History Awards, Honors and Fellowships 2019-2020
The History faculty would like to recognize History majors, combined majors, and minors who received department and University awards, honors, and fellowships in academic year 2019-2020. If there’s anyone else who should be on this list, please write to Dr. Donna Alvah, the department chair, at dalvah@stlawu.edu.
Moving-Up Day Awards 2020
William D. Mallam Award for Outstanding Senior History Major: Dana Congelosi ‘20 and Alexandra Whalen ‘20
Harry Reiff Award for Outstanding Junior Major: Niamh Creedon-Carey ‘21 and Michael Gagliardi ‘21
Class of 1934 Award for Academic Achievement and Attitude toward Learning: Asha Johnson ‘21
Writing Awards for AY19-20
Amelia Adams ‘20: Recipient of the Robert B. Carlisle Research Paper Award, “‘Even though a woman”: Succession and the Role of Female Emperors in Classical Japan”
Christian Hovey ‘21: Recipient of the Sophomore/Junior Historiographical Essay Award, for “Culture of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Dime Novels and Mass Periodicals”
Honors in History 2020 (awarded at graduation for the successful completion of an honors research project)
Sara Casazza, “The Evolution of Vietnam War Memorials”
Shaina Gormley, “Women’s Roles and Experiences in the Northern Ireland Troubles and Their Aftermath: Reclaiming the History of the Conflict”
June Kiely, “‘Act her Own Agent’: Freedwomen’s Agency in the Transition From Slavery to Freedom”
Emma Sollitt, “Wicked Pioneers Working-Class Women in Contemporary Nairobi”
Alexandra Whalen, “North Country Women: A Study of Rural Feminist Activism”
Spring ’20 Inductees into Phi Alpha Theta
Grace Adams ‘20
Katherine Caffrey ‘22
Brandon Calton ‘20
Laura Gardner ‘20
Hanna Gregory ‘20
Cooper McCrillis ‘21
Suzanne Rickard ‘22
Tristan Turner ‘21
Inductees into SLU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter
Spring 2020: Amelia Adams, Alexandra Whalen
Fall 2020: Dana Congelosi
SLU Summer Fellowships (University award)
Camden Fort, “American Classrooms at the Height of the Cold War”
Min Wang, “British Colonial Influence in Hong Kong and Its Aftermath: Perspectives on the 2019 Protest”
