Natascha Toft Roelsgaard and Mike Sweeney of Ohio are the winners of this year’s History Division Top Paper Award.
They will receive plaques and a $100 cash prize for their paper, “Capturing ‘The Real Thing’: James Ricalton Brings the Russo-Japanese War to American Parlors.”
The second-place faculty paper award goes to Ali Mohamed of United Arab Emirates University for “Influence of the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson Decision on Southern Editorial Arguments During the ‘Massive Resistance’ to Integration.”
Third place goes to Michael Fulhage of Wayne State for “A Know-Nothing’s Portrayal of Mexicans in the 1850s Press: The Work of G. Douglas Brewerton.”
In the student paper competition, the top winner is Carolina Velloso of the University of Maryland, College Park, for “‘A True Newspaper Woman’: The Career of Sadie Kneller Miller.” She will receive a plaque and a $100 cash prize.
Second place goes to Christopher T. Assaf of the University of Texas at Austin for “Robert Capa: War Photographer as Performance and Revision of the Myth.”
Third place goes to Kate Yanchulis of the University of Maryland for “‘The Paper of Record of the Women’s Movement’: The National Identity of off our backs.”
The Top Extended Abstract Award goes to Meghan McCune and John Maxwell Hamilton at Louisiana State for “The Nation’s First Press Secretary: Ray Stannard Baker and the Lessons of Publicity.”
The panel featuring the first- and second-place papers will be at 5 p.m. Pacific Time Friday, Aug. 7. The panel including the third-place winners will be at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time Friday, Aug. 7.
Here is an early draft of the History Division’s agenda for the conference. Past Chair Erika Pribanic-Smith will once again provide a full conference guide later this summer that will also include information on how to virtually access all of the sessions.
All times are Pacific Time.
Wednesday, Aug. 5
10:30 a.m. Officers and Editors Meeting with Taylor and Francis
2 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
5:30 p.m. Awards Gala and Media Trivia Night
Thursday, Aug. 6
8:15 a.m. High Density Session
Film Censorship’s Last Stand: The Memphis Board of Review 1967 to 1976, Thomas J. Hrach, University of Memphis
Framing Women’s Roles In 20th Century Farming: A Content Analysis of Cover Images, Catherine Staub, Amy Vaughan, and Alina Dorion, Drake University
Platform Life, Platform Death: Civilian Counter-Histories of Military-Made Social Media, Muira McCammon, University of Pennsylvania
“Don’t Waste the Reader’s Time”: The Journalistic Innovations and Influence of Willard M. Kiplinger, Rob Wells, University of Arkansas
Shaping Billboard Magazine: Lee Zhito’s Rise from Part-time Writer to Vice President, 1945 to 1993, Madeleine Liseblad and Gregory Pitts, Middle Tennessee State University
Our Forgotten Mother: Daisy Bates and Her School Integration Campaign, Lori Amber Roessner and Monique Freemon, University of Tennessee
“Libbers’ March”: Newspapers and the 50th Anniversary of U.S. Women’s Suffrage, Dana Dabek, Temple University
How the 1910 Bombing of the Times Building Destroyed the Socialist Party and the Unions, Daniel Wolowicz, Alabama
11:45 a.m. U.S. News Media and Democratic Backsliding: How Did We Get Here? Is Journalism Complicit? panel with the Political Communication Division
1:30 p.m. Virtual Reality: Reaching New Audiences Via Virtual Conferences & Podcasting panel with the Public Relations Division
3:15 p.m. Broussard Teaching Awards panel
5 p.m. The Future of Our History panel with Council of Affiliates
Friday, Aug. 7
11:45 a.m. Publicity, the Press, and Social Movements Research Papers
A Know-Nothing’s Portrayal of Mexicans in the 1850s Press: The Work of G. Douglas Brewerton, Michael Fuhlhage, Wayne State University** (third-place faculty paper)
“The Paper of Record Of The Women’s Movement”: The National Identity of off our backs, Kate Yanchulis, University of Maryland* (third-place student paper)
“Skeptics Make the Best Readers”: The Institute of Propaganda Analysis’ Pioneering Media Literacy Efforts and the Fight Against Misinformation (1937-1942), Elisabeth Fondren, St. John’s University
The Nation’s First Press Secretary: Ray Stannard Baker and the Lessons of Publicity, Meghan McCune and John Maxwell Hamilton, Louisiana State University
3:15 p.m. Connecting Today’s Students with Jim Crow-era Media History panel with Minorities and Communication Division
5 p.m. Top Papers
Capturing “The Real Thing”: James Ricalton Brings the Russo-Japanese War to American Parlors, Natascha Toft Roelsgaard and Michael S. Sweeney, Ohio
Influence of the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson Decision on Southern Editorial Arguments During the ‘Massive Resistance’ to Integration, Ali Mohamed, United Arab Emirates University
“A True Newspaper Woman”: The Career of Sadie Kneller Miller, Carolina Velloso, University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Capa: War Photographer as Performance and Revision of the Myth, Christopher T. Assaf, University of Texas at Austin
6:45 p.m. Business Meeting
Saturday, Aug. 8
11:30 a.m. Historic Media Coverage of LGBTQ Issues: San Francisco and Other Key Places panel with LGBT Interest Group
11:30 a.m. Poster Session
‘Complaining,’ Campaigning,’ and Everything in Between: Media Coverage of Pay Equity in Women’s Tennis in 1973 and 2007, Shannon Scovel, University of Maryland
History of the Black Power Movement: Going Beyond Mediated Images, Adrianne Grubic, University of Texas at Austin
Individual- and Role-Level Influences on Crisis Coverage: A Content Analysis of Columbine, Danielle Deavours, University of Alabama
1:15 p.m. Media, War and Memory: Researching Remembrance of the Past panel with the Cultural and Critical Studies Division.
Sunday, Aug. 9
11 a.m. The Press and Political Change Research Papers
Gladwin Hill and “‘The Wetbacks'”: The New York Times and the Mexican Migrant Security Threat, Melita Garza, Texas Christian University
Enemy Words on American Airwaves: Cold War Radio Moscow Broadcasts to the U.S., Kevin Grieves, Whitworth University
From Prohibition’s Demon Drink to Acceptable Indulgence: Distillers and the Battle to Normalize Liquor in America, Wendy Melillo, American University
Democracy on the Skids: The Hutchins Commission’s Fears for America’s Future, Stephen Bates, University of Nevada, Las Vegas