
current newsletter
portal at regular class times, and faculty taught
as if they were in a classroom. The Spring 2021
is not as robust as semester is shaping up to give all students
Graduate Studies ..............7 in years past, for the option of taking their courses in person if
obvious reasons. I that was the way the classes had been usually
2019/20 M.A. Thesis..........8 never could have taught. With the pandemic still rampant in
imagined in the many years I’ve lived on this South Florida, there is the possibility this could
Faculty News....................13 earth that I would be wearing a mask in public all change, which may already be the case by
for over nine months due to a pandemic that the time you read this.
Department of History was raging over the land. And I, along with
Special points of interest most of my colleagues, never thought we Needless to say, other adjustments came in
Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
would be teaching courses remotely instead of the coronavirus’ wake. With social distancing,
PO Box 3091 mask wearing, and limited gatherings, after
in person during that time. Without a doubt,
777 Glades Road the many changes our department has faced Spring Break, the department office operated
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 in 2020 will have lasting repercussions, for remotely, and our special events had to be
good or ill; but if there is a silver lining it is that canceled. Virtual events became possible, and
we’ve still been able to teach our classes and so we decided to continue with some of our
be there for our students as they grow and signature public offerings. A wonderful John
Phone: 561-297-3840
continue their education. O’Sullivan Memorial Lecture was delivered
Fax: 561-297-2704 on November 20th with Dr. Andra Gillespie of
Email: zlinn@fau.edu Student Spotlight featuring So, how did we get here? As most of you Emory University speaking on Race and Politics:
Isabel Hidalgo.......................11 know, the acute dangers posed by COVID-19 The Crossroads of Modern American Politics.
became all-too-apparent in early March so And we are proud to host CNN Political Analyst
that students did not return to campus from David Gergen as the speaker for the Alan B.
Spring Break. Faculty quickly—and rather and Charna Larkin Symposium early in 2021
miraculously—revamped their classes so that will be accessible virtually as well.
they could be taught online. This was made
possible through a Herculean effort by the Before the “great detour” that 2020 took
university’s eLearning office to design and offer we were able to host a few outstanding
expertly-directed workshops on how to make public events in person, including hosting the
the transition. For the most part, students and eminent presidential historian, Doris Kearns
faculty rose to the challenge. Goodwin, for February’s Alan B. and Charna
Alan B. and Charna Larkin
History Review
Larkin Symposium. The Larkin Graduate Fellow,
Symposium on the American This same teaching modality continued Camila Giraldo, gives you in this newsletter the
Presidency featuring through the summer. By the fall semester, full rundown of her visit.
FALL 2020 NEWSLET TER • fau.edu/history • featuring David Gergen........17 students were beginning to return to campus
(continued)
and some classes were held in person with a
Department Of History Statement in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement
In March, two of our esteemed alumni, former Ambassador In other exciting news, Dr. Kelly Shannon was appointed the new The deaths of Corey Jones, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, For these reasons, we also believe that simply affirming our
Robert “Skipp” Orr and former U.S. Representative Dan Mica, director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Initiative. Dr. Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless others, have solidarity is not enough to bring about change in our communities.
shared the stage to talk to a large student crowd about their Stephen Engle is continuing as the university’s Faculty Athletic brought us as a nation to a crossroads. Florida has been far We must do more. Therefore, we pledge to:
careers and how their history backgrounds at FAU were Representative. Congratulations to graduate student, Isabel from immune to such tragedies. Indeed, on February 26, 2012,
instrumental in their success. Hidalgo, for receiving the prestigious Kelly/Strul Emerging George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, • Create a concentration within the department in
Scholar Award. This past year the department was awarded Florida, murdered Trayvon Martin and was subsequently Africana History.
Early 2020 also saw the grand opening of the Avron B. the Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in Memory of Kenneth acquitted. Martin’s murder ignited a national conversation • Prioritize hiring faculty who recognize the tremendous impact
Fogelman Sports Museum on the Boca Raton Campus. R. Lavoy, Jr. by the Society for Colonial Wars, which will help us about racial profiling and policing that, along with other of the African diaspora in history and who incorporate it into
Fogelman, a former owner of the Kansas City Royals, and a promote early American history. episodes of racial violence, have sparked the international their teaching.
sports and history enthusiast, assembled this unique collection Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM). This systemic violence has
to spotlight the role of sports in critical moments of Meanwhile, the FAU History Project continues under the • Work to center minority experiences and voices in all
been further crystalized by the current COVID-19 crisis, which history courses.
U.S. history. History professor, Dr. Sandra Norman, helped steady direction of Dr. Norman and Dr. Evan Bennett. Faculty has disproportionately impacted communities of color. As a
with the many logistical components, including hiring history members continue to research and publish, even in restricted department we want to state, unequivocally, that we stand in • Make deliberate efforts to work with community and student
students as interns. One of those, M.A. student, Isabel Hidalgo, circumstances, and our students excel and win awards for their solidarity with the BLM movement, our students of color, organizations engaged in the fight for racial justice.
writes about the museum and her experiences elsewhere in exceptional academic achievements. and all those who have been fighting for racial justice.
this newsletter.
As we look to the future, more than ever, the History As a history department, we know that recent events are in solidarity,
Even with the disruptions of the pandemic, the department Department can use your support. If you are able to help out, consistent with our nation’s history of racial violence. In order Evan Bennett Christopher Ely Douglas McGetchin
was fortunate to hire three outstanding new tenure-track feel free to contact me (bplowe@fau.edu) or contribute to any to heal our nation’s present circumstances, we must face our Boyd Breslow Adrian Finucane Heath Mitton
assistant professors. We are indeed thrilled to welcome of the funds listed on the last page of this newsletter. nation’s past. Here in South Florida, that means coming to terms Candace Cunningham Barbara Ganson Sandra Norman
Dr. Candace Cunningham (Ph.D. South Carolina), Dr. Eyal with a long history of racial segregation, political terrorism, Miriam Dalin
This has been an unusual year, to say the least, but we’ve Eric J. Hanne Mark Rose
Weinberg (Ph.D. Texas-Austin), and Dr. Jermaine Scott (Ph.D. unequal schools, unfair housing policies, and police brutality. Jeffrey Dockswell
weathered what I hope is the worst of it. Thank you for Kenneth Holloway Jermaine Scott
Northwestern) as colleagues. Dr. Scott specializes in African More importantly, we believe that engaging with this troubling Claudia Dunlea
continued encouragement and support. Here’s to a new and Douglas Kanter Kelly Shannon
diaspora, sports, and African American history and will teach history will play a vital role in understanding current events and Brian Dunne
better 2021. Please stay in touch! Patricia Kollander Jason Sharples
courses in those areas. Dr. Weinberg’s research is in modern bringing about community reconciliation and racial justice. Stephen Engle Ben Lowe Eyal Weiberg
Brazilian Cold War history and he will teach courses also in
modern Latin America and medical history. Dr. Cunningham, Ben Lowe, Chair Florida Atlantic University is one of the most diverse universities
Department of History Read the American Historical Association’s statement
whose research is in African American women’s history and the in the United States, located at the nexus of the Americas and on the history of racist violence in the United States:
history of sexuality, also brings tremendous skills in public and the Caribbean. Our international student body demands a historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-statement-
digital history, and she will be developing courses in all of global understanding of freedom and justice. Therefore, it is onthe-history-of-racist-violence-in-the-united-states-(june-2020)]
these fields. particularly important to collaborate with our students and
the wider community.
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The Bachelor of Arts in History | Message from the Undergraduate Director
Over the 2019-2020 academic
year, the 200+ members of
the Department of History’s
undergraduate program have
continued to excel in myriad ways,
at times under the most trying
of circumstances. As Director of
Undergraduate Studies for the
Department, I share my colleagues’
pride in how “our charges” have
acquitted themselves in the Fall
2019, and Spring/Summer 2020
terms with regard to their coursework, internships, research
projects, and career development. As someone who has had the
honor to interact with our majors in an advisory capacity I am
constantly impressed with the diversity of backgrounds, interests,
and goals that our majors have; they have each taken advantage
of the breadth of our course offerings and the dynamic nature of
our program, making the most of their potential in a
determined fashion.
A Congressman and Ambassador “Tell Their Stories” Over this last year, in order to meet the needs and interests of
our majors, the Department of History has made some changes
On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, former Florida Congressman Dan Mica to our program. We reduced the program requirement of 42
and one-time U.S. Ambassador Robert “Skipp” Orr, held a forum for credit hours to 36; this brings us in line with our peer institutions Image: Students from the History Department volunteered as judges for
students and the interested public where they discussed their professional while retaining our rigorous standards. In addition, under the the History Day Competition on January 22nd, 2020 at American Heritage
lives, with the intention of offering guidance to those interested in public guidance of Patricia Kollander we have introduced a Legal History School Delray Beach. Pictured are Emilee Martin, Reilly Cox, Zachary Link.
service careers. A large crowd attended the event, held at the Osher Lifelong Concentration for our majors, giving those students who are William Tyler, Nenita Wild, and J. D. Reiner.
Learning Institute Auditorium on the Boca Raton Campus. thinking of pursuing a law degree a strong foundation. This
Concentration joins our two existing Concentrations in British Awards and/or Travel Grants 2019-20
Congressman Mica began by describing how his interest in politics began History and Religious History and will soon be joined by a new
when he was president of FAU’s student government back in the mid-1960s. Concentration (currently in the works) in Africana History. Each of Martin and Sylvia Shaw Edelman Award in
After earning his degree in Political Science, he worked as Rep. Paul Rodgers’ these Concentrations, made up of current and newly developed History Scholarship: Latin American History:
Chief of Staff (1968-78), after which Mica went on to succeed him in the U.S. History courses, is there to allow students to gain expertise Susan Lipschultz Diego Fermin
House of Representatives. He served five terms between 1979 and 1989 and in the historiography and methodologies of these specialized
became known for his ability to work effectively with those on the other areas of historical study. Students successfully completing the Greenberg Memorial Edelman Award in
side of the aisle. At a time when bipartisanship was more common than it Concentrations’ requirements will have this noted on their Award: European History:
is now, Mica, a Democrat, talked about how he forged close relationships degrees upon graduation; this will help them in their future Isabel Hidalgo Everett Pomare
with Presidents Reagan and G.H.W. Bush, and learned how to find common endeavors, either within the Academy or in the job market.
ground even with those who shared different political philosophies. Edelman Award in Women, Ed and Jean SeGall
For more information, visit Memorial Scholarship:
Gender or Sexuality:
fau.edu/artsandletters/history/certificate. Ryan Alvarez, John Cobb
Ambassador Orr followed with his own history of both private and public Isabel Hidalgo
service. Graduating with a B.A. in History from FAU in 1976, Orr also started With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic during the Spring
out in Rep. Paul Rodgers’ office, as a legislative assistant. From there he Edelman Award Weiner Spirit of America
2020 term, our History majors joined the department and the in History:
went on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. and split his time between an academic Travel-Study Abroad Award:
FAU community in adjusting to our “new environment.” We are Susan Lipschultz
life, being an executive at several major corporations, such as Motorola, Elyse Buchanan (Fall 2019)
After both men spoke, they took questions from the so proud of how our majors have handled the increased personal,
Boeing Japan, and Panasonic, and serving in government agencies, such as Diego Fermin (Spring 2020)
audience. Many students also talked with them further economic, and professional stressors this pandemic brought; they Ripley Prize in History:
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He most recently during the reception that followed. Sponsored by both have shown themselves to be resilient, adapting to new methods Christopher Dingler
retired as the U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, to which he the History and Political Science Departments, the of course delivery and remaining active in conducting their
was appointed by President Obama. Orr regaled the audience with personal headliners offered to assist students with their career research. Last year, the Department of History had successfully In closing, it bears repeating that historians interpret the past to
stories and of how in each step of the way his history background prepared objectives where they could and exchanged contact inaugurated a new tradition by holding a celebratory party better understand the present in order to be prepared for the
him well for all of the various positions he has held. information with several of them. Kevin Wagner, the for our graduating students and their families after the official future. At no time in the last century have these tasks seemed
chair of the Political Science Department introduced commencement ceremony. With the COVID-19 restrictions, more important. My colleagues and I, including our brilliant new
Both Mica and Orr made a special point of encouraging students who want we adjusted by having a “virtual” ceremony for our Spring and additions, Candace Cunningham, Jermaine Scott, and Eyal Weinberg,
to serve in government to pursue degrees in History and Political science as Congressman Mica, and History Department chair, Ben
Lowe, gave the opening remarks for Ambassador Orr. Summer graduates. We also had a “virtual” Awards Ceremony in are looking forward to working with our History majors to ensure
these majors convey an essential body of knowledge and teach important March 2020 to recognize the achievements of a number of our that they have everything they need to fulfill these mandates. If
skills of critical thinking, writing and analysis, which are important to jobs in majors. Our heartiest congratulations to Susan Lipschultz, Isabel the experience of our recent graduates is any testament, we are
Top Image (L/R): U.S. Ambassador Robert “Skipp” Orr,
both the private and public sectors. Hidalgo, Christopher Dingler, Diego Fermin, Everett Pomare, Ryan confident that our majors are up to the task.
student attendee, Congressman Dan Mica
Alvarez, John Cobb, and Elyse Buchanan who were the recipients
of awards and/or travel grants for the 2019-2020 academic year: – Eric Hanne, Undergraduate Director
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The Master of Arts in History | Message from the Graduate Director
B.A. Graduates 2019/20 Phi Alpha Theta - Fall 2019 initiates
Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Undergraduate Initiates The 2019-20 academic year was one
Luke Bauer Tyler Alicastro Amanda A. Capote Riley J. Sarkela of the most difficult in the history of
Evan Breault Ana Isabel Escobar our department.
Erin Bell Thomas Testa
Elyse Buchanan Michelle Borges Diego A. Fermin Graduate Initiates In the autumn of 2019, History M.A.
Giovanni Castiglioni Amanda Capote Matthew Geiser Rhiannon A. Callahan students and faculty were stunned
Joseph Collery Madelyn “Maddie” Church Jorge Hernandez Rose De La Espriella and saddened by the tragic loss
Jeffrey Coltman-Cormier Christopher Dingler David H. Kowal of a Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Paul Helms Isabel Hidalgo Kyle Owen Rose de la Espriella. Rose joined the
Molly Ivins Emilee Martin History M.A. program in the Spring
Max Mallinger Janele Meneses Because of COVID – 19 there was no spring initiation. 2019 semester, after obtaining her
John Milligan Justin Paez All eligible graduating students were already members. B.A. from the University of Maryland while serving in the United
John Nall Amy Schwartz States Air Force. A native of Florida, her research interests included
Nicholas Peterman Yechezkel “Zack” Seinfeld Presentations Florida History and Native American History. I was fortunate to have
Laurie Pinnaro Dominic Tauber Graduates of FAU’s M.A. program in History have gone on to Rose in my graduate course on Modern Ireland in Spring 2019, and
Madison Rizzo Matthew Zink Isabel Hidalgo presented at the Florida Conference for Historians to work with her in History of Civilization 1 in the Summer 2019
pursue successful careers in teaching, business, law and a
Riley Sarkela in February 2020. Her paper was entitled “Mrs. Forman Shot the semester. I knew her to be a thoughtful, intelligent, and kind person.
variety of other fields. The Master of Arts in History has both
Rob Urbanovich Alligator: How South Florida Women Pioneers Built Community At the time of her death she was only 28 years old.
a thesis and a non- thesis option. The thesis option requires
in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries”
Summer 2020 30 credit hours, with a minimum of 24 hours of graduate In March 2020, of course, the graduate program was profoundly
Because of COVID -19 the Florida Regional PAT Meeting was course work and the completion of an M.A. thesis, for which impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic, as the university suspended
Regina “Gina” Gallo Daniel Ortiz
cancelled, and our students did not get a chance to attend. a minimum of six additional credits must be earned. The non- in-person teaching and classes moved online. For the graduate
Andrew Gilmore Kerete Paul
thesis option requires a total of 36 credit hours of graduate students, the pandemic upended research and conference travel
Haley Guay Alejandro Rivas
course work. Those students wishing to pursue the thesis plans, shifted thesis defenses online, and obliged Graduate Teaching
Eric Malts Jeremy Wershoven Teaching Assistants 2020-21 Academic Year track must submit an “Admission to Candidacy” form after the Assistants to adopt new technologies in order to offer their
Aamani Mohamed completion of 18 hours of graduate work. Once students are
Michelle Borges Madison Rizzo discussion sections from the safety of their own homes.
granted thesis option status, they work in conjunction with the
Reilly Cox Dominic Tauber
Director of Graduate Studies to create a thesis committee. The M.A. students and graduate faculty have demonstrated
Recent M.A. Graduates Regina Gallo William Tyler tremendous resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the
Isabel Hidalgo Nenita Wild A student seeking admission into the graduate program in pandemic. With the assistance of videoconferencing software and
Spring / Summer 2020 Emilee Martin Zachary Link History should have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from the university’s learning management system, faculty continued
John Nall Justin Paez an accredited institution, or, for international students, an to offer graduate courses without interruption, devoting countless
Camila Giraldo (Summer) Clive Powell (Spring)
institution recognized in his/her own country as preparing hours to transitioning their classes online. The reopening of the
Angela Hawley (Spring) J. D. Reiner (Summer) students for further study at the graduate level. Applicants Wimberly Library in the summer made possible the resumption
Yasmin McGee (Spring) must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) for the of graduate student research activities, and the advent of virtual
last 60 undergraduate hours attempted and a combined score scholarly meetings has facilitated the revival of intellectual exchange
Where Are They Now? of 155 or higher on the verbal and a 4.0 on the analytical and debate with historians across the country and around
sections of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). In addition, the the world.
Amanda Capote is the new Marina Ivans is a High school Gary Hainsworth went on to Rhianna Rogers presented her students must submit two letters of recommendation to the
Administrative and Archive history teacher at Lakeland earn a Master of Arts degree work on The Buffalo Project department, a five-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical The 2019-20 Graduate Teaching Assistants, meanwhile, played a key
Assistant at the Preservation Institute for Learning in in History and a certificate at the 12th Annual United statement indicating the nature of their preparation for role in ensuring that the pandemic did not disrupt undergraduate
Foundation of Palm Beach. The Lakeland, FL. from FIU. Nations - Geneva Forum graduate work and the reason for seeking the M.A. in History, education. Because of their tireless hard work and remarkable
Assistant works on projects in (Forum Genève). and a formal research paper. For information contact the dedication, the discussion sections in History’s lower-division
Nayida Ocasio joined Teach Josh Liller, Historian & Graduate Director, Dr. Douglas Kanter by e-mail at courses continued uninterrupted in the Spring term, as they helped
the archives, including scanning
for America. Collections Manager – B.A. Tristan Serra interned at dkanter1@fau.edu to move several hundred students online. On behalf of the faculty,
records, creating finding aids
in History got a job at Jupiter Jupiter Lighthouse Museum I wish to thank Rhiannon Callahan, Reilly Cox, the late Rose de
for collections, cataloging Daniel Ortiz has been hired Lighthouse Museum and has Spring 2019 and now has a job la Espriella, Camila Giraldo, Zac Link, Yasmin McGee, J. D. Reiner,
library books, and re-housing as a history/social studies officially joined the ranks of there as a Staff Interpreter. She Spring 2021 Thesis Deadlines: Madison Rizzo, Sara Feinman, William Tyler, and Nenita Wild
archival materials. It is a great teacher at McArthur High published authors. will be graduating with a B.A. - Final copy of thesis to M.A. Committee: February 22 for their extraordinary commitment to the department and its
opportunity to learn about School in Hollywood. He has
historic preservation and Carly McAllister is finishing in History. - Suggested deadline for thesis defense: March 8 students.
been coaching JV football and
architectural archives. now wants to be a mentor. law school and applying to Sanica Thelemaque enrolled - Completed thesis to Department Chair: March 22
the Air Force. Though the pandemic necessitated the cancellation of the History
Madelyn Church is a History He feels he has the voice to in law school. - Suggested date for thesis to Dean of College: April 5 Department’s annual awards ceremony, many of our graduate
Teacher at St. Anastasia Catholic connect through history to Paige Vaughan, Visitor - Thesis due to Graduate College: April 19 students continued to distinguish themselves for teaching and
School, Ft. Pierce the marginal students. Services Lead – B.A. in research excellence. Camila Giraldo earned the department’s
Diego Fermin has been History, got a job at Jupiter Glasser Memorial Award, which supported her research in
Alexei Goodyear received his Lighthouse Museum
admitted to New York the Wimberly Library’s Glasser collection. Rhiannon Callahan
B.A. from FAU and his MSc
University’s Graduate received the Frances Edelman Graduate Teaching Award, which
from the London School of Elizabeth Siwica joined the
Program for Fall 2020. acknowledges teaching excellence.
Economics. He now works Peace Corps.
in finance. (continued)
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Colton Babbitt’s thesis, “Caudill Under El Caudillo: Southern “The Johannine Community, the Synoptic Gospels, Samuel Victor Constant Marvin & Sybil Weiner
Baptists, Cuba, and the Origins of Conservatism, 1959-1979,”
won the Traci Jill Edelman Award for Best Graduate M.A. Thesis.
and the Traditions Behind John’s Resurrection Narrative”
by J. D. Reiner | Adviser: Dr. Ben Lowe Fellowship in Memory of Spirit of America
Recent alumni, too, have enjoyed career success. J. D. Reiner (MA
2020) was accepted into the Ph.D. program in New Testament Abstract: What sources informed the resurrection narrative of Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. Collection
studies at Rice University, and has an article in press in the FCH Jesus in the Gospel of John? Some scholars argue that the author
Annals, the journal of the Florida Conference of Historians. of John used the Synoptic Gospels along with oral traditions as The Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in As a Member, you help support…
sources, but others maintain that John used only independent Memory of Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. Provides
If you are a graduate of the M.A. program, we would love to hear traditions to write his resurrection story. This paper argues that New Opportunities to Learn from the Colonial • Preservation and access for this amazing collection
from you! Please share your good news or update your contact John did not use the Synoptics for this narrative because the American Past about America’s origins
information by emailing me (Dkanter1@fau.edu). reconstructed history of the Johannine community provides an • Public exhibitions that make the Spirit of America
adequate basis for postulating independent traditions which Thrilling new community events and research publications available to the South Florida community
– Douglas Kanter, Graduate Director succeed at explaining both the similarities and differences between on Colonial America are on the horizon at FAU. At a national • Public lectures in the library and beyond
John and the Synoptics. While it does not claim to prove that meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars, held in Palm Beach,
the Society of Colonial Wars in Florida announced that it has • Fellowships for scholars visiting and using the
the author was unaware of the Synoptics, it maintains that the collection
evidence for the use of those Gospels in addition to tradition is entrusted the FAU History Department with administering
the Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in Memory of • Education for the next generation about the ideals
too weak, whereas independent traditions alone can account
Graduate Thesis Section for the material. Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. and struggles of the nation’s founding
The program provides generous financial support for two Franklin’s Apprentices
“A Hawkish Dove? Robert S. McNamara in the Cuban Missile • $25/year for students
intertwined purposes. It boosts research that will result in
Crisis and the Vietnam War, 1962-1968” by Camila Giraldo
new publications on American History between 1607 and • $100/year for the general public
Adviser: Dr. Kelly Shannon
1775. It also connects the general community with scholars
The Sidney A. Goodman who can share their expertise in entertaining and accessible
• Invitation to collection events such as lectures
Abstract: Robert S. McNamara served as U.S. Secretary of
Defense (SOD) for Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Graduate Stipend Enhancement ways. Watch your mailbox, inbox, and social media feeds Adams’s Delegates
McNamara participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations (@FAUHistory, facebook.com/FAUHistory) for the launch of • $250/year
in 1961 and became a key formulator of Vietnam policy. This these programs when conditions permit safe gatherings • Early invitation to collection events such as lectures
Sidney A. Goodman, an
thesis challenges scholarship that characterizes McNamara as and travel. and exhibits
avid reader and student of
a fierce hawk who relentlessly executed military escalation in diplomatic history, enrolled in The Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship in Memory of Jefferson’s Cabinet
Vietnam. By drawing parallels between McNamara’s role in the FAU’s History M.A. program Kenneth R. Lavoy Jr. extends the Department’s faculty • $1,000/year
Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, and by exploring how in 2009 following a successful strength in Colonial American History. It also broadens access
McNamara’s concept of loyalty to the presidency influenced his career of over fifty years • Preferred seating at lectures and priority status at
to the FAU Libraries’ Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit
decisions, this thesis argues that the SOD was willing to escalate in business. events. Invitation to guided tour of exhibits related
of America Collection of rare original 17th- and 18th-
the situation militarily as a form of political communication with to the collection
century books, and it amplifies the research and community
the adversary. To McNamara, military pressure was a means to In honor of Sid’s commitment
to education, his wife of 63 engagement that the collection facilitates. Washington’s Inner Circle
create avenues for diplomacy. McNamara became increasingly
uncomfortable – and ultimately resigned in 1968 - when the years, Barbara Goodman, along • $2,000/year and above
Johnson administration pursued military escalation without an with his children Karl Goodman, • All the above benefits, and choice of book to adopt
organized campaign towards negotiations. He was therefore not Debbie Haft, and William • Invitation to an exclusive yearly salon where patrons
as hawkish as other scholars have claimed. Goodman, have established the Sidney A. Goodman Graduate can learn from experts and interact with the
Stipend Enhancement. Their gift will provide a meritorious material more closely
incoming graduate student who also serves as a Graduate Teaching Dean’s Fellowship Recipient
“Resisting the Slavocracy: The Boston Vigilance Committee’s Assistant with a stipend enhancement of $1,000 per year for up to Benefactors can choose a volume to sponsor from our
Role in the Creation of the Republican Party, 1846-1860” two academic years. The first recipient of the Sidney A. Goodman The Dean’s Fellowship is “Adopt-a-Book” Program. Additionally, all associates of the
by Yasmin McGee | Adviser: Dr. Stephen Engle Graduate Stipend Enhancement is Zachary Link. He continued in a competitive fellowship collection will, with their permission, be recognized on the
his second year of this fellowship. that provides additional Weiner Collection website.
Abstract: Republicanism, a long-standing ideology, which
embodied political liberty, virtue, and constitutional law, shaped funding to supplement Adopt-a-Book Program
The GTAs perform a tremendous service for FAU, the History the stipend and tuition
America’s political culture from the country’s inception. The Department, and the hundreds of undergraduates who take • For a $500 donation, benefactors can choose to
Republican Party’s formation in the 1850s was no exception waiver. The recipient
lower-division World History and American History surveys each sponsor an “at-risk” item from the collection,
to this rule. Paying close attention to the social and political of this year’s Dean’s
year. The department thanks the Goodman family for recognizing helping to support the preservation of these fragile
climate in Massachusetts, this thesis will journey through the Fellowship in the amount
the financial need and rising to the occasion to help meet it, in the treasures. The benefactor’s name will be placed on
United States’ turbulent antebellum years and examine how of $1,500 is
same spirit as Sid Goodman wanted to be a friend and mentor to an electronic bookplate in the library catalog.
the abolitionist organization known as the Boston Vigilance Isabel Hidalgo .
his fellow students.
Committee (BVC) fashioned the contours of this anti-slavery To donate and for more information, visit
party. Although scholars debate the committee’s origins, by 1846 www.fau.edu/artsandletters/history/weiner-associates/
members increased and expanded their activism in protecting and contact Dr. Finucane at afinucane@fau.edu or at
escaped slaves from being returned to slavery and in assisting 561-297-3951. Donations can be made directly at
fugitives to freedom. By standing on moral, economic, and legal fauf.fau.edu/WeinerAssociates
ground, Vigilance Committee members transformed Boston’s
political culture and helped mobilize Northern support for an anti-
slavery agenda that founded the Republican party and ultimately (continued)
culminated in slavery’s eventual demise.
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The FAU-Huntington Library Research Fellowship
Dusty Dye Makiki Reuvers Elizabeth Schmidt
The FAU-Huntington Library Research of Maryland College Park, will look Santa Barbara, will make particular use
Fellowship has chosen three graduate at accounts of funerary tradition and of the substantial periodical holdings
students to join us for the 2021 cycle. cultural practice for her work “A Decent for a project on food history and the
They will be on campus in October External Sorrow: Death, Mourning, and creation of colonial identities in the
of 2021 to conduct research in the the American Revolution.” eighteenth-century Atlantic world.
Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of
America Collection, and spend one Makiki Reuvers, a Ph.D. student in the The FAU-Huntington Library Research
additional month at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania’s Department Fellowship has been successful in
Huntington Library in San Marino, of History, will work with the collection’s bringing together scholars from Student Spotlight | Isabel Hidalgo
California, as they work on their extensive material on the English Civil across the country to work with our
dissertations. This year’s fellows bring War for her study on the body and rich collections, contributing to the
Isabel Hidalgo is the first graduate of the Kelly/Strul Emerging
a wide variety of interests to subjecthood in seventeenth-century production of new knowledge and
Scholars program. Florida Atlantic University surprised Isabel with
the collection. New England. supporting the work of graduate
a caravan of decorated cars led by mascot Owlsley to celebrate
students as they expand our
Elizabeth Schmidt, a history graduate the great achievement of being the first in her family to receive a
Dusty Dye, who is a doctoral student in understanding of the material in the
student at the University of California, bachelor’s degree. Isabel will begin her master’s degree at FAU
the Department of History, University FAU Libraries.
this fall.
Isabel writes: My dream and one of my career goals has been to
work in a museum since about the time I was 15. I have always
loved museums, but that particular year, while visiting museums
in Washington D.C., the thought that I could directly be a part of
the museum world suddenly dawned on me. This is all to say that
I was extremely fortunate and honored to have been one of the
first student employees at the Avron B. Fogelman Sports Museum.
Being a new museum on campus, there was a lot to learn and adjust
to – especially as sports history isn’t my forte. Still, in a couple
weeks, I learned a lot about the museum and its large collection.
Mr. Fogelman’s donation of hundreds of sports memorabilia pieces
was extremely generous; we are fortunate to have such an amazing It is always a joy to see other people marvel at the museum like
collection on campus. Just to give a preview of what you’ll find I did the first time I experienced it. I am excited to see how the
there: there are baseballs signed by almost every major historical museum continues to grow in the future; further accessibility
figure of the 20th century that one can think of; uniforms from Babe features are in the works, so I can’t wait to see those come to
Ruth and Joe DiMaggio; audio of Ronald Regan congratulating the fruition and make the collections, especially the audios, more
Kansas City Royals on their 1985 World Series win; and this is just accessible to all. I am also looking forward to seeing new and
scratching the surface. returning guests come enjoy the collection soon. The aspect I
look forward to most, however, is seeing how the collections
There is sports memorabilia for everything from boxing to the grow over time. It’ll be amazing to see the museum space
Olympics! It was a dream come true to work with such a diverse develop as guests continue to give us feedback and we continue
collection of materials. Working in the museum itself is also to work on the museum’s presentation overall. The Fogelman
wonderful; our guests are always curious and kind, asking us many Museum may be new to FAU, but it is already a wonderful center
Part of the Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection questions. We get student guests, as well as guests from the general of sports history and preservation on campus.
Boca area—and sometimes, guests from out-of-state!
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Peace, Justice and Human Rights New Faculty Spotlight | Department of History
Initiative (PJHR)
Message from the Dean
New PJHR Director
Kelly J. Shannon
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Kelly J. Shannon will serve
as the next Director of the Peace, Justice and Human Rights
Initiative (PJHR). As articulated in the University Strategic Plan,
PJHR’s mission is to work toward “developing and sharing the
best practices for promoting tolerance and understanding of Dr. Candace Cunningham Dr. Jermaine Scott came to FAU from Dr. Eyal Weinberg is a historian of
diverse cultures.” One of nine University-level platforms, PJHR was previously a visiting assistant the University of Virginia as a Postdoctoral modern Latin America, with a focus on
offers a unique multidisciplinary framework operating across the professor at Stetson University where Fellow in the Carter G. Woodson Institute Brazil. His research explores histories
university to invite engagement by all members of the university Upon accepting the position, Dr. Shannon stated, “I am she taught public history courses and for African-American and African Studies. of medicine, health, political violence,
community and our external partners in research, scholarship, honored and excited to be PJHR’s new Director. I look forward worked with local organizations to His research interests include the cultural and human rights in the twentieth
creative activities and applied practices that realize a more just to continuing to grow this important initiative together with create digital humanities projects using politics of sport, Black politics, Black century and particularly the Cold
and peaceful world. As recent events have so tragically illustrated, the FAU community. I believe deeply in PJHR’s mission. I am undergraduate research. Before that diaspora studies, Black popular culture, War. Weinberg’s current book project,
the work of PJHR and its efforts to facilitate dialogue and committed to supporting and promoting teaching, learning, she taught in the University of South and postcolonial studies. His manuscript- Tending to the Body Politic: Doctors,
involvement in public affairs through research, workshops, forums, research, community engagement, and other activities here at Carolina’s (USC) Opportunity Scholars in-progress, Black Teamwork: Football Military Repression, and Transitional
artistic experiences, and community engagement are needed now FAU that address the myriad structures of power and oppression Program. USC is also where she earned and Black Politics in the African Diaspora, Justice in Brazil (1961-1988), explores
more than ever. Dr. Shannon is an Associate Professor of History that exist in order to contribute meaningfully to the fight for her M.A. and Ph.D., won the Robert 1950-2008, seeks to understand how the contested realms of professional
and the Chastain-Johnston Middle Eastern Studies Distinguished peace, social justice, and human rights. Recent events – from H. Wienefeld Essay Prize, and was a Black athletic collectives across the African medicine, bioethics, and political
Professor in Peace Studies. Her research specializes in 20th and the social inequities laid bare by COVID-19 to the ongoing fight Fellow in the Grace Jordan McFadden Diaspora negotiated the colonial and racial repression in military and post-
21st century U.S. foreign relations and international history, against anti-Black racism – underscore that PJHR is needed now Professors Program. She is passionate constitution of modern sports, and football/ authoritarian Brazil. The manuscript is
with particular attention to the Islamic world, Iran, women, more than ever. FAU’s students, faculty, staff, and community about community collaborations and soccer in particular. His writings have based on his dissertation, which was
transnational feminism, and human rights. She is the author of partners are already deeply engaged in this work. I look forward has worked on several public history been included in ESPN’s The Undefeated, recognized with honorable mention for
U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights (University to amplifying your work and to working with all of you to make projects including Columbia SC 63, the the African American Intellectual History best dissertation in the humanities by
of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). FAU a leading scholarly institution for peace, justice, and human USC Center for Civil Rights History and Society’s Black Perspectives, and the Journal the Latin American Studies Association–
rights. I am humbled by the energy and commitment of the Research, and Historic Columbia. Her of Sports History. Jermaine teaches courses Brazil Section. Some of the project’s
Dr. Shannon is also the winner of the 2019 Stuart L. Bernath FAU community to peace and human equality, and I thank my research is on the 20th century African on African American and African Diaspora themes are featured in Weinberg’s
Lecture Prize awarded by the Society for Historians of American predecessors – particularly outgoing Interim Director Dr. Doug American experience with a special History and Sports History. article “‘With colleagues like that,
Foreign Relations (SHAFR), which recognizes scholarly excellence McGetchin – for building such a vibrant PJHR Initiative since its emphasis on civil rights, education, who needs enemies?’: Doctors and
by a historian under age 40. Dr. Shannon has previously served inception in 2014. I very much look forward to leading PJHR into gender, and the South. She has Areas of Expertise: Repression under Military and Post-
as a Faculty Affiliate with FAU’s Center for Women, Gender, its next phase.” presented her research at numerous American Sports | African-American History Authoritarian Brazil,” published in
and Sexuality Studies and has been actively involved in FAU’s conferences, including the Association The Americas. Prior to joining Florida
PJHR Initiative since its launch in 2014. Dr. Shannon’s previous I look forward to Dr. Shannon assuming this important position for the Study of African American Atlantic University, Weinberg was a
involvement in PJHR includes serving as an inaugural Fellow, and I encourage all students, staff and faculty to participate in Life and History, the History of postdoctoral fellow at the Institute
organizing events featuring guest speakers, participating in faculty the endeavors PJHR will undertake and opportunities it will offer Education Society, and Southern Labor for Historical Studies at the University
groups, developing a “History of Human Rights” course for the under her leadership. Studies. She is currently working on of Texas at Austin. At FAU, he teaches
Peace Studies certificate, and collaborating with local justice I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Doug McGetchin, a manuscript about African American courses on the histories of health,
organizations, such as the Hollywood chapter of the Women’s Associate Professor of History, for serving as the interim Director teachers who were in the long civil violence, and the Cold War in Latin
March and the Boca Raton Martin Luther King, Jr. Day committee. of PJHR during the past year and for maintaining the initiative’s rights movement. America, as well as courses focused
She has previously served as a Thomas Davis Fellow at Temple commitment to public programming that urges us to reflect on on Brazil. He also teaches the Modern
University’s Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy and is an Areas of Expertise: Latin America and History of
ways we can make our world more humane for all. African American | Public | Gender
active member of SHAFR, where she was a founding member and Civilization surveys.
co-Chair of the Committee on Women. She now serves an elected and Sexuality | Civil Rights
– Michael J. Horswell, Dean, Areas of Expertise:
three-year term on SHAFR’s Executive Council and heads that Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
association’s task force on sexual misconduct. Modern Latin America | Brazil | Science
and Medicine | Cold War Politics
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FACULTY NEWS 2019/20 Doug McGetchin, Ph.D., became co-
as a finalist for the 2020 Hagley Prize for
the Best Book in Business History. And
deep holdings for the study of colonial
Florida.
editor, Palgrave Series in Asian German reviewer W. Elliott Brownlee, (University
Studies, with Professor Joanne Miyang of California, Santa Barbara), described Sharples will use the award to show
Evan Bennett, Ph.D., is nearly done Barbara Ganson, Ph.D., is one of five
Cho (William Patterson University of Market Rules as “without doubt, he that “colonial Florida offers an
writing his environmental history of Tampa finalists for the position as Chief Curator
New Jersey). He has completed a draft best book we have on the history of the alternative origin story for the United
Bay. He is also editing, with Professor for the National Air and Space Museum
manuscript of a co-authored book regulation of commercial banking from States.” He points to the importance
Brian McConnell (Visual Arts & Art in Washington, D.C. The position involves
with Professors Eric Kurlander (Stetson the 1960s to 1999” (in the Journal of of roots in the Caribbean, Latin
History), a collection of essays on artist research, writing, planning of exhibits,
University) and Bernd-Stefan Grewe American History). Audible also prepared America, and Native America, as well
A.E. “Bean” Backus and his relationship lecturing, evaluating of artifacts and
(Tübingen University, Germany), Germany: Market Rules as an audiobook. Mark as the better-studied anglophone
with the African American artists known aircraft, among other tasks. The National
A Global History, 1500-Present with Oxford and co-author Roger Biles are in the North America. He points out that
as the Highwaymen. He offered a new Air and Space Museum is one of most
University Press. He is very grateful to last stages of revising a draft of A Good these influences became “tangled” as
course on Florida Environmental History, visited Smithsonian museums in our
FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts Place to Conduct Business: The Politics of successive empires -- Spain, Britain,
which he will be adding to the regular nation’s capital. It is currently undergoing
and Letters for a SCAF (Scholarly and Downtown Renewal since 1945 (under Spain (again), and the U.S. -- claimed
rotation soon. He was awarded the Osher major innovations on the National Mall.
Creative Activities Fellowship for Faculty) contract, Temple University Press). In the territory. The research project
Lifelong Learning Professorship in Arts &
Eric J. Hanne, Ph.D., has kept busy during for Spring 2021 to complete work on his the near future, they will send it to the is organized around three pivotal
Humanities for 2019/20.
the last year, working on a number of book manuscript The Boycott or the Bullet: press for a final round of external reviews. moments of transition between
Boyd Breslow, Ph.D., has an article research projects, service commitments, Debates over Nonviolence in Indo-Western Mark completed FAU’s ECertification those empires: 1763, 1784, and 1821.
Barbara Ganson’s forthcoming
accepted for publication entitled and adjusting to the pandemic-related Anti-Imperialist Struggles, 1880-1970, that course. Cheddar TV, a new network With each, how did inhabitants and
edited volume, Native
“John de Bauquell: London Politician instructional activities. In addition to traces interconnections between networks focused on business and politics for newcomers -- indigenous people,
People, Politics, and Society
and Royal Servant.” revising the proposal for his monograph, in Europe, South Asia, and the a young adult audience, interviewed enslaved people, free people of color,
in Contemporary Paraguay,
Navigating Hegemony: The Mazyadids of United States. Mark for two hours about development and settlers -- experience the change
illuminates our understanding of
Miriam Sanua Dalin, Ph.D., has been Hilla, he took part in both in-person and of the Interstate Highway System. That in governance and take advantage of
As far as teaching, he published an in-class contemporary Paraguay from
named a Guest Curator at the Boca Raton virtual conferences over the last year as episode is scheduled to “drop” in January overlaps and tensions between imperial
exercise, “Gandhi on the Stagecoach to multidisciplinary perspectives.
Historical Society and Museum for its well as provided both in-person and virtual and is scheduled for inclusion among powers? And how did a new colonizing
Pretoria, 1893,” World History Bulletin It features analyses by junior/
“History of the Jewish Community of public lectures. He is currently putting the Cheddar’s“evergreen” offerings. And, power attempt to govern a “foreign”
35, no. 2 (Fall 2019): 30-33. He was senior scholars from Paraguay
Boca Raton” project. She will be collecting finishing touches on a book chapter, “Sikka Mark is at work with co-author Christophe people who had established roots and
proud to be the Honors thesis advisor and the United States, along with
documents, photos, personal letters or Denied: A Numismatic Analysis of the Nitschke, on an article for the Oxford transformed the landscape, economy,
for two undergraduate Honors theses: a chronology of events since
emails, artifacts, and anything that can al-Qādir billāh’s reception” for a festschrift Online Research Encyclopedia, focused on customs, and Native American
Elizabeth Siwica, “Abdul Ghaffar Khan the fall from power of General
be used to record the history of the Jews in honor of his recently deceased mentor/ financial crises. diplomatic relations? The answers speak
and the Partition of India” (Spring 2019), Alfredo Stroessner in 1989.
of Boca Raton for exhibit and advisor, Dr. Michael Bonner, to be to the common historical phenomenon
and Jeffrey Coltman-Cormier, “‘Invasion General Stroessner left a strong
publication purposes. published by Brill. Jason T. Sharples, Ph.D., recently received of conquered and annexed territories
of the Land:’ Bangladeshi Immigration, authoritarian legacy, which still
the Howard H. Peckham Long-Term and illuminate how people conceived
Stephen Engle, Ph.D., continues to Sovereignty, and Symbolic Security in has an impact on Paraguay’s
Douglas Kanter, Ph.D., organized a Fellowship on Revolutionary America of, and used, subjecthood and
serve as the director of the History 1980s Rajya Sabha Debates About Border political culture today, where
special feature for New Hibernia Review, from the William L. Clements Library at citizenship when borders moved.
Department’s Symposia series, and as Fencing” (Fall 2019). the conservative Colorado Party
commemorating the 50th anniversary the University of Michigan. The grant will
the Secretary-treasurer for the Society This is Sharples’s second major research continues to dominate much
of Emmet Larkin’s famous essay on support archival research for his project
of Civil War Historians. He also serves as As Interim Director of the Peace, Justice, project. The first resulted in the book of the political landscape. Yet,
“The Devotional Revolution in Ireland, Tangled Roots: Florida’s Revolving Empires
a member of the Abraham Lincoln Book and Human Rights (PJHR) Initiative, The World That Fear Made: Slave the country has transitioned to
1850-75.” Dr. Kanter continues to serve and the Opportunities of Changing
Prize Committee. This year he devoted he organized the visit of Gandhi’s Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in a modern democracy. This rich
as the department’s Director of Graduate Borders, 1760-1830. The Clements
his energies to finishing his biography granddaughter Ela Gandhi at FAU on Early America. collection of essays examines
Studies and welcomes inquiries from Library is a leading research center for
tentatively entitled In Pursuit of Justice: October 21, 2019 in celebration of the how political change affected
prospective students. early American history and has unusually
The Life of John Albion Andrew. In addition, 150th Anniversary of Gandhi’s Birthday, Paraguayans, especially the small
he served as the Humanities Advisor to the Patricia Kollander, Ph.D., was scheduled October 2, 1869 as part of an international indigenous population.
digital NEH Project entitled “Exploring the to present papers in 2020 and early Gandhi 150 Conference he organized
at FAU Davie. He also represented FAU Ganson wrote the introduction,
Roots of Freedom.” This year, he serves as 2021 on the contributions of German
as a founding member of the Gandhi- compiled the timeline, and edited
chair of the John Nau Book Prize awarded and Austrian emigres to World War II at
King Global Initiative (GKGI) at Stanford the essays, in collaboration with
by the Center for Civil War History at the conferences in Canada and England; both
University at the inaugural conference her contributors. The volume will
University of Virginia. In addition to his have been postponed due to the Covid
earlier in October 2019, hosted by appear in print in the Spring 2021
academic endeavors, Dr. Engle serves as pandemic. In 2020, she completed a
Professor Clayborne Carson, and will be published by University
Florida Atlantic University’s Faculty Athletic translation of a historical novel related to
Director of the King Institute. of New Mexico Press. The cover
Representative to the NCAA. her research from German to English, and
displays a sample of ñandutí
is in the midst of translating a historical
Adrian Finucane, Ph.D., presented a Mark H. Rose, Ph.D., published “Arthur or Paraguayan lace, which is
work on German emigres in the U.S. army
section of her book project-in-progress Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of traditional lace. The name means
in World War II, along with a book review.
Captive Exchanges: Prisoners of War and Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986,” Journal “spider web” in Guaraní.
Her article, “Empress Frederick and the
the Trade in Secrets, 1700-1760, at the Women’s Movement in Nineteenth- of Urban History (November 2020). The
Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Century Germany” was published in Business History Conference selected
Global Interactions Conference in St. Louis, Journal of International Women’s History Mark’s Market Rules: Bankers, Presidents,
Missouri, in February 2020. in fall 2020. and the Origins of the Great Recession
(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019),
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