Phi Alpha Theta
Inductions to the Lambda-Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the International History Honor Society, are held in the fall semester. Students who are interested in history and have a high grade point average are nominated by the department faculty for induction. At the initiation ceremony, new initiates are given a certificate of membership.
The faculty advisor for the UTC chapter of this organization is Professor Michelle White.
New Members:
This year our Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta welcomed 12 new memebers into the society.
Christus Nikitas
Kevin Matthews
Ashle Rousselle
Eric Fox
Zachary McCool
John Exum
Marie Bourassa
Amanda Merideth
Sarah Doyle
Warren McMurtrie
Brittany Randolph
Frankie Spero
On February 15, 2007 our chapter hosted the Southeastern Tennessee Student History Conference. Including UTC, four universities participated (Lee University, Southern Adventist University, Covenant College) and in total fifteen students took part. From our chapter, the following students participated:
Served As Chair:
Rikki Kissick
Karen Wait
Ashley Rousselle
Matthew Crigger
Presented Papers
Marie Bourassa, "Jackson Pollock: Off the Wall"
Amanda Merideth, "The Vanderbilt Architectural Legacy"
Christus Nikitus, "The Greco-Indian Exchange"
Douglas Adams, "Fact and Fiction in the Writing of Roman History"
At the Tennessee Regional Phi Alpha Theta conference held at Tennessee State University in Nashville, on March 24, 2007 our representatives included:
Riki Kissick, Unheard Voices: The Forced Silence of Renaissance Women"
Matthew Crigger, "Hank Greenberg: The Six-Pointed Baseball Star"
Eric Fox, "Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Republican in a Patrician Oligarchy"
This conference hosted fifty-four students (graduate and undergraduate) from Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky. Of those, only seven were judged to be outstanding--according to criteria such as: originality, effective use of primary sources, familiarity with the secondary literature, clarity of writing style, and effectiveness of argument. Eric Fox's paper was recognized as one of the best and, as such, he was awarded a book prize.
