Graduate Student Accomplishments

The Department of History is proud to celebrate the academic, professional and scholarly achievements of our graduate students. We are immensely proud of our graduate students’ dedication and contributions to the field of history! Keep striving for excellence.

Fall 2025

Graduates

PhD Students

Emily Segar earned her PhD through completing her dissertation titled: “Associating Difference: Disability, Transnational Exchange, and the Eugenic Surveillance of Childhood, 1876-1933”, defended March 12, 2025.

MA Students

  • Clayton Chandler
  • Bradley Gearheart
  • Samantha Gibson
  • Michael Rechichi
  • Olivia Schneggenburger
  • Alexander Skezas
  • Skyler Sanders

The History Department wishes good luck to all our graduates on their future endeavors!

Professional Updates

Academic Milestones

Passed Comprehensive Exams:

Jessica Sullivan

Passed Prospectus Defense:

Jessica Sullivan

Scholarships and Fellowships

Conference & Research Travel Funding Award:

  • Damilola Fagite
  • Kevin Kostin
  • Chijioke Ngobili
  • Andrew Pothier
  • Beth Pryor

Reilly Tirone Fellowship:

  • Damilola Fagite

Milton Plesur Scholarship:

  • Olivia Brubaker
  • Damilola Fagite
  • Fernando Jauregui
  • Mitchell Jones
  • Kevin Kostin
  • Alyssa Martin
  • Chijioke Ngobili
  • Lina Peterson
  • Andrew Pothier
  • Carlos Poveda
  • Michael Samul
  • Jessica Sullivan

Plesur Sixth Year

  • Angela Gallagher
  • Jenna Labbie

Yearly Award

  • Angela Gallagher
  • Beth Pryor

Spring 2025

The Pratt Scholarship

  • Kevin Kostin
  • Andrew Pothier

The Shannon Scholarship

  • Kevin Kostin
  • Andrew Pothier