Master of Arts in History
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The Master of Arts in History degree extends students' expertise in the discipline by effectively preparing them to
apply their skills in a variety of professions and contexts. Students deepen their knowledge of the process of "making"
history, through analyzing primary and secondary sources, evaluating historiography, applying research methods,
defining and researching a specific area of history, and effectively defending and articulating theses. Students have the
option of exploring history through traditional coursework, focused on research and writing, or by investigating subjects
pertinent to public history, such as understanding the latest technology for preserving and digitizing history. Emphasis
is also placed on strategies to keep the student on the cutting-edge of the field, such as using quantitative reasoning in
historical analysis and information systems to promote the dissemination of meaningful interpretation of the past.
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Item Backwoods cures: An exploration of Southern Appalachian folk medicine(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-07) Perry, Katherine E.; Berrios, Katherine E.; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; Chan, ChristopherThe people of the Southern Appalachians have a unique culture all their own. An important component of this culture can be observed in the manner in which these individuals chose to combat that enemy of all mankind: disease. A beautiful amalgamation of cultures including Cherokee, Scotch-Irish, and other European ancestries is present in this region and exhibited through the rural remedies utilizing a rich local pharmacopeia and magico-religious folklore related to healing. However, the people of the Southern Appalachians, while geographically isolated, did not exist in a vacuum. Exciting discoveries of local primary sources demonstrate the employment of contemporary medicine in tandem with what was available locally. This project also examines the utility of virtual museums. Together with the research on the subject of Southern Appalachian Folk Medicine, the research on virtual museums culminates in the creation of a digital exhibition using the Omeka exhibit building platform. This exhibition can be visited at the following link: http://backwoodscures.omeka.net (Author abstract)Item Emigration from the Hungarian Banat, 1900-1920(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-09-16) Winters, Kathleen; Denning, Robert; Chung, YunThe early Twentieth century represented peak emigration years for Hungary and the Hungarian Banat. The research of this paper uses a social lens to convey the historical context of the period in relationship to emigration from the region. Between 1900 and 1920 the outflow of minority populations was due to nationalization tension, economic factors, conscription, social unrest and a lack of equity in state rights based in minority status. Peak emigration years were 1905-1907 and this is accounted for by increased social discontent coupled with marketing of shipping lines and agents. Minorities left in higher percentages than ethnic Hungarians and the effect was to increase the Hungarian population to the majority. Emigration ended with the advent of World War I (WWI). Post WWI, new minorities were created due to the partitioning of the Banat, but immigration nearly halted due to the 1924 United States Immigration Act. (Author abstract)Item Grant Submission: Prehistoric Research on the Merrimack Valley(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-07-10) DeCologero, Cristina K.; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; Robert; YunPrecolonial history continues to be an understudied topic and is a neglected piece of public history. Even when facing thousands of years of historical archaeology, scholars tend to stray away from the opportunity to utilize these sources toward the expansion of America’s precolonial history. A new approach to the study of this topic would remedy this situation by studying regions of America that prove to be hotbeds for archaeological findings. The Merrimack Valley, of Massachusetts, provides an opportunity to refine research as it has a rich archaeological history. Looking through a microscopic lens, a grant proposal will be presented with the intent of studying the precolonial history of the Merrimack Valley, and its artifacts, with the intent of then applying this research to overarching efforts to revise Merrimack Valley’s public history.Item Her-sterics vs Hysterics: Reflecting on Women and Mental Health Treatment in The United States; 1800-Present(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-07-12) Potenza, Victoria Ann; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; Irving, RobertThe history of women’s treatment in the mental health field is long and complicated. Women were treated significantly different than men and many of the theories and ideas that doctors and early psychiatrists had were based on stereotypes about what a woman should act like in society. The mental health field grew rapidly in the early 1800s and many of the original ideas about how women should be treated still exist in the field today. The OMEKA online exhibit will show how differently women were treated within the field as well as showing how treatments and techniques have changed from the early 1800s to present day.Item Immigrant Women in the Making of Irish America: A Walking History Tour(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-04-21) Polatchek, Deborah; Denning, Robert; Chung, YunAs a result of the Great Hunger, nearly 1.8 people emigrated from Ireland, and the resultant diaspora changed the face of the great cities where they arrived. The Irish were the first large immigrant group to emigrate to New York, and their arrival challenged the infrastructure and permanently changed the demography of the city. As such, the Irish are integral to immigration studies and New York City history, for they set the stage for the many ethnicities that followed in their footsteps. An important element in immigration studies is the process of assimilation that groups undergo as they transition from the old land to the new. This walking history tour introduces students to the idea of acculturation through the immigrant experience of the Irish Catholic women who emigrated in the middle of the nineteenth century. Through the use of illustrated newspapers, personal correspondence, city directories and bank records students learn of the nativist hostility that the Irish faced, and the strategies that they used to survive in their hostile new world. The tour ultimately exposes that while religious animosity threatened the Irish in America, it was this commitment to religion and to each other that enabled them to not only assimilate, but to thrive in New York.Item The predictable past: The York County race riots(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-12) Wisman, Kelsey; Chung, Yun; Denning, RobertYork County, much like the rest of the nation, experienced political and societal strife during the Civil Rights Movement. Certain locations received national media attention due to the events that occurred. Although York did not receive media coverage to the extent that other locations did, York and its citizens were impacted by previous events that directly led to its predictable past: the race riots. The race riots became a predictable and inevitable future due to the consistent racial unrest, societal and political limitations, gang violence, and the questionable tactics used by the York City Police Department. The United States continues to address racism today and York is no stranger to this problem either. However, York’s location makes it particularly unique. York is a county within Pennsylvania, which is considered a part of the North and was a Union state during the Civil War. It borders the Mason-Dixon Line, which separated the Union from the Confederacy. Although this border separated slave states from free states, it is clear that ideals, values, and principles easily passed over this line, which greatly influenced the history of York, Pennsylvania. This examination seeks to detail how York’s location, historical racial events, societal limitations, and inaction caused the race riots in York County to become a matter of when, rather than a matter of if. In order to achieve this goal, a thesis and curriculum workshop were created to foster a greater understanding of those events. The thesis includes the research information, while the curriculum workshop, located in the appendix, seeks to educate students on local racial history. Students will complete specific activities led by an educator within the classroom, while also having the opportunity to schedule a walking tour with the York Historical Society. With this understanding, residents in and outside of York County will gain a new perspective that illuminates how societal and cultural obstacles impacted the history of York County, Pennsylvania. (Author abstract)Item Psychological motives for participating in the Holocaust: an educator’s workshop(Southern New Hampshire University, 2018-04) Gray, Heather Lynne; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; Reynolds, GlennThe research conducted for the educator’s workshop will look at the psychological motives that common citizens had for following Adolf Hitler and allow him to rise to power. The workshop will teach educators to translate it in a way that allows students to better understand the complex nature of how people behave in times such as the Holocaust. The information these educators will garner from the workshops will better allow their students to recognize certain behaviors such as racism. Previous workshops have been successfully completed with facinghistory.org, however, those workshops have not looked at the same arguments as this workshop and have primarily focused on the West coast. Previous research has quoted scientific experiments to explain the ways that people behaved during this time. The primary focus of the research is on the motives. One motive was nationalism; however, this can be broken into two different motives – one being blind nationalism to the point that the people were naïve as to what was going on and nationalism itself where people just believed that their leader was doing the right thing no matter what. The third motive is fear; German people were very fearful during the time leading up to and during the Holocaust. (Author abstract)Item Revolutionary Women: Notable Revolutionary Era Women Deserving of a Commemorative Postage Stamp(Southern New Hampshire University, 2017-11-12) Summers, Corey Elizabeth; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; McConnell, SteffanieRevolution is a term globally recognized. Throughout Earth’s history, there have been countless social endeavors classified as revolutions. Some revolutions result in social justice, some result in the birth of a nation; on the eve of the 19th century in North America, a revolution of the latter took place. The American Revolution gave way to the formation of a new nation and a history of the United States of America began. In American and much of world history, many of the details are dominated with male driven successes, stories of male heroes, and a presidential history of all male leaders. The revolutionary war and its history has been studied and taught for over two hundred years and during these two hundred plus years, the narrative has narrowed in on men, The Founding Fathers. However, any narrowing of information is damaging to the character of the entire era. It is for this reason, one should ask were all the founders fathers; or were some of those that made an impact on the revolution mothers and daughters too? Although abundantly studied in academics, a public involvement in the study and commemoration of female revolutionaries is a pioneer endeavor. One of the most commemorative actions the nation can take is putting remarkable women on postage stamp that can be seen and used across the United States. The Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) was formed with the expectation impactful people, places, and things may be commemorated as the nation should see fit. Through evidence and ideas, it is evident that a stamp set about revolutionary era women is a serious contender for become the next major collectable commemorative set.Item The Unconstitutional Trial of Mary E. Surratt(Southern New Hampshire University, 2017-11-14) Collum, Grace; Denning, Robert; Chung, Yun; McConnell, StephanieFor this final course at Southern New Hampshire University, this project will focus on the trial of Mary Surratt, one of the conspirators in President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. While many historians and authors tend to focus on the actions of one man, John Wilkes Booth, his coconspirators such as Mary Surratt, have been overlooked. After Booth was killed, Mary, along with several other conspirators, were rounded up and put on trial. This trial was not a typical case, as it was judged and conducted by a military commission. These men were picked from Lincoln’s finest generals and were men closest to the President. Because of this fact and the surrounding evidence that proved to be unreliable, Mary was sent to the gallows as the first woman to be executed by the United States government. Through military and gender lenses, Mary’s case will be reexamined and her trial will prove to be unconstitutional. Through various archival institutions such as the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and the Surratt House Museum, archives will be collected and displayed in an online exhibit using Omeka. This exhibit will show the evidence of Mary’s guilt to be unreliable and the witnesses to be untrustworthy as the facts are revisited.