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Dale Center faculty, former faculty, graduate students, and alumni at the Society for Military History's annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia 2024.

 

For a list of Dale Center Graduate Alumni books: CLICK HERE 

PhD Students:

2023

Hasik, Hayley Michael.  "The Helicopter War: Unraveling the Myth and Memory of a Vietnam War Icon."  Chair: Dr. Heather M. Stur.

• Current Placement: Historian with the , Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

2022

Peterson, Lindsey R. "The Expansionist Cause: Union Civil War Commemorations as Tools of Western Colonization." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: Digital Humanities Librarian at and C--Director of the .  Managing Director for .

Somers, Lucas. "Embattled Learning: Education and Emancipation in the Post-Civil War Upper South." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: Assistant Professor of History at , Columbia, Kentucky.

2021

Mortimer, John. 'We Seek A Stable Structure: D茅tente', Human Rights, and National Security Policy, 1974鈥�1981.鈥� Chair: Dr. Heather Stur

• Current Placement: Historian at , Ft. McNair, D.C.

2020

Hazzard, Wesley. 鈥淭he Face of Intervention: Military Humanitarianism during the 1965 Dominican Crisis.鈥� Chair: Dr. Heather Stur.

• Current Placement: Historian at , Ft. McNair, D.C.

2019

Doidge, Michael. "An Army Worth Fighting For: The U.S. Army鈥檚 Battle for Relevance in National Security from 1946 to 1964." Chair: Dr. Heather Stur.

• Current Placement: Director and Supervisory Historian for the , California

2018

Cantrell, Kelly.  "Consuming Victory: American Women and the Politics of Food Rationing during World War II."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Haley.

• Current Placement: Director of the Honors College and History Professor at , Scooba Mississippi

Colbourn, Colin.  "Esprit de Marine Corps: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps through Public Relations, 1911-50."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Lead Historian,

Engle, Jason.  "The Sch眉tzenwesen and the Roots of Austrian Paramilitarism in the First Republic."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest

• Current Placement: Historian with the , Dayton, Ohio

2017

Fitzmorris, John. 鈥淏earing the 鈥楧ouble Burden; Chaplains in Combat during the Vietnam War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest. 

• Current Placement: Instructor at , New Orleans, Louisiana

Taylor, Samantha A. "'Gosh, I Miss the Cold War': Post-Cold War Foreign Policymaking in the United States, 1989鈥�1995." Chair: Dr. Heather Stur.

2016

Thompson, Robert.  "A Facade in Phu Yen: American Pacification Efforts in a South Vietnamese Province" Chairs: Drs. Heather Stur and Andrew Wiest

• Current Placement: Historian with the , Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

2015

Hemmis, Timothy Christopher. 鈥淭rading Identities: National Identity, Loyalty, and Backcountry Merchants in Revolutionary America, 1740 鈥� 1816.鈥� Chair: Dr. Kyle F. Zelner.

• Current Placement: Associate Professor of History (Tenured), , Killeen, Texas

Bius, Joel Richard. 鈥淭he Soldier and the Cigarette: 1918 鈥� 1986.鈥� Chair: Dr. Louis Kyriakoudes.  

• Current Placement: Headmaster, , Montgomery, Alabama    

2014

Wieland, Robert.  "Reagan's Disraeli: Caspar Willard Weinberger as Secretary of Defense, 1981-87."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Curator, , Montgomery, Alabama

2013

Conklin, Dennis Blair. 鈥淐onflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command: Johnston, Davis, Hood, and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864.鈥� Chair: Dr. Susannah Ural.

 

• Current Placement: History Teacher, , Jackson, Mississippi

2007

Spurgeon, Ian Michael.  "Man of Douglas, Man of Lincoln: The Political Odyssey of James Henry Lane."  Chair: Dr. Bradley Bond

• Current Placement:  Historian, Europe-Mediterranean Directorate, (DPAA), Washington, D.C.

2006 

Chappo, John Fabian. 鈥淲illiam H. Mahone of Virginia: An Intellectual Biography, 1830-1890.鈥� Chair: Dr. Bradley Bond.

• Current Placement: Instructor of History and the History of Technology at , Williamsport, Pennsylvania

2005

Boler, Jaime Elizabeth. 鈥淐ity Under Siege: Resistance and Power in Natchez, MS 1719-1857.鈥� Chair: Dr. Greg O鈥橞rien.

• Current Placement: , Ellisville, Mississippi

2003 

Catino, Martin Scott. 鈥淢ussolini鈥檚 March on America: Italian-Americans and the Fascist Experience, 1922-1941.鈥� Chair: Dr. R. Geoffrey Jensen. 

• Current Placement: Assistant Professor and Department Chair, , Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2001 

Vaughn, William Ashley. 鈥淣atchez during the Civil War.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

• Current Placement: Independent Researcher in Jackson, Mississippi

1999

Robins, Glenn M.  "Leonidas Polk and Episcopal Identity: An Evangelical Experiment in the Mid-Nineteenth Century South."  Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

• Current Placement: Professor of History and Chair of the History Department, , Americus, Georgia

1998 

Barbier, Mary Kathryn. 鈥淒-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: , Starkville, MS and Co-editor,

Apel, John Patrick. 鈥淎 Window of Opportunity: A History of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the First Half of the Korean War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest. 

• Current Placement: Lawyer, Portsmouth, Ohio

 

MA Students

2023

Bishop, Christopher.  "'I Was Looking for God': A Study of Wehrmacht Personnel and their Personal Relationships with Religion."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: PhD student in History at in College Station, Texas.

Cloys, Emily.  "Negotiating National Identity: A Study of Nationalist Rhetoric during the British Voluntary Recruiting Movement, 1914-1916."  Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Analyst, , Mississippi Legislature, Jackson, Mississippi

Jarrell, Joseph.  "The King and His Court: The Culture of Royal Power and the Creation of the Angevin Empire Under Henry II."  Chair: Dr. Courtney Luckhardt. 

2022 

DeLee, John. "Henry Knox: The American Frontier as a Foreign Policy Arena, 1785-1794." Chair: Dr. Kyle Zelner.

• Current Placement: Instructor of History at in McComb, Mississippi.

Losen, Maeve. "Emotions in Work and War: Comparisons of Emotional-Cultures of New Deal CCC Enrollees and WWII U.S. Army Enlistees, 1933-1945." Chair: Dr. Kevin Greene. 

• Current Placement: Manager, Center for Digital Humanities, School of Humanities, University of 草榴社区 Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Singleton, Michael. ""Conserving" The Middle Ground: Tennessee's Unionist Press in Secession Crisis, 1860-1861." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: Employed by the , Washington D.C.

Washam, Brian. "Validation in Vietnam: Motivation and Experiences of Vietnam Veterans Who Returned to Vietnam as Tourists." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: PhD Student at the University of 草榴社区 Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

2021

Abulawi, Amanda. "Higher Command: An Examination of African American Leadership in the Vietnam Era." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Processing Assistant, Historical Manuscripts & Archives at , University of 草榴社区 Mississippi

DeFazio, T. Michael. "For Cause and Countries: Initial, Sustaining, and Combat Motivation in the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons, 1940-1942." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: U.S. Air Force, in Wichita Falls, Texas

Loper, Billy. "Paradoxes of the Heart and Mind: Three Case Studies in White Identity, 草榴社区 Reality, and the Silenced Memories of Mississippi Confederate Dissent, 1860-1979." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: Analyst, , Mississippi Legislature, Jackson, Mississippi

Stobaugh, Lindsey. "Recognizing Race: The Impact of Twentieth-Century Feminist Movements on Race Relations in West Germany." Chair: Dr. Allison Abra.

• Current Placement: Academic Advisor, , Greeley, Colorado

Turnbaugh, Cody. "'My Bruises Are Inward:' A Study of Mental Trauma in the American Civil War." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: History Instructor, , Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2020

Coffey, Regina. "'You Must Live, and Show to the World What They Have Been Doing Here': The Survival of the 'Rabbits' of Ravensbr眉ck." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: PhD student in History at , Tallahassee, Florida

Lewis, Taylor. "Helmand: The U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2010-2012." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: History Teacher, , Friendswood, Texas

Major, Justin. "The Unknown War: Army of the Republic of Vietnam Combat Operations 1962-1963." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: PhD student in History at the University of 草榴社区 Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Myers, Amy. "A Call to Arms: A Comparative Study of Mississippi and Kentucky Citizens During the Secession Crisis, 1859-1861." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: Review and Compliance Assistant for the Historic Preservation Division, , Jackson, Mississippi

2019

Price, Brannon. "The Fighting Blue Ridgers: Combined Arms Capabilities of the US Army's 80th Infantry Division in World War II, 1944-1945." Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Social Studies Teacher, , Anderson, South Carolina

Sarvela, John. "Soldaten des Westens: An Analysis of the Wartime Experiences of Three German-American Regiments from the St. Louis-Belleville Region." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural. 

• Current Placement: PhD student in History at , Stillwater, Oklahoma

2018

Partain, Aderian.  "Cornerstone of Union Victory: Officer Partnerships in Joint Operations in the West."  Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

2017

Barnett, Tracy L. "Maligned 'Milish:' Mississippi Militiamen in the Civil War." Chair: Dr. Susannah J. Ural.

• Current Placement: PhD Student at the , Athens, Georgia

Martin, David.  "Mr. Jefferson鈥檚 Army in Mr. Madison鈥檚 War: Atrophy, Policy, and Legacy in the War of 1812."  Chair: Dr. Kyle F. Zelner.

• Current Placement: United States Air Force.

Nelson, Anna Rikki. 鈥淪haken, Not Stirred: Espionage, Fantasy, and British Masculinity during the Cold War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Allison Abra. 

• Current Placement: Archives Technician at

Colbourn, Colin Michael. 鈥淓spirit de Marine Corps: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps through Public Relations, 1898-1929.鈥� Chair: Dr. Michael Neiberg.

• Current Placement: Lead Historian,

Hollifield, Kimberly Lanell. 鈥淕alvanizing a Nation: Political Rhetoric that Drove America Toward Civil War.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

Jonathan Daniel. 鈥淎 Manufactured Rebellion: An Assessment of the Seizure of the West Florida Convention and the 1810 West Florida Rebellion.鈥� Chair: Dr. Brian LaPierre.

• Current Placement:

Urbanak, Anthony Otis. 鈥淭he Changing Nature of the Army As Seen Through the Lens of Enlisted Personnel Recruitment.鈥� Chair: Dr. Michael Neiberg.

2008

• Current Placement:  

Obinalli, Kelechi. 鈥淎merican Foreign Policy and the Internalization of the Biafran War, 1967-1970.鈥� Chair: Dr. Deanne S. Nuwer.

2006 

Cantrell, Kelly Elizabeth. 鈥淲e Can Do It! Hollywood Feature Films, American Servicemen, and the Second World War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Stephen Sloan.

• Current Placement: Director of the Honors College and History Professor at

Coleman, Rebecca Leigh. 鈥淓uropean Violence and the Papal Dream: A Study in Medieval Peace Initiatives.鈥� Chair: Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice.

French, Wesley Tyler. 鈥淐hanges and Trends in the American Film Industry and their Impact on the Vietnam Subgenre, 1965-1990.鈥� Chair: Dr. Bradley Bond.

Hession, William David. 鈥淭urpentining in the Piney Woods: Hattiesburg and the Naval Stores Industry.鈥� Chair: Dr. Bradley G. Bond.

2004

Hall, David Bradley. 鈥淐ombat Medical Soldiers: US Army First Echelon Medics in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

Overby, Lee T. 鈥淭he Most Horrible War: The Impact of Technology, Logistics, and Disease on the Anglo-Asante War of 1873-4.鈥� Chair: Dr. James Patterson Smith.

Stewart, Jason Andrew. 鈥淐omforting the Vanquished: A History of the Beauvoir Soldiers鈥� Home.鈥� Committee Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

• Current Placement: , Raymond, MS 

2003 

Walters, Andrew Howard. 鈥淚nitiative in Command: The Learning Curve in the British Army during World War I.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: Historian,

2002 

Cates, Joseph E. 鈥淭he Fight for an Independent Army: Amalgamation and the AEF in the First World War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Oral History Coordinator at Sullivan Museum & History Center at Norwich University

Davis, Edward Harold. 鈥淕uadalcanal, 7 August 1942- 26 October 1942. (1) The Battle of the Tenaru River, 21 August 1942, (2) The Battle of Bloody Ridge, 12-14 September 1942, (3) The Battle of Henderson Field and the Lunga River, 24-26 October 1942.鈥� Chair: Dr. Louis M. Kyriakoudes.

Hudson, Janet Maria. 鈥淭he Hub City Home Front: Women of Hattiesburg, Mississippi during World War II.鈥� 2002. Chair: Dr. Marjorie Julian Spruill.

Loicano, Martin. 鈥淎n Analysis of the Failure of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement: , New Orleans, LA

2000 

Spencer, David Brett. 鈥淪word of Ulysses: The Unconditional Surrender Doctrine and the Rise of American Imperialism.鈥� Chair: Dr. Kenneth G. McCarty.

1998

Monday, Steve. 鈥淭he Troubled Color Line: Race Relations in Jackson, Mississippi during World War II.鈥� Chair: Dr. Neil R. McMillen.

Williams, Benjamin Shawn. 鈥淪tuck in the Middle: Kentucky Politics and the Confederate Invasion of 1862.鈥� Chair: Dr. James Patterson Smith.

1997 

Kimball, Larry Scott. 鈥淏ritish Volunteers in World War I: Changing Attitudes and Perceptions鈥�. Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

1996

Dougal, Ian. 鈥淕unboat Democracy: American Exceptionalism and the Military Interventions in Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989).鈥� Chair: Dr. Kenneth G. McCarty.

• Current Placement:  

Huff, Edward Eugene. 鈥淏ritish and American Policy toward Italian Territorial Claims in the First World War.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

1995 

Adams, Owen E. Jr. 鈥淐onfederate Major General Robert E. Rodes: A Civil War Biography.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

McDonald, Sam Dawson. 鈥淭he Civil Thorn: Congressman Ross Collins and the American Military, 1921-1943.鈥� Chair: Dr. Kenneth G. McCarty.

Patterson, Steven. 鈥淭he Forgotten Army: Morale Problems of the British Fourteenth Army in India during World War II.鈥� Chair: Dr. Andrew Wiest.

• Current Placement:

Stewart, Paula.  鈥淰illain of the Peace: The Career and Image of James Longstreet in 草榴社区 History.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

1994 

McLain, Robert A. 鈥淎t His Majesty鈥檚 Request: The Indian Army Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1915.鈥� Chair: Dr. L. Margaret Barnett. 

• Current Placement:

1993

Kelly, James R. Jr. 鈥淭he Confederate Ironclad Program and the Defense of the West.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

O鈥機onnor, Patrick Joseph. 鈥淭o Destroy or Create: American Occupation Policy for Japan, 1945-1952.鈥� Chair: Dr. Kenneth G. McCarty.

Tuepker, John Lee. 鈥淭he Effects of World War II on Blacks in Harrison County, Mississippi.鈥� Chair: Dr. Neil R. McMillen.

Vaughn, WA. 鈥淭he Black Militia in the Battle of New Orleans.鈥� Chair: Dr. John Guice.

Zhang, Kemin. 鈥淲hy They Fought?鈥� An Analysis of the Motives of Non-slaveholding Whites toward the Civil War.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough. 

• Current Placement:

1992

Snell, William Halsey Jr. 鈥淯nion and Confederate Treatment of Prisoners of War during the American Civil War.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

1991 

Gunn, Mark E. 鈥淭he Magnolia Cross: The Role of Mississippi Chaplains during the Civil War.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough.

Wedding, Stephen E. 鈥淪herman鈥檚 Meridian Expedition: Modern Warfare in Mississippi.鈥� Chair: Dr. William K. Scarborough

• Current Placement: