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Twenty-Ninth Annual

Mid-America Conference on History

September 27-29, 2007

Oklahoma State University–Tulsa 

North Hall

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Twenty-Ninth Annual Mid-America Conference on History is sponsored by:

History Department, Oklahoma State University

College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University

Phi Alpha Theta, Chapter Nu (Stillwater)

The Norris Foundation

	

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Session Overview					
	Conference Information					
	Shuttle							
	Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Campus, Map		
	Hotel Accommodations, Map					
	Thursday General Session I, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.		
	Thursday General Session II, 10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.			
	Thursday General Session III, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.	            	
	Thursday General Session IV, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.			
	Thursday Address by Ann Waltner				
	Friday General Session V, 8:30 a.m-10:15 a.m.		
	Friday General Session VI, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.		
	Friday Luncheon and Address by Theda Perdue		
	Friday General Session VII, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.		
	Friday Banquet and Address by Jay Winter			
	Saturday General Session VIII, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.		
	Saturday General Session IX, 11:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.		
 	Information on Thirtieth Mid-America Conference          	
							
             	Index of Participants					

SESSION OVERVIEW
	
Thursday, September 27

	8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.		Registration 	North Hall 153

	8:30a.m.-10:00 a.m.		General Session I 

10:15a.m.-12:00p.m.		General Session II

	12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.		Break		

	1:00p.m.-2:30p.m.		General Session III

	2:45p.m.-4:15p.m.		General Session IV

7:00p.m.-8:00p.m.		Address by Ann Waltner
University of Minnesota

	8:00p.m.-10:00p.m.		Reception at Doubletree

Friday, September 28

	8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.		Registration	North Hall 153

	8:30-10:15 a.m.			General Session V

	10:30a.m.-12:00p.m.		General Session VI

	12:15p.m.-1:15p.m.		Address by Theda Perdue
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

	1:15p.m. -2:00p.m.		Luncheon (pre-registration 
					required)

	2:15p.m.-4:00p.m.		General Session VII

	6:00.m.-7:15p.m.			Banquet (pre-registration required)

	7:15p.m.-8:15p.m.		Address by Jay Winter
					Yale University

Saturday, September 29

	8:00a.m.-11:00a.m.		Registration	North Hall 153
								
	9:00a.m.-10:45a.m.		General Session VIII

	11:00a.m.-12:45p.m.		General Session IX

	1:00p.m.				Conference officially ends

THE CONFERENCE

Southwest Missouri State University originated the Mid-America Conference on History in 1977.  It has become an annual conference co-sponsored by the Departments of History at the University of Arkansas, University of Kansas, Oklahoma State University, Southwest Missouri State University, and Washburn University with the Kansas State Historical Society.  The Conference rotates among these sites.

LOCATION 

All sessions of the 2007 Mid-America Conference on History will be held at North Hall, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa.  (See Map, which indicates parking.)  For information about the conference, call 405-744-8187 or 405-744-5678 (History Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater).  The conference hotel is the Tulsa Downtown Doubletree, located at 616 W. 7th St., Tulsa, OK.  For those who need transportation, a shuttle between the hotel and OSU-Tulsa will be offered.  The times of the shuttle are:

	Leaving the Doubletree (front door)		Leaving OSU-Tulsa
            	to OSU-Tulsa				to Downtown Doubletree

	Thurs: Leave 	7:45 a.m.	Thurs., Leave 	1:00 p.m.
		    	8:00 a.m.		        	1:15 p.m. 
			8:15 a.m.			4:15 p.m.
                                	2:00 p.m.              		4:30 p.m.

	Friday: Leave 	7:45 a.m.	Friday: Leave 	12:15 p.m.
			8:00 a.m.			12:30 p.m.
         			1:30 p.m.	   	         	4:15 p.m.
		    	1:45 p.m.		         	4:30 p.m.

	Saturday: Leave 	8:00 a.m. 	Saturday: Leave 	1:00 p.m.

NEXT YEAR

The Thirtieth Mid-America Conference on History will be sponsored by the History Department of the University of Memphis.  Individuals interested in that conference should contact: Prof. Janann M. Sherman, University of Memphis, Department of History, 219 Mitchell Hall, Memphis, TN 38152-3450.  E-mail:	sherman@ memphis.edu

BOOK EXHIBITS**********************************

Book Exhibits are located in North Hall 153.  The hours of operation are:

	Thursday, Friday	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
	Saturday		8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Publishers who plan to exhibit at the conference at the time of the printing of this program are:

Bedford/St. Martin's Publishers
Harlan Davidson Publishers
Kentate State University Press
Louisiana State University Press
McGraw-Hill Publishers
Northern Illinois University Press
Pearson-Longman Publishers
Thomson-Gale Publishers
University of Arkansas Press
University of Illinois Press
University of Missouri Press
University Press of Kansas
W. W. Norton, Inc.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Conference Coordinators:		James L. Huston
				Elizabeth A. Williams

Conference Administrators: 	Angela J. Kelly

Program Committee:		Joseph F. Byrnes, 
				Yonglin Jiang, 
				Ronald Petrin 
				Elizabeth A. Williams

A number of agencies have made this program possible.  Financial assistance was rendered by the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences of Oklahoma State University.  Funds for the public addresses were provided in part by a grant from the Norris Foundation.  The Nu chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, under the guidance of Brian Frehner, Advisor, provided the individuals to staff the registration tables and assist book exhibitors.  The book publishing representatives have been of immense help in defraying the entertainment expenses of this conference.  Finally, Susan Oliver and Diana Hover, unit assistants in the Oklahoma State University Department of History, have performed yeowomen service in communicating with conference participants, preparing the program, and managing the files. 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
General Session I: 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

I-1.	North Hall 260
Religion, Reform and Radicalism in the Nineteenth-Century U.S. 
		Chair:  Greg Renoff, Drury University
		Comment: Alan Bearman, Washburn University

“Religion and Reform in St. Louis Missouri.” 
		Lisa Guinn, Ferris State University  

		“Victorian Crisis of Faith: American Perceptions of Gladstone in the Debate with Ingersoll.”
		Stephen Peterson, Oral Roberts University

		“Restorationists, the Second Great Awakening, and the Rejection of Christian Political Activism.” 
		Matt McCook, Oklahoma Christian University

I-2.	North Hall 258
Farming Freedom on the Plains: African American     Agricultural Communities and Societies
		Chair:  Sarah Eppler Janda, Cameron University
		Comment: Joyce Thierer, Emporia State University

“Agricultural Associations and Kansan Junius G. Groves.”
		Tisa M. Anders, Independent Scholar

“Tending the Promised Land.”
		Anne P. W. Hawkins, Independent Scholar  

“Junius Groves and the Community of Groves Center.”
		Angela Doyle Radicia, Independent Scholar

I-3. 	North Hall 263
	The Media and the South in the Late Twentieth-Century
		Chair: Raymond Wilson, Fort Hays State University
		Comment: Brad Duren, Oklahoma Panhandle State University

	“The Influence of Film on the Image of Oklahoma.” 
		Warren Rieger, Oral Roberts University  

			“Ain’t My Daddy’s Farm Anymore!  Media and Mississippi’s Smallest Farmers after World War II.” 
		Deb Shelton, Mississippi State University

I-4.	North Hall 155
	Harry Truman and Foreign Policy
		Chair: Petra DeWitt, University of Missouri, Rolla
		Comment: Sara Sale, Sterling College

	“Harry Truman: War Seller.”
		Larry W. Blomstedt, Texas A&M University

			“The Conditions Soldiers Faced in Korea’s Chosin Reservoir Battle.”
		Molly Mirll, University of Central Oklahoma

I-5.	North Hall 156 
	Europeans Visiting and Settling the US
		Chair: Ninette Ashley, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Greg Sutton, East Central State University

			“The Contest over Jeffersonian America: British Travelers, Reviewers, and the American Response.”
		Joe Eaton, National Chengchi University, Taipei
		
		“The Legacy of ‘Vadonis’ Ulmanis: Karlis Ulmanis, Past, Present and Future.”
		Jordan T. Kuck, University of Nebraska, Kearney

I-6.	North Hall 259
	Southern Economic Development in the Nineteenth-Century
		Chair: Barbara Hahn, Texas Tech University
		Comment: Bruce MacTavish, Washburn University

		“Frontier Capitalism: The Market Revolution in Rural Central Missouri, 1830-1860.” 
			Jeff Bremer, Stephen F. Austin State University

			“Yeomen Farmers on the Antebellum Plantation Frontier: Identity, Household Production, and the Nascent Market Economy.” 
		Gary T. Edwards, Arkansas State University

			“Healthy Workers are Better Workers:  Company Health Care in the Southern Textile Industry, 1880-1940.”
		Bart Dredge, Austin College 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
General Session II: 10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

II-1.	 North Hall 156
	Varieties of European Moral Order
		Chair: David Tait, Rogers State University
		Comment: Christine Ruane, University of Tulsa

		 “Restructuring the Family in Revolutionary Russia.”
		Sharon A . Kowalsky, Texas A & M University

			“Educating Peasants in Imperial Russia: the Role of the Parish Priests.”
		Natalie Jensen, University of Kansas

			“Crusading for Godly Order: Catholic Popular Missions in Postwar West Germany.”
		Joel T. Davis, University of Missouri

II-2.	North Hall 258
	American Culture in the Late Twentieth-Century
		Chair: Drew Wood, University of Tulsa
		Comment: Robert Griswold, University of Oklahoma

			“Elvis Lives!  The Internationalization of an American Cultural Icon.”
		Kevin Eades, University of North Texas

		“‘Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother’: Cosmic Cowboys, Outlaw Country, and Anglo-American Masculinity in the 1970s.”
		Jason Dean Mellard, University of Texas, Austin

				“Big Top Baseball: Raymond `Hap’ Dumont, and the Wild World of the National Baseball Congress Tournament, 1935-2005.” 
		Travis Larsen, Oklahoma State University

II-3.	North Hall 259
	White Women and Native Americans
		Chair: Todd Leahy, Fort Hays State University
		Comment: Rita Napier, University of Kansas

	“Women’s Captivity Narratives and the Minnesota Indian War: A Reflection of Nineteenth-Century Cultural Values.”
		Emily Wardrop, University of Oklahoma

	“The Shawnee Loyalists: A Kansas Experience.” 
		Ara J. Carbonneau, Emporia State University

II-4.	North Hall 260
	1850s Politics Over Slavery in the Old Northwest
		Chair: Will Klunder, Wichita State University
		Comment: John M. Belohlavek, University of South Florida

“Disinterring the Doughfaces:  A Postmortem on the Northwestern Proslavery Faction.” 
		Vernon Volpe, University of Nebraska, Kearney

		“Abraham Lincoln and the Danville Farmer: The President-Elect Discusses Policy with a Kentuckian.”
		Mark Stegmaier, Cameron University

II-5.	North Hall 263
	New Perspectives on U.S.-East Asia Relations
		Chair: Yonglin Jiang, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Li Xiaobing, University of Central Oklahoma

			“Emperor Hirohito’s Role during the U.S. Occupation of Japan.”
		Yukie O, Oklahoma State University

		“Neglect or Negotiate: The Historical Development of the U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Crisis.”
		Hosok O, Oklahoma State University

		“American Foreign Policy, the Advent of the Cold War, and Ramifications for Korean Unification.”
		Hyun Woong Hong, Oklahoma State University

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
General Session III: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

III-1.	North Hall 155
	European Colonialism: Conflicts, Legacies
		Chair: Marie Hooper, Oklahoma City University
		Comment: Douglas Catterall, Cameron University

		“Anglo-Dutch Relations and the Amboyna Massacre.”
		Joel D. Benson, Northwestern Missouri State University

		“Political and Cultural Responses to British Colonialism in the West Indies.”
		Sharon Sewell, Galveston College
 
III-2.	North Hall 263
	Antebellum Southern Expansion and Politics
		Chair: Scott Barton, East Central University
		Comment: Frank Towers, University of Calgary

		“A Southern Man of Northern Principles: Editor Michael C. Garber and the Political Realignment of the 1850s.” 
			Mark A. Furnish, Purdue University

			“Fall in for Mexico: Catholics, Immigrants, and Volunteering in the Mexican-American War.”
		Tyler V. Johnson, Purdue University 

		“Freedom’s Face Value: Liberty and Slavery on Southern Paper Money, 1703-1873.” 
			Jeremy J. Tewell, Oklahoma State University

III-3. 	North Hall 258 
	Race and Education
		Chair: Kevin Sweeney, Wayland Baptist University
		Comment: Cherisse Jones-Branch, Arkansas State University

			“Cherokee and Western African Women in the Lancasterian Schools of the ABCFM.” 
		Gnimbin Ouattara, Georgia State University

			“Angel de Cora–Education, Race and Assimilation in the Life of an Indian Artist.” 
		Yvonne N. Tiger, University of Oklahoma

			“Alvin H. Caldwell: The Madame C.J. Walker School and the Successes of African American Children in a One-Room School, Joppa, Illinois, 1935-1955.” 
		Pamela A. Smoot
		Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

III-4. 	North Hall 259 
	Unrest in the Early Republic
		Chair : Edward Countryman, Texas Christian University
		Comment: Paul Gilje, University of Oklahoma

			“The Panic of 1819 and the Meanings of Disorder in St. Louis.”
		Mark M. Carroll, University of Missouri

			 “A Threat to Patriarchy?: Infanticide and Its Effects in Early Colonial Maryland.” 
		Amanda Lea Miracle, Bowling Green State University

			“Shays’ Rebellion: Revolutionary Rhetoric Against Revolutionary Government.” 
		Michal Jan Rozbicki, St. Louis University

III-5. 	North Hall 260 	
	American Foreign Policy in the Progressive Era
		Phi Alpha Theta Session
		Chair: Robert Krause, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Mark Hellstern, Tulsa Community College, Metro Campus

			“Unlikely Bedfellows: The Failure of Bi-Partisanship in the Anti-Imperial Debate.”
		Martin Evan. East Central University

			“Woodrow Wilson and Alexander Kerensky: Their Shared Struggle for Democracy.”
		Samantha L. Rohaus, Missouri State University 

		“Difference in Treatment of Japanese American internees and German POWs in Arkansas during World War II.”
		Allison Yocum, University of Central Arkansas

III-6. 	North Hall 156	
Methodology: Historians and Sociology: Constructs,     Applications, Possibilities, and Limitations: A Roundtable    Discussion
Moderator:  	Jean VanDelinder, Oklahoma State University
Discussants:  	Yanhong Wu, Oklahoma State University
				David Smith, University of Kansas	
			Polly Detels, Texas A&M University-Commerce
				Matthew Mancini, St. Louis University

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
General Session IV: 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

IV-1. 	North Hall 156
	New Interpretations of the Hoover Presidency: A Panel    Discussion.

Timothy Walch.  Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
		Glen Jeansonne, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
		Paul Glad, University of Oklahoma
		Hall Elliott Wert, Kansas City Art Institute
		
IV-2.  	North Hall 258
	Protest and Equal Rights in the Twentieth-Century
		Chair: R. Bentley Anderson, St. Louis University
		Comment: Kevin Bower, Nebraska Wesleyan University

			“Clyde’s Warrior’s ‘Red Power’: The Influences Behind the Rhetoric.”
		Paul McKensie-Jones, University of Oklahoma

			“From Shields to Swords: Robert K. Carr and theTransformation of Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Policies in the Post-World War II Era.” 
		Sven H. Dubie, John Carroll University

	“Korematsu: Greed and Racism or Justified Removal?”
		Jason Minard, Eastern Illinois University 

IV-3.	North Hall 259
	Migrations within Modern Europe
		Chair: Terry Jones, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Russell Lawson, Bacone College

			“Destination Belgrano: German Jewish Flight and Resettlement to Argentina in the 1930s and 1940s.”
		Mike R. Russell, Kansas Wesleyan University

		“‘Demn Schwert muss der Pflug folgen’: Uber-Peasants and National Socialist Settlements in the Occupied Eastern Territories during World War Two.”
			Simone Cezanne De Santiago Ramos, University of North Texas

			“The Long Trek: The Mass Transfer of Ukrainian Germans to ‘Greater’ Germany, 1943-1945.”
		Eric J. Schmaltz, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

IV-4.	North Hall 155
	On the Fringes of the American Colonies
	Chair: James F. Cooper, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Cynthia Ingham, University of Arkansas
	
			“Coronelli’s Texan Mississippi: A Reinterpretation of Coronelli’s 1688 Map of North America.” 
		Gene Rhea Tucker, University of Texas, Arlington.

			“Gomes Eanes de Zurara and His Effect Upon the Views of Las Casas Concerning the Slave Trade.” 
		Paul Vickery, Oral Roberts University

IV-5.	North Hall 260
	Lincoln and 1850s Politics
		Chair: Jennifer Weber, University of Kansas
		Comment: Mark Voss-Hubbard, Eastern Illinois University

		“Common Law Appeals and Constitutional Hermeneutics: Lincoln on Dred Scott.”
			Stewart Winger, Illinois State University

	“Lincoln, Dred Scott’s Daughters, and Human Property.”
		Silvanna Siddali, St. Louis University

			“Stephen A. Douglas and the Northern Democratic Origins of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.”
		Graham Peck, Saint Xavier University

Thursday Evening Public Address

“Letters from an Immortal: Gender, Religion, and Society in Sixteenth-Century China.”

7:00-8:00p.m.

Ann Waltner, University of Minnesota

Council Oak Ballroom, 1st Floor, Doubletree Hotel

Reception for Participants of the 29th Mid-America Conference on History
		
8:00-10:00p.m.

Council Oak Ballroom, 1st Floor, Doubletree Hotel

Cash Bar

FRIDAY, September 28
General Session V: 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

V-1.	North Hall 258
	Perceptions of and By Native Americans
		Chair: Ron McCoy, Emporia State University
		Comment: L. G. Moses, Oklahoma State University

			“Prelude to a Crisis: Land Tenure, Indian Removal, and Redefining a Culture.” 
		Jesse M. McRight, III, Mississippi State University

			“Visual Encounters: The Foreign ‘Other’ in Early American Indian and Euro-American Imagery.” 
		Amy Diane Bergseth, Miami University

			“‘The Comforts of Civilized Life’: Elite Participation in Cherokee Cultural Transformation, 1828-1832.”
		Stephen A. Martin, University of Oklahoma

V-2. 	 North Hall 259 
	Gender and Culture in the Late Twentieth-Century U.S.
		Chair: Linda Reese, East Central University
		Comment: Patricia Loughlin, University of Central Oklahoma

			“‘She Who Unofficially Won the War’: Betty Grable and World War II.” 
		Sara Sale, Sterling College

			“The Great Divide: The Evolution of Gender Ideology in American Culture After World War II.” 
		Jerry A. Micelle, Calcasieu Parish Schools

		“The Birds and the Trees: J.C. Nichols and the New Urban Frontier.”
		Clinton Lawson, University of Missouri, Kansas City

V-3.	North Hall 260
	The Nineteenth-Century U.S. Economy in Times of Conflict
 		Chair: Steven G. Collins, St. Louis Community College
		Commentator: Louis Gerteis, University of Missouri-St. Louis

			“Another Middle Passage?: The Use of Steamboats in Indian Removal.”
		Robert Gudmestad, University of Memphis

			“Rich Man’s Fight: Wealth, Privilege, and Military Service in Confederate Mississippi.”
		Paul Paskoff, Louisiana State University

			“Civil War Substitutes and the Principals who Provided Them.” 
		John Sacher, University of Central Florida

V-4.	North Hall 156
Religious Convictions and the Early American Experience
		Chair: Carey Roberts, Arkansas Tech University
	Comment: Chris Owen, Northeastern State University

		“Amazing Grace: The Influence of Nineteenth-Century Christianity on Oklahoma Ozark Music.” 
				J. Justin Castro, University of Central Oklahoma

		“War, Romance and Religion in Colonial Georgia: The Story of Oglethorpe, Wesley and Whitefield.” 
				Albert C. Whittenberg, Middle Tennessee State University

			“A Sign of the Times…A Hope for Future Spiritualism in Nineteenth Century America”
				Sarah C. Thomas, University of Oklahoma

V-5.	North Hall 263
	The Violent Path of Reconstruction
		Chair: Arwin Smallwood, University of Memphis
		Comment: Alwyn Barr, Texas Tech University

		“The Radicalization of Texas Unionists: New Insights into the Development of the Republican Agenda in Texas.”
					Carl H. Moneyhon, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

		“Fight to the Death: Changing Perceptions of Death and Dying Among White Southerners in the Reconstruction South.”
		Kim Kellison, Baylor University
		
		“The Abduction of Molly Digby: Race, Crime, and Reconstruction in New Orleans.”
				Michael A. Ross, Loyola University of New Orleans

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
General Session VI: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

VI-1.	North Hall 258 
	Religion Around the World
Chair, Co-commentator: Shelley Wolbrink, Drury University 
Comment: Michael Springer, University of Central Oklahoma

	“The Five Lives of St. Rumwald, Infant Confessor.”
				Mary Ellen Rowe, University of Central Missouri 

	“The White Lady of Starkenburg: A Tale of Two Cultures.” 
				Carol Piper Heming, University of Central Missouri

			“Possessed by Jesus: Spirits and the Supernatural in Early Korean Protestantism.” 
		Sean C. B. Kim, University of Central Missouri

VI-2.  	North Hall 259
	Public History of Oklahoma and Texas
		Chair: Virgil Dean, Kansas State Historical Society
		Comment: Jay Price, Wichita State University

		“‘But I’ve Never Been West of I-35': Origins of the Dust Bowl Oral History Project.”
				Shelly Lemons, St. Louis Community College

		“Dusty Memories: The Dust Bowl Oral History Collection of Oklahoma State University’s Special Collections and University Archives.”
				Steve Kite, Fort Hays State University

	“The Alex S. Terrell School.”
		Brandon Core, Texas A&M University

VI-3. 	North Hall 156
		American Social and Intellectual History in the Twentieth-Century
		Chair: Thomas Jorsch, Ferris State University
		Comment: Ronald Petrin, Oklahoma State University

	“The ABC’s of Christian Realism.”
		Mark Thomas Edwards, Ouachita Baptist University

	“Maria Montessori: Prophet or Charlatan?”
		Lynn M. Burlbaw, Texas A&M University

VI-4.	North Hall 260 
	Reconstruction at the Local and  National Levels
		Chair: William G. Piston, Missouri State University
Comment: Mark Summers, University of Kentucky

			“Post of Greatest Peril: A Quantitative Analysis of the Freedmen’s Bureau Subassistant Commissioners in Texas”
Christopher Bean, University of North Texas

			“A Drama and a Comedy: The Scandal and Impeachment of President Grant’s Secretary of War, William W. Belknap.”
		Raymond D. Screws, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

VI-5.	North Hall 263 
	Architectural History in the Great Plains	
		Chair: Bill Corbett, Northeastern State University
		Comment: Nora Pat Small, Eastern Illinois University

			“The Architecture of Kansas Settlement: Edmond, Kansas, 1876-1930.”
		Adam Conkey, Fort Hays State University

			“More Than a Building: The Cushing Memorial Library as a Metaphor and Memory.”
		Jee-young Shin
		Shufen Huang
		Lynn M. Burlbaw
		Texas A&M University

			“The Pruitt-Igoe Projects: Social Control, Civil Disorder, and the Failure of Public Housing, 1954-1976.”  
		Benjamin Lawson, University of Iowa 

Friday, September 28

Friday Afternoon Public Address

12:15p.m. – 1:15pm

“Indians in the Segregated South.”

Theda Perdue, University of North Carolina

B.S. Roberts Room, North Hall 151

Friday, September 28

Friday Luncheon

1:15p.m. – 2:00p.m.

B.S. Roberts Room. North Hall 151
(tickets by pre-registration only)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
General Session VII: 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

VII-1. 	North Hall 263
	Women’s Suffrage by 1920
		Chair: Patricia Zelman, Tarleton State University
		Comment: Virginia Bellows, Tulsa Community College, 
		Metro Campus

			“The Value of ‘Purely Feminine Ideals in Government’: A Colorado Perspective (1890-1920).”
		Heather Caldwell, Texas A&M University

			“Woman and the War Effort: The Timing of the Federal Suffrage Amendment.”
		Christine A. Farrell, Wichita State University

			“A Statistical Analysis of Sexist versus Objective Coverage of Woman Suffrage by the New York Times, 1867-1920.”
		Philip R. Schmidt, Southwestern College

	“Mary Kate Hunter: Small Town Texas Suffragist.”
		Kevin C. Motl, Ouachita Baptist University

VII-2. 	North Hall 260 
	The U.S. Environment in Post-World War II America
		Chair: Steve Wagner, Missouri Southern State University
		Comment: Michael Logan, Oklahoma State University

	“Social Environmentalism.”
		Nathan Horn, Mississippi State University

			“Where Have All the Bobwhites Gone?: Val Lehmann, King Ranch, and the Limits of Farmer-Sportsmen Cooperatives.” 
		Jeffrey P.  Morgan, Stanford University
			
“		The Greening of the Heartland: Earth Day in Mid-America.”
		Katrina Lacher, University of Oklahoma

			“Indians, Eagles and Poor Folks Down by the River: Environmental Justice and the Battle over Arizona’s Orme Dam, 1965-1980.” 
		Scott K. Risley, Northern Arizona University

VII-3. 	North Hall 258 
Achieving Justice in Late Imperial and Early Republican China
		Chair.  Yonglin Jiang.  Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Ann Waltner, University of Minnesota

			“Striving for Justice: False Accusations in Late Ming Land-Sales Lawsuits.”
		Yonglin Jiang, Oklahoma State University

			“‘I Would Rather Die at Home’: Scapegoating Women in Quing Capital Cases.”
		Tom Buoye, University of Tulsa

			“A Golden Age: The Complaint System in the Early Republic.”  
		Qiang Fang, Southern Missouri State University

VII-4.	North Hall 259 
	Northern Fears of Southern Slavery: Reality or Delusion?
Chair, Co-commentator: Virginia Laas, Southern Missouri State College
 		Comment: Daniel Sutherland, University of Arkansas,
		 Fayetteville

			“‘The Most Dangerous Enemy of Liberty’: Lincoln’s Fear of the South in Rhetoric and Reality.”
		Ken Winkle, University of Nebraska,  Lincoln

	“The Border Ruffian Conspiracy in Kansas.”
		Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University

			“‘Majorities Must Rule’: Douglas Democrats, the American Revolution, and the Territorial Issue, 1854-60.”
		Michael Morrison, Purdue

VII-5.	North Hall 156 
	Native Americans on the Frontier.
		Chair: Larry W. Burt, Missouri State University
		Comment: James Ronda, University of Tulsa

			“Murders and Mediators: Conflict Resolution Along the Southern Frontier, 1763-1812.” 
		Robert M. Owens, Wichita State University

		“The Convention of 1818 (London), Blackfoot Intertribal Warfare, and the U.S.-Canadian Border in the Nineteenth-Century.”
		Rodger C. Henderson, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

			 “The Historical Challenge to Unearth Cherokee Spirituality: Early Nineteenth Century Cherokee, The Flea, and His Encounters with Christian Precepts.”
		Rowena McClinton, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 

VII-6.	North Hall 155
			Gay Metropolises: Sexuality, Subcultures, and Queer Urban Life in Twentieth-Century America
		Chair: Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Natasha Zaretsky, Southern Illinois University,
		Carbondale	

			“From Queer Metropolis to Downtown Decimation:  The Evolution of the Gay and Bisexual Male World in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1935-1964.”
		Aaron Bachhofer, Oklahoma City University

		“‘My Own Kind’: The Intersection of Bohemian and Queer Cultures in Post-World War II California.”
		Clint Starr, Texas A&M University 

			“A Good Clean Bath: VD Prevention and Treatment Inside Chicago Baths, 1970-1981.”
		Catherine Batza, University of Illinois-Chicago

Friday Evening, 6:00p.m. – 7:15p.m.

Dinner Banquet

Manchester, Geneva Room,1st Floor, Doubletree
(tickets by pre-registration only)

Manchester and Geneva Room, 1st Floor, Doubletree

Friday, September 28

Friday Evening Public Address

“The Birth of the European Human Rights Movement”

Jay Winter, Yale University

7:15p.m. – 8:15p.m.

						
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
General Session VIII: 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

VIII-1.  	North Hall 258
			African American Struggles in Foreign Affairs and the Military 
		Chair: Amy Carreiro, University of Tulsa
		Comment: Kenneth M. Hamilton, Southern Methodist
		University

			“Jim Crow Meets John Bull: St. Clair Drake and the Pan African Community in Great Britain, 1946-1948.” 
		Andrew Rosa, Oklahoma State University

			“African Americans and World War I: Creating a Black Officer Corps.” 
		Steven W. Short, Stephen F. Austin State University

			“The Bodies of all the Negroes were Dressed in Soldiers’ Clothes’:  American Race Riots and African American Servicemen.”
		Ann V. Collins, McKendree University

VIII-2.  	North Hall 259
	Idols and Images in Ancient and Modern Europe
Chair/Comment: Steven Carter, Henderson State University

			“The Alexanders of Rome: The Roman Emulation of Alexander the Great.”
		Nikolaus Overtoom, University of North Texas

		“Manipulating Maria: The Construction of Marie-Antoniette’s Early Image.”
			Mylynka Kilgore-Mueller, University of Texas, Arlington

			“Nikolai Danilevsky and Russia and Europe: Struggle vs. Decline.”
		Stephen M. Woodburn, Southwestern College

VIII-3. 	North Hall 156
	War and Its Victims
		Phi Alpha Theta Session
		Chair and Comment:  James N. Klein, Del Mar College

			“The Precarious Position of Native Americans in the Post-Civil War South.” 
		Chris Sewell, Rogers State University

			“Civil in the Civil War.”
		Robyn Morgan, Arkansas State University

		“An Antebellum Theologian Goes Missing: The Absence of James Henry Thornwell from the Historiography of Secession.”
		Brandon Wentz, Washburn University

VIII-4. 	North Hall 260
	Leasing Grazing Land in Indian Territory
Chair: Brad Agnew, Northeastern State University
		Comment: Roger Bromert, Southwestern Oklahoma State
		University 

		“‘How the Cows Came Home . . . as Dinner’: The Economic Survival of the Osage Indians Concerning Their Cattle Leasing Practices of the 1870s and 1880s.”
			Athena Stephanopoulos, Wichita State University.   

			“Leasing the Reservations: Federal Indian Policy and the Survival of the Range Cattle Industry in Indian Territory, 1875-1905.” 
		Kurt Anderson, Oklahoma State University

			“The Significance of the Dohearty Three-Part Rate in Natural Gas Conservation, Service and Sales in the Midconteinent Region, 1912-1930.”
		Andrew Wayne Franklin, University of Oklahoma

VIII-5.  	North Hall 263
	How Slavery Affected Society in Early America 
		Chair: Richard C. Rohrs, Oklahoma State University
		Comment: Hugh Davis, Southern Connecticut University	

		“Lewis County, Missouri: A Historical Assessment of a Slave Conspiracy.” 
				Kevin D. Butler, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff

		“Antislavery Recollected: Samuel J. May, Respectability, and the Construction of an Abolitionist Past.”
		Raymond James Krohn, Purdue University 

			“The Influence of Slavery in the Chickawaws’ Decision to Join the Confederacy.”
		Daniel Flaherty, University of Oklahoma 	

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
General Session IX: 11:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

IX-1.	North Hall 258
	Conservatism and Power in Post-World War II America
		Chair: James Giglio, Missouri State University
		Comment: W. Roger Biles, Illinois State University

			“Whose Right?: Southern Political Realignment and the Georgia Gubernatorial Campaign, 1966.”
		Mindy J. Farmer, Ohio State University

			“Spain and Catholic Conservatism in America, 1966-1976.”
		Mark Popowski, Oklahoma State University

	“Executive Power during Crisis Times.”
		Aaron Mason, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

IX-2.	North Hall 259
	Religion, Intellectual Life, and the Slave South
		Chair: Fred Bailey, Abilene Christian University
		Comment: Jewel Spangler, University of Calgary
	
		“‘Honor Thy Mother and Father’: Religion and Obedience in Nineteenth-Century Slave Catechisms.”
		Tammy K. Byron, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

			“William Gilmore Simms and John Pendleton Kennedy: Southern Literature and the Spectre of Thomas Jefferson.” 
		Joshua R. Haar, Oklahoma State University

			 “Constructing the ‘Pious’ Self: Baptist Values in the Lower South, c. 1770-c.1850".
		Thomas Daniel Knight, University of Texas, Pan American

IX-3.	North Hall 260
			Race, Ethnicity , and Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century U.S.
		Chair: James N. Klein, Del Mar College
		Comment: Michael M. Smith, Oklahoma State University

			“Racialized American Nativism and the Fight for Irish Freedom: Irish-American Nationalists’ Claims to Membership in the ‘American Race Stock’.” 
		Catherine M. Burns, University of Wisconsin, Madison

			“Conflicts in Consciousness: The U.S. Print Media’s Attitude Towards Mexico and Mexican Immigrants in 1921 and 1924.” 
		Leigh Ann Wilson, University of Memphis

	“Mexican Americans in Eastern Oklahoma.”
		Linda Allegro, University of Tulsa

IX-4.			North Hall 263	
			The State Department, Human Rights, and Good Neighbors: Foreign Policy, 1945-1990
Chair and Comment: Don Zelman, Tarleton State University
	
			“State Department Human Rights Planning, 1941-1943: Foreshadowing Dilemmas and Contradictions in American Postwar Policy.”
		Rowland Brucken, Norwich University

			“Japan and the Japanese in American Visual Media, 1945 1952.” 
		Scott R. Rohrer, Oklahoma State University

			“The U.S. and ‘Good Neighbor’ Foreign Policy: Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties, 1977-1981.” 
		Christophe Dongmo, Vanderbilt University

			“The Dragon’s Tale: Chinese Economic and Military Aid to North Vietnam, 1963-1970.”
		Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma

IX-5.	North Hall 155
	Economic Theory and the American State  
		Chair: Eldon Eisenach, University of Tulsa
 		Comment: Clarence Wunderlin, Kent State University

			“The American Fin de Siecle and the Triumph of Malthusian Theory.”
		Derek Hoff, Kansas State University
			
			“Theory’s Failure: Malthusian Population Theory and the Projected Demise of Slavery.”
		James L. Huston, Oklahoma State University

			“The Public Control of Corporate Power: The 1909 Corporate Tax, the Sixteenth Amendment, and the Legal Foundations of the Modern Fiscal State.” 
		Ajay Mehrotra, University of Indiana Law School

IX-6.	Ancient History 
		Chair: Daniel Snell, University of Oklahoma
		Comment:  Daniel Snell, University of Oklahoma

	“The Advantages of Poverty in the Ancient Near East.”
		Daniel Snell, University of Oklahoma

			“The Kitchen of the Kings of Ur: History through Administrative Records.”
		Lance Allred, Cornell University

			“Women’s Work: The Evolution of Women’s Religious Roles in Ancient Iraq in the Third Millennium B.C.”
		Tonia Sharlach, Oklahoma State University

		“Aristocratic Competition, the Politics of Arete and the Trouble with Women: A (Re)Consideration of Kyniska of Sparta.”
			Tanya Szafranski, University of Oklahoma

			“King Tut: A Personal Portrait from Some of His Possessions.”
		Omar Zuhdi, Johns Hopkins University and Shawnee High School

*************************************************************

The Conference officially closes at 1:00 p.m.
The next Mid-America Conference on History will be held at the University of Memphis.  For details, write Prof. Janna M. Sherman, University of Memphis, Department of History, 219 Mitchell Hall, Memphis, TN 38152-3450 or e-mail:   sherman@memphis.edu

INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS
(Information is by name, institution, and the session participating in.)

Agnew, Brad, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, VIII-4	, agnew@nsuok.edu
Allegro, Linda, University of Tulsa, IX-3, Linda-allegro@utulsa.edu
Allred, Lance, Cornell University, IX-6, allred@jhu.edu
Anders, Tisa M., Independent Scholar, I-2, tianders@mymailstation.com
Anderson, Kurt, Oklahoma State University, VIII-4, kurt.anderson@okstate.edu
Anderson, R. Bentley, St. Louis University, IV-2, bentleyanderson@gmail.com
Ashley, Ninette, Oklahoma State University, I-5, ninette.ashley@okstate.edu

Bachhofer, Aaron, Oklahoma City University, VII-6, ajbach@attg.net
Bailey, Fred, Abilene Christian University, IX-2, baileyf@acu.edu
Barr, Alwyn, Texas Tech University, V-5, alwyn.barr@ttu.edu
Barton, Scott, East Central State University, III-2, sbarton@ecok.edu
Batza, Catherine, University of Illinois-Chicago, VII-6, cbatza1@uic.edu
Bean, Christopher, University of North Texas, VI-4, cbb0003@unt.edu
Bearman, Alan, Washburn University, I-1, alan.bearman@washburn.edu
Bellows, Virginia, Tulsa Community College–Metro Campus, III-5, vbellows@tulsacc.edu
Belmonte, Laura, Oklahoma State University, VII-6, laura.belmonte@okstate.edu
Belohlavek, John, University of South Florida, II-4, belohlav@cas.usf.edu
Benson, Joel, Northwest Missouri State University, III-1, Jbenson@nwmissouri.edu
Bergseth, Amy, Miami University, V-1, bergsead@muohio.edu
Biles, W. Roger, Illinois State University, IX-1, wrbiles@ilstu.edu
Blomstedt, Larry, Texas A&M University, I-4, larryblomstedt@tamu.edu
Bower, Kevin, Nebraska Wesleyan University, IV-2, kbower@NebrWesleyan.edu
Bremer, Jeff, Stephen F. Austin State University, I-6, jbremer@ku.edu
Bromert, Roger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, VIII-4, roger.bromert@swosu.edu
Brucken, Rowland, Norwich University, IX-4, rbrucken@norwich.edu
Buoye, Tom, University of Tulsa, VII-3, thomas-buoye@utulsa.edu
Burlbaw, Lynn, Texas A&M University, VI-3, VI-5, burlbaw@neo.tamu.edu
Burt, Larry, Missouri State University, VII-5, lwb644f@missouristate.edu
Butler, Kevin, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, VIII-5, kvn772@aol.com
Byron, Tammy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, IX-2, tkjohns@uark.edu

Caldwell, Heather, Texas A&M University, VII-1, hcaldwell@tamu.edu
Carbonneau, Ara, Emporia State University, II-3, acarbpmm@emporia.edu
Carreiro, Amy, University of Tulsa, VIII-1, amy-carreiro@utulsa.edu
Carroll, Mark, University of Missouri, III-4, CarrollMM@missouri.edu
Carter, Steven, Henderson State University, VIII-2, carters@hsu.edu
Castro, J. Justin, University of Central Oklahoma, V-4, jcastro1@ucok.edu
Catterall, Douglas, Cameron University, III-1, dougc@cameron.edu
Collins, Ann, McKendree University, VIII-1, avcollins@mckendree.edu
Collins, Steven, St. Louis Community College, V-3, Scollins@stlcc.edu
Conkey, Adam, Fort Hays State University, VI-5, alconkey@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Cooper, James F., Oklahoma State University, IV-4, james.cooper@okstate.edu
Corbett, Bill, Northeastern State University, VI-5, corbett@nsuok.edu
Core, Brandon, Texas A&M University, VI-2, Bcore@ascisd.net
Countryman, Edward, Texas Christian University, III-4, ecountry@mail.tcu.edu

Davis, Hugh, Southern Connecticut State University, VIII-5, davishj1@southernct.edu
Davis, Joel, University of Missouri, II-1, jtdpm3@mizzou.edu
Dean, Virgil, Kansas State Historical Society, VI-2, vdean@kshs.org
Detels, Polly, Texas A&M University-Commerce, III-6, Polly_Detels@tamu-commerce.edu
DeWitt, Petra, University of Missouri, Rolla, I-4, dewittp@umr.edu
Dongmo, Christopher, Vanderbilt University, IX-4, christophe.dongmo@vanderbilt.edu
Dredge, Bart, Austin College, I-6, bdredge@austincollege.edu
Dubie, Sven, John Carroll University, IV-2, sdubie@jcu.edu
Duren, Brad, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, I-3, duren@opsu.edu

Eades, Kevin, University of North Texas, II-2, kle0049@unt.edu
Eaton, Joe, National Chengchi University, Taipei, I-5, wjeaton@yahoo.com
Edwards, Gary, Arkansas State University, I-6, gedwards@astate.edu
Edwards, Mark, Ouachita Baptist University, VI-3, edwardsm@obu.edu
Eisenach, Eldon, University of Tulsa, IX-5, eldon-eisenach@utulsa.edu
Etcheson, Nicole, Ball State University, VII-4, netcheson@bsu.edu
Evan, Martin, East Central State University, III-5, evaamar@ecok.edu

Fang, Qiang, Missouri Southern State University, VII-3, fang-q@mssu.edu
Farmer, Mindy, Ohio State University, IX-1, farmer99@osu.edu
Farrell, Christine A., Wichita State University, VII-1, farrell.c@sbcglobal.net
Flaherty, Daniel, University of Oklahoma, VIII-5, dbflaherty@cox.net
Franklin, Andrew Wayne, University of Oklahoma, VIII-4, andrewwfranklin@ou.edu
Furnish, Mark, Purdue University, III-2, furnish64@earthlink.net

Gerteis, Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis, V-3, gerteisl@umst.edu
Giglio, James, Missouri State University, IX-1, JamesGiglio@missouristate.edu
Gilje, Paul, University of Oklahoma, III-4, pgilje@ou.edu
Glad, Paul, University of Oklahoma, IV-1, Pwglad@sbcglobal.net
Griswold, Robert L., University of Oklahoma, II-2, rgriswold@ou.edu
Gudmestad, Robert, University of Memphis, V-3, rgudmstd@memphis.edu
Guinn, Lisa, Ferris State University, I-1, guinnlisa@hotmail.com

Haar, Joshua, Oklahoma State University, IX-2, coach_haar@hotmail.com
Hahn, Barbara, Texas Tech University, I-6, barbara.hahn@ttu.edu
Hamilton, Kenneth M., Southern Methodist University, VIII-1, kmartin@mail.smu.edu
Hawkins, Anne, Independent Scholar, I-2, apwhawkins@msn.com
Hellstern, Mark, Tulsa Community College-Metro Campus, III-5, Mhellste@tulsacc.edu
Heming, Carol, University of Central Missouri, VI-1, heming@ucmo.edu
Henderson, Rodger, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette, VII-5, rch5@psu.edu
Hoff, Derek, Kansas State University, IX-5, dhoff@ksu.edu
Hooper, Marie, Oklahoma City University, III-1, mhooper@okcu.edu
Hong, Hyun Woong, Oklahoma State University, II-5, hhyun61@hotmail.com
Horn, Nathan, Mississippi State University, VII-2, nh7@msstate.edu
Huang, Shufen, Texas A&M University, VI-5, burlbaw@neo.tamu.edu
Huston, James, Oklahoma State University, IX-5, james.huston@okstate.edu

Ingham, Cynthia, University of Arkansas, IV-4, cynthia.ingham@gmail.com

Janda, Sarah, Cameron University, I-2, sarahj@cameron.edu
Jeansonne, Glen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, IV-1, gsj@uwm.edu
Jensen, Natalie, University of Kansas, II-1, chudo@ku.edu
Jiang, Yonglin, Oklahoma State University, II-5, VII-3, yonglin.jiang@okstate.edu
Johnson, Tyler, Purdue University, III-2, tylervjohnson@hotmail.com
Jones, Terry, Oklahoma State University, IV-3, terry.jones@okstate.edu
Jones-Branch, Cherisse, Arkansas State University, III-3, crjones@astate.edu
Jorsch, Tom, Ferris State University, VI-3, jorscht@ferris.edu

Kellison, Kim, Baylor University, V-5, Kimberly_kellison@baylor.edu
Kilgore-Mueller, Mylynka, University of Texas-Arlington, VIII-2, mylynka.kilgore-mueller@uta.edu
Kim, Sean, University of Central Missouri, VI-1, ckim@ucmo.edu
Kite, Steve, Fort Hays State University, VI-2, Skkite@fhsu.edu
Klein, James, Del Mar College, VIII-3, IX-3, jklein3@delmar.edu
Klunder, Will, Wichita State University, II-4, will.klunder@wichita.edu
Knight, Thomas, University of Texas-Pan American, IX-2, knighttd@panam.edu
Kowalsky, Sharon, Texas A&M University, II-1, sharon_kowalskuy@tamu-commerce.edu
Krause, Robert, Oklahoma State University, III-5, robert.krause@okstate.edu
Krohn, Raymond, Purdue University, VIII-5, jraymondjames@yahoo.com
Kuck, Jordan, University of Nebraska at Kearney, I-5, kuckjt@unk.edu

Laas, Virginia, Missouri Southern State University, VII-4, laas-v@mssu.edu
Lacher, Katrina, University of Oklahoma, VII-2, klacher@ou.edu
Larsen, Travis, Oklahoma State University, II-2, Vonerich2000@hotmail.com
Lawson, Benjamin, University of Iowa, VI-5, benjamin.lawson@uiowa.edu
Lawson, Clinton, University of Missouri, Kansas City, V-2, Cdlm94@umkc.edu
Lawson, Russell, Bacone College, IV-3, lawsonr@bacone.edu
Leahy, Todd, Fort Hays State University, II-3, teleahy@fhsu.edu
Lemons, Shelly, St. Louis Community College, VI-2, slemons@slcc.edu
Li, Xiaobing, University of Central Oklahoma, IX-4, bli@ucok.edu
Logan, Michael F., Oklahoma State University, VII-2, michael.logan@okstate.edu
Loughlin, Patricia, University of Central Oklahoma, V-2, Ploughlin@ucok.edu

MacTavish, Bruce, Washburn University, I-6, bruce.mactavish@washburn.edu
Mancini, Matthew, St. Louis University, III-6, mancini@slu.edu
Martin, Stephen, University of Oklahoma, V-1, smartin@ou.edu
Mason, Aaron, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, IX-1, mason@nwosu.edu
McClinton, Rowena, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, VII-5, rmcclin@siue.edu
McCook, Matt, Oklahoma Christian University, I-1, matt.mccook@oc.edu
McCoy, Ron, Emporia State University, V-1, rmccoy@emporia.edu
McKensie-Jones, Paul, University of Oklahoma, IV-2, paulmcj@ou.edu
McRight, Jesse, III, Mississippi State University, V-1, jmmcright3@aol.com
Mehrotra, Ajay, University of Indiana Law School, IX-5, amehrotr@indiana.edu
Mellard, Jason, University of Texas-Austin, II-2, mellard@mail.utexas.edu
Micelle, Jerry, Calcasieu Parish Schools, V-2, jerry.micelle@cpsb.org
Minard, Jason, Eastern Illinois University, IV-2, jminard@ad.uiuc.edu
Miracle, Amanda, Bowling Green State University, III-4, amanda.lea.miracle@gmail.com
Mirll, Molly, University of Central Oklahoma, I-4, mirll@sbcglobal.net
Moneyham, Carl H., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, V-5, chmoneyhon@ualr.edu
Morgan, Jeffrey, Stanford University, VII-2, Jeff.morgan@stanford.edu
Morgan, Robyn, Arkansas State University, VIII-3, robyn_morgan2005@yahoo.com
Morrison, Michael, Purdue University, VII-4, mmorrison@purdue.edu
Moses, L.G., Oklahoma State University, V-1, lg.moses@okstate.edu
Motl, Kvin, Ouachita Baptist University, VII-1, Motlk@obu.edu

Napier, Rita, University of Kansas, II-3, rnapier@ku.edu

O, Hosok, Oklahoma State University, II-5, hosok@okstate.edu
O, Yukie, Oklahoma State University, II-5, YukieO@okstate.edu
Ouattara, Gnimbin, Georgia State University, III-3, ouatdozo@yahoo.com
Overtoom, Nikolaus, University of North Texas, VIII-2, Nlovertoom972@yahoo.com
Owen, Chris, Northwestern State University, V-4, owen@nsuok.edu
Owens, Robert, Wichita State University, VII-5, robert.owens@wichita.edu

Paskoff, Paul, Louisiana State University, V-3, ppaskoff@lsu.edu
Peck, Graham, Saint Xavier University, IV-5, gpeck@sxu.edu
Peterson, Stephen, Oral Roberts University, I-1,speterson@oru.edu
Petrin, Ronald A., Oklahoma State University, VI-3, 
Piston, William G., Missouri State University, VI-4, WilliamPiston@MissouriState.edu
Popowski, Mark, Oklahoma State University, IX-1, mark.d.popowski@okstate.edu
Price, Jay, Wichita State University, VI-2, jay.price@wichita.edu

Radicia, Angela, Independent Scholar, I-2, jarzig@yahoo.com
Ramos, Simone, University of North Texas, IV-3, Chefsimone@hotmail.com
Reese, Linda, East Central State University, V-2, lreese@ecok.edu
Renoff, Greg, Drury University, I-1, grenoff@drury.edu
Rieger, Warren, Oral Roberts University, I-3, wlrkjr@swbell.net
Risley, Scott, Northern Arizona University, VII-2, scott.risley@azbar.org
Roberts, Carey, Arkansas Tech University, V-4, croberts@atu.edu
Rohaus, Samantha, Missouri State University, III-5, samantha868@missouristate.edu
Rohrer, Scott, Oklahoma State University, IX-4, scott.rohrer@okstate.edu
Rohrs, Richard, Oklahoma State University, VIII-5, richard.rohrs@okstate.edu
Ronda, James, University of Tulsa, VII-5, james-ronda@utulsa.edu
Rosa, Andrew, Oklahoma State University, VIII-1, ajrosa@okstate.edu
Ross, Michael, Loyola University of New Orleans, V-5, maross1@loyno.edu
Rowe, Mary, University of Central Missouri, VI-1, rowe@ucmo.edu
Ruane, Christine, University of Tulsa, II-1, christine-ruane@utulsa.edu
Rozbicki, Michael, St. Louis University, III-4, rozbicmj@slu.edu
Russell, Mike, Kansas Wesleyan University, IV-3, dr.mike@kwu.edu

Sacher, John, University of Central Florida, V-3, jsacher@mail.ucf.edu
Sale, Sara, Sterling College, I-4, V-2, ssale@sterling.edu
Schmaltz, Eric, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, IV-3, ejschmaltz@edu
Schmidt, Philip, Southwestern College, VII-1, phil.schmidt@sckans.edu
Screws, Raymond, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, VI-4, rxscrews@ualr.edu
Sewell, Chris, Rogers State University, VIII-3, chris-sewell@sbcglobal.net
Sewell, Sharon, Galveston College, III-1, ssewell@wt.net 
Sharlach, Tonia, Oklahoma State University, IX-6, tonia.sharlach@okstate.edu
Shelton, Deb, Mississippi State University, I-3, debshelton@yahoo.com
Shin, Jee-young, Texas A&M University, VI-5, burlbaw@neo.tamu.edu
Short, Steven, Stephen F. Austin State University, VIII-1, stevenius@aol.com
Siddali, Silvanna, St. Louis University, IV-5, siddalis@slu.edu
Small, Nora, Eastern Illinois University, VI-5, npsmall@eiu.edu
Smallwood, Arwin, University of Memphis, V-5, asmallwd@memphis.edu
Smith, David, University of Kansas, III-6, emerald@ku.edu
Smith, Michael M., Oklahoma State University, IX-3, michael.m.smith@okstate.edu
Smoot, Pamela, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, III-3, olivia@siu.ecu
Snell, Daniel, University of Oklahoma, IX-6, dcsnell@ou.edu
Spangler, Jewel, University of Calgary, IX-2, spangler@ucalgary.ca
Springer, Michael, University of Central Oklahoma, VI-1, mspringer@ucok.edu
Starr, Clint, Texas A&M University, VII-6, Cstarr@tamu.edu
Stegmaier, Mark, Cameron University, II-4, markst@cameron.edu
Stephanopoulos, Athena, Wichita State University, VIII-4, athena.stephanopoulos@gmail.com
Summers, Mark, University of Kentucky, VI-4, msumm2@pop.uky.edu
Sutherland, Daniel, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, VII-4, dsuther1@uark.edu
Sutton, Greg, East Central State University, I-5, gsutton@ecok.edu
Sweeney, Kevin, Wayland Baptist University, III-3, Sweeney@wbu.edu
Szafranski, Tanya, University of Oklahoma, IX-6, tanyaszafranski@yahoo.com

Tait, David, Rogers State University, II-1, dtait@rsu.edu
Tewell, Jeremy, Oklahoma State University, III-2, jeremy.tewell@okstate.edu
Thierer, Joyce, Emporia State University, I-2, Jthierer@emporia.edu
Thomas, Sarah C., University of Oklahoma. srah@pclaw.org or sarah.c.thomas-1@ou.edu
Tiger, Yvonne, University of Oklahoma, III-3, ytiger@ou.edu
Towers, Frank, University of Calgary, III-2, ftowers@ucalgary.ca
Tucker, Gene Rhea, University of Texas-Arlington, IV-4, grtucker@uta.edu

VanDelinder, Jean, Oklahoma State University, III-6, jean.van_delinder@okstate.edu
Vickery, Paul, Oral Roberts University, IV-4, pvickery@oru.edu
Volpe, Vernon, University of Nebraska at Kearney, II-4, volpev@unk.edu
Voss-Hubbard, Mark, Eastern Illinois University, IV-5, mvosshubbard@eiu.edu

Wagner, Steve, Missouri Southern State University, VII-2, wagner-s@mssu.edu
Walch, Timothy, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, IV-1, 
Waltner, Anne, University of Minnesota, VII-3, waltn001@umn.edu
Wardrop, Emily, University of Oklahoma, II-3, emily.wardrop@ou.edu
Weber, Jennifer, University of Kansas, IV-5, jlweber@ku.edu

Wentz, Brandon, Washburn University, VIII-3, brandonwentz@washburn.edu
Wert, Hall Elliott, Kansas City Art Institute, IV-1, Hwert@sbcglobal.net
Whittenburg, Albert, Middle Tennessee State University, V-4, awhitten@mtsu.edu
Wilson, Leigh, University of Memphis, IX-3, lawilson@memphis.edu
Wilson, Raymond, Fort Hays State University, I-3, rwilson@fhsu.edu
Winger, Stewart, Illinois State University, IV-5, swinger@ilstu.edu
Winkle, Kenneth, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, VII-4, kwinkle1@unlnotes.unl.edu
Wolbrink, Shelley, Drury University, VI-1, Swolbrin@drury.edu
Wood, Drew, University of Tulsa, II-2, andrew-wood@utulsa.edu
Woodburn, Stephen, Southwestern College, VIII-2, swoodbur@sckans.edu
Wu, Yanhong, Oklahoma State University, III-6, yanhow@okstate.edu
Wunderline, Clarence, Kent State University, IX-5, cwunder1@kent.edu

Xiaobing, Li, University of Central Oklahoma, II-5, bli@ucok.edu

Yocum, Allison, University of Central Arkansas, III-5, any05001@cub.uca.edu

Zaretsky, Natasha, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, VII-6, zaretsky@siu.edu
Zelman, Don, Tarleton State University, IX-4, zelman@tarleton.edu
Zelman, Patricia, Tarleton State University, VII-1, pzelman@tarleton.edu
Zuhdi, Omar, Johns Hopkins University, IX-6, ozuhdi@yahoo.com