Defended Dissertations

Year Defended 2012 

Barleen, Steven.  "The Working-Man Does Not Need To Be Told How To Live:  The Illinois Saloon and the Struggle for Hegemony in the Gilded Age/Progressive Era"  September 2012.

Prescott, James.  "Philippine - American Relations During the Magsaysay Years: 1946-1957"  April 2012.

Gurman, Scott.  "Filipiniana and the Construction of the Filipino in the American Media, 1898-1925" January 2012.

Year Defended 2011

Hanserd, Robert.  "Akan Ideas of Freedom During the Eighteenth Century"  July 2011.

Lemus, Cheryl.  "The Maternity Racket: Medicine, Consumerism, and the Modern American Pregnancy, 1876-1960"  June 2011.

Cadagin, Sean.  "Becoming the Land of Lincoln: Emancipation and the Construction of Race in Illinois, 1853-1892"  April 2011.

Year Defended 2010

Hayes, Melissa.  "Litigating Intimacy: The Legal Culture of Sexuality in 19th Century Illinois." October 2010.

Fox, Eric.  "'Clever Boston Sisters Eminent and Trenchant': Class, Gender, and Privilege Among the Nineteenth-Century Boston Brahmins."  September 2010.

Year Defended 2009

Randall, Stacey.  "With A Suspicious Mind and a Good Light: The History of Cervical Cancer Screening in the United States, 1920-1980."   June 2009. 

Hawkins, Michael.  "Imperial Historicism and American Military Rule in the Philippines' Muslim South, 1899-1913."  April 2009.

Burns, Dave.  "The Radical Rites of Christ: Jesus and Social Revolution in Progressive Era America."  March 2009.

Year Defended 2008

Vaughan, Thomas J.  "The Tendency of Affections: Natural Families in Nineteenth-Century Louisiana."  October 2008.

Midtroed, Tom Arne.  "'So Great A Correspondence': Native American Diplomacy In The Hudson Valley, 1609-1783."  June 2008.

Jaffe, Christopher.  "'Us and Them': The Changing Boundaries of Acceptance and Exclusion for Incoming Ethnic and Racial Groups in Rockford, Illinois 1880-1945." March 2008.

Year Defended 2007

Draper, Timothy.  "'A Little Kingdom of Mixed Nationalities':  Race, Ethnicity, and Class in a Western Urban Community -- Rock Springs, Wyoming 1869-1929." October 2007.

Godfrey, Amy. "Divine Benevolence to the Poor: Charity, Religion and Nationalism in Early National New York City, 1784-1820." April 2007.

Hiort, Pontus. "Negotiating Identities: South German Catholics and the Formation of National Identity, 1871-1914." February 2007.

Przygrodzki, Robert. "Russians in Warsaw: Imperialism and National Identity, 1863-1915." February 2007.

Year Defended 2006

Logan, Gabe. "Lace Up the Boots, Full Tilt Ahead: Recreation, Immigration, and Labor on Chicago's Soccer Fields, 1890-1950." December 2006.

Year Defended 2005

Lahr, Angela. "Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares: Evangelical and Secular Identity in the Early Cold War." 2005.

Smalley, Andrea Lynn. "The Liberty to Hunt, Fish, and Fowl: Wild Animals and Human Economics in Revolutionary America." 2005.

Year Defended 2004

Hagaman, Robert A. "Personal Battles: The Lives of Black Civil War Soldiers from Maryland, 1840-1920." 2004.

Novak, Greg. "Towards a Comprehensive Environmental Ethic." 2004.

Year Defended 2002

Green, Elizabeth A. "Unraveling a Pastime: Needlework and Needlework Literature, 1870-1910." 2002.

Year Defended 2001

Gaddis, Vincent R. "Herbert Hoover, Unemployment, and the Public Sphere: A Conceptual History, 1919-33." 2001.

Hyde, Gary D. "Democrats and Dictators: The U.S. Republican Mission in Latin America, 1936-49." 2001.

Kadel, Kathryn J. "Little Community to the World: The Social Vision of Robert Redfield." 2001.

Montagna, Douglas S. "A Faith for Changing Seasons: Education and the Refinement of Methodism in Indiana, 1800-72." 2001.

Taylor, P. Sean. "'We Live in the Midst of Death': Yellow Fever, Moral Economy, and Public Health in Philadelphia, 1793-1805." 2001.

Year Defended 2000

Freiwald, Laura Linn. "Law's Child: The Illinois Juvenile Court Reform, 1877-1901." 2000.

Richardson, Curtis. "Konstantin Kavelin: A Political and Intellectual Biography." 2000.