Contributors to the Eighteenth Volume

Miranda Adams ("The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas State Parks: Education During the Great Depression" and "Objects of Status: Material Culture and Gentility in Early America") is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas State Parks" is a recipient of the Valentine J. Belfiglio Prize for Best Undergraduate Paper.

Katelyn Briscoe (“Love Bombing Puerto Rico: How US Attitudes Towards Puerto Rican Identities and Movement Denote the Role of American Nativism in US Policy” and “The Prolonged Fight for Prestige and Power: Material Culture Analysis Of 18th Century Probate Inventories From York County, Virginia”) is an MA candidate in Political Science at Texas Woman’s University. “Love Bombing Puerto Rico” is the recipient of the Valentine J. Belfiglio Prize for Best Graduate Paper.

Haylee Cardinal (“Who is Anne Boleyn? A Look into the Woman Behind the Crown”) is an MA candidate in History at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Connie Gomez (“The Making of a City Through War: Race and Trade in Eagle Pass During the Civil War”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University.

Leslie Jacquez (“The Unintended Forged Alliance: The Philippine Insurrection Regarding the Solidarity Between African American Soldiers and the Filipino People“ and “The Burdens of Industrialization on the British Working Class”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Madison Lankford (“Royal Paradox: An Examination of Queen Victoria Influence on 19^th Century Gender Ideologies”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Aimee Noe (“Examining Mass Rape During the Fall of Berlin: A Historiography”) is an MA candidate in Public History at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Abbey Parker (“Gender Roles in WWI: Britain’s Use of Women in War and Propaganda”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University.

Meghan Pearce (“Material Culture and Its Role in Emulating Genteel Society in Early America”) is an MA candidate in History at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Madelon Proctor (“Objects Defining Gentility: Material Culture in Colonial Williamsburg” and “The Great Famine: Devastation and British and American Responses”) is an MA candidate in History at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Marlene Schaffer ("Kehinde Wiley and the Centering of Black Individuals in Fine Art") is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This paper is the recipient of the Editor’s Choice Award.

Tanya Souther (“Depravity and Exploitation of the Unprotected”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Sierra Trammell (“On On Juneteenth: A Review of Annette Gordon Reed’s On Juneteeth”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Melissa Walters (‘“Just Prostitutes:” A Review of Halle Rubenhold’s The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper”) is an MA candidate in Public History at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Philip Wysong (“For The Love of Nocona”) is an undergraduate History major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.