Department of History


Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas January 26, 2008
Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, sponsors national and regional conferences where history students can share their ongoing work with each other. Four McMurry students attended the conference hosted on January 26, 2008 by West Texas A&M University, presenting papers originally written for the McMurry historiography class required of all majors. McMurry professors Dr. Don Frazier and Dr. Robert Pace also attended the conference to serve as session chairs and judges. The students and their presentation titles were:
Tyson Basora, “Franco: A Tale of Two Meetings”
Erin Bodiford, “‘Riding Like Arabs and Fighting Like Devils’: Terry’s Texas Rangers at the Battle of Shiloh”
Keri Henson, “‘Savage Men’: Indian Depredations and the Plea for Annexation from the Frontiersmen of the Republic of Texas”
Krista Waters, “‘With All Deliberate Speed’? Brown v. Board of Education on Race Relations in Abilene, Texas” Krista Waters’ paper was judged to be the best in her session, which included papers from graduate students as well as undergrads.