SPRING 2025 Honors Class
L to R: Grace Evanoski, Becka Bash, Elijah Ahrens, Michael Strunk, Allyson Dinwiddie, History Honors Program Director Professor David Atkinson, Jiahui Chen, Elizabeth Lazar, Johari Tello, Jael Brown, Nah'Shon Williams
SPRING 2024 Honors Class
L to R: Brooke Dines, Natalie Crispin, Rebecca Counen, Jacob Pranger, Will Rater, Emily Lewis, Lauren Roudebush, Amelia Simpson, History Honors Program Director Professor David Atkinson
SPRING 2023 Honors Class
L to R: Nick Thompson, Joshua Hainer, History Honors Program Director Professor Whitney Walton, Elizabeth Wood, Mikayla Klemp, Anurag Shah. Not pictured: Sydni Henagan
SPRING 2022 Honors Class
L to R: Ian Smith, Payton Garrett, Ally Eaton, Katelyn Leffler, Nathan Au, Sydney Greenwood, and Marnie Abram (inset)
SPRING 2021 Honors Class
L to R: Daniel Williams, Wesley Morning, Lea Cejvan, Nidhi Shekar, Alex Griffin-Little, Charlotte Li, Samuel Leeds, Roberto Kampfner, History Honors Program Director Whitney Walton

2021 Honoree Presentations:

Wesley Morning (2021 Honoree), “Living in the White House: The Significance of the First Family in Cold War Politics.” Mentors: Professors Brownell and Gabin
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Lea Cejvan (2021 Honoree), “An Analysis of Bosnian Migrant Perceptions and Cultural Transfers in Twentieth-Century Chicago.” Mentors: Professors Foray and Klein-Pejsova
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Alex Griffin-Little (2021 Honoree), “Home Is Where the Hate Is: Housing and Education Discrimination in Greater Lafayette in the Twentieth Century.” Mentors: Professors Gabin and Brownell
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Roberto Kampfner (2021 Honoree), “Vincent van Gogh: Religious Consolation, Visions of the Poor, and His World-Renowned Artworks’ Connection to God.” Mentors: Professors de la Fuente and Fleetham
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Samuel Leeds (2021 Honoree), “A Social Scientist, Two Bishops, and Darwin: The Presence of Darwinism in Three African Americans’ Views on Race, between 1871-1920.” Mentors: Professors Davis and Bynum
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Charlotte Li (2021 Honoree), “The Pulse of the City: Diversity and Accessibility in the Allen County Public Library 1895-2020.” Mentors: Professors Gabin and Larson
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Nidhi Shekar (2021 Honoree), “Deconstructing Democracy: A Comparative Analysis on Subjugation Using the Melian Dialogue and the US Constitution.” Mentors: Professors Pitts, Mercier, and Walton
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Wesley Morning (2021 Honoree), “Living in the White House: The Significance of the First Family in Cold War Politics.” Mentors: Professors Brownell and Gabin
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SPRING 2020 Honors Class
L to R: Andrew Chapman, Nicholas Short, Ryan Wettschurack, Jake Patterson
SPRING 2019 Honors Class
L to R: History Honors Director Professor Whitney Walton, Emma Maggart, Jacqueline Krogmeier, Theodore Sagendorf, John Knight, Tatum Theaman
SPRING 2018 Honors Class
L to R: Kelsey Chapman, Allison Ferrara, Daniel King, Tiffany Hunsinger, Daniele Celano, Alex Davis, Colleen Couch, Katelyn Graham
SPRING 2017
L to R: Jonathan Welk, Alex Reisinger, Eden Holmes, Ian Campbell, Mary Strong
SPRING 2016
L to R: Andrea Matio, Emma Gaier, Sam Walburn, Ally Wong, Chelsea Rose
SPRING 2015
L to R: Emily Durkin, Hannah Vaughn, Nekoda Witsken, Ryan Freeman, Jill Bosserman, Lauren Haslem,
Jon Schoenwetter Not pictured: Kevin Adams
2014 Honors Class
Front row L to R: Samantha Richards, Jennifer McVeigh, Professor Zook, Madison Heslop, Katie Martin
Back row L to R: Bradley Pierson, Grant Priester, Kevin Robey, Robert Kugler, Luke Howard
2013 History Honors Class
L to R: John Foerster, Kristen Blankenbaker, Kelsey Campbell, History Honors Program Director Professor Melinda Zook, Cade Carmichael and Olivia Hagedorn
2012 History Honors Class

Jessica Bair
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Vince Dahl
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Professor Zook and Vince Dahl
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2011 History Honors Class
L to R: Katrina Galt, Brittany Poe, William Vogel

Brittany Poe
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William Vogel
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2010 History Honors Class
L to R: Rebecca Lutton, Amy Heaney, Corrina Smith, Ellie Carolus. Not pictured: Gregory Halmi.

Amy Heaney
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Corrina Smith
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Ellie Carolus
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Gregory Halmi
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Rebecca Lutton
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Professor Bob May and Corrina Smith
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2009 History Honors Class
Front Row L-R: Nicole Capehart, Emily Dawes
Back Row L-R: Charles Spencer, Samuel Needham, Rosemary Arnold, Mark Robinson

Charles Spencer
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Emily Dawes
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Mark Robison
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Nicole Capehart
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Rosemary Arnold
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Samuel Needham
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2009 History Honors Class
L to R: Iyad Shihadeh, Emma Meyer, Siobhan McGuire, Meredith Horn, Mark Johnson

Iyad Shihadeh
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Meredith Horn
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Siobhan McGuire
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Professor Bob May and Mark Johnson
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Larry Mykituk and Iyad Sihadeh
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