History Celebrates Six 2026 MA Graduates
Six students were awarded MA degrees at the May commencement ceremony. We are so proud of them and wish them all the best in their next endeavors!
Ana Alonso (advisor Kyle Volk)
Thesis Title: “Practical Experts: Lumbermen’s Associations and the Making of Montana Fire Laws, 1900-1935”
Thesis Title: “Practical Experts: Lumbermen’s Associations and the Making of Montana Fire Laws, 1900-1935”
Arizona Duff (advisor Wade Davies)
Research Portfolio Titles: “The Last Best Songs: Cowboys, Miners, and Montana Soundscapes, 1890-1950” and “Creating ‘Amazonia’: The KRAB-FM Lesbian-Feminists Radio Program & Seattle’s Lesbian-Feminist Community (1971 – 1982)”
Research Portfolio Titles: “The Last Best Songs: Cowboys, Miners, and Montana Soundscapes, 1890-1950” and “Creating ‘Amazonia’: The KRAB-FM Lesbian-Feminists Radio Program & Seattle’s Lesbian-Feminist Community (1971 – 1982)”
Danielle Brown (advisor Anya Jabour)
Professional Paper Title: “‘An Extremely Dangerous Institution’: The Cultures and Controversy of Public School Dances in Montana, 1900-1930”
Professional Paper Title: “‘An Extremely Dangerous Institution’: The Cultures and Controversy of Public School Dances in Montana, 1900-1930”
Rory Johnson (advisor Claire Arcenas)
Professional Paper Title: “Continental Violence and the ‘Oregon Question’: Sovereignty, Militias, and the Pacific Northwest”
Professional Paper Title: “Continental Violence and the ‘Oregon Question’: Sovereignty, Militias, and the Pacific Northwest”
Jacob Shropshire (advisor John Eglin)
Professional Paper Title: “‘More Boldly I Shall Go’: Jacobites, Hanoverians, and the Fabrication of Nostalgia, 1745-1766”
Professional Paper Title: “‘More Boldly I Shall Go’: Jacobites, Hanoverians, and the Fabrication of Nostalgia, 1745-1766”
Emma Siewert (advisor Claire Arcenas)
Thesis Title: “Representations of the Haitian Revolution in American Abolitionist Literature (1791-1861)”
Thesis Title: “Representations of the Haitian Revolution in American Abolitionist Literature (1791-1861)”