Congratulations to our newest alumni—the Department of History is proud to recognize its majors who graduated from Clemson University in 2008:
Robyn Adams, Springfield, VA
Nancy Brock Arthur, Hartsville, SC
Chelsea Bacher, Chagrin Falls, OH
Raymond Barnard, Beaufort, SC
Jamie Leigh Barrett, Berlin, MD
Jonathan Daniel Bate, Clemson, SC
T. Josh Bell, Greenville, SC
Bradley Edwin Blackmon, Lancaster, SC
Christina Blake, Newmarket, NH
Maximilien Boone Blanton, Westfield, NJ
Hilary Elizabeth Blount, Birmingham, AL
Toni Elizabeth Boyer, Irmo, SC
Tess Elizabeth Brasington. Chapin, SC
Laura Bridges, Greenville, SC
Steven Joseph Brumet, Columbia, SC
Hayley Marie Childress, Easley, SC
Matthew Cloninger, Bessemer City, NC
Matthew Crennan, Eastport, NY
Denzil Cuddy
James Matthew Dilleshaw, Greenville, SC
John Dixon, Idaho Falls, ID
David Duford, Spencerport, NY
Victorino Echague, North Myrtle Beach, SC
Susan Eckman, St. Charles, IL
Rachel Estep, Clemson, SC
Andrea Evans, Walhalla, SC
Peter J. Ganyard, Lorton, VA
Sally Gillespie, Pickens, SC
Anthony James Godbolt, Latta, SC
William Goodman, Bluffton, SC
Jessica Noel Griffin, Indian Land, SC
Claire Hammes, Charleston, SC
Andrew Hand, Pacolet, SC
Katherine M. Holt, Geneva, IL
Craig Allen Holtzclaw, Fountain Inn, SC
William Andrew Horton, Spartanburg, SC
Korin Knight, Columbia, SC
Katherine Nicole Lehman, Marietta, GA
Patrick Bryce Lybrand, Greenwood, SC
James H. Maners, Rock Hill, SC
Jose Molina, Houston, TX
Stuart Moore, Lexington, SC
Abigail Myers, Cedarburg, WI
Matthew Neely, Columbia, SC
Daniel Niemeier, St. Louis, MO
Kendall Orders, Greenville, SC
Deanna L. Panetta, Cumming, GA
Whitney E. Patterson, Anderson, SC
Webb Porter, Orangeburg, SC
Alex Pringle, Clemson, SC
Steven Roach, Rock Hill, SC
Samuel Scurry, Saluda, SC
William Arthur Shirley, Jr., Hartsville, SC
Thomas Hunt Spencer, Greer, SC
Colie Stancil, Lexington, SC
Paul (Jake) Stansell, Greer, SC
Caroline Stockdale, Pittsford, NY
Roy W. Talbert, Irmo, SC
John Thornhill, Richmond, VA
Sarah Vosburgh, Clemson, SC
Elizabeth Wilson, Kingwood, TX
Congratulations to the graduate students who wrote theses and were awarded the M.A. in 2008:
W. S. "Boomer" Bright, "Radicalism and Rebellion: Presidential Reconstruction in South Carolina from April 1865 to May 1866." Advisor: Rod Andrew Jr.
Michael Paul Bufano, "A Reconsideration of the Sunni-Shi'a Divide in Early Islam." Advisor: James A. Miller
Daniela Greene, "Racial Motivations for French Collaboration During the Second World War: Uncovering the Memory Through Film and Memoirs." Advisor: Alan Grubb
J. Thad Hollis, "Je Suis Huger: Shaping Identity in South Carolina, 1685-1885." Advisor: Paul Christopher Anderson
Kevin M. Krause, "The One-Eyed King: The Reforms of Ben Tillman as the Reason for the Absence of Populism in South Carolina." Advisor: H. Roger Grant
Amy Michelle Matthews, "From Memory to Honor: Stories of South Carolina's World War Monuments." Advisor: Steven Marks
Franklin Evan Nooe, "'Renders it Necessary that We Should Be Prepared': A Reexamination of the Militant South Thesis in Territorial Florida." Advisor: Rod Andrew Jr.
Misty Belle Soles, "Against the Wind: Coastal Zone Management in South Carolina, 1972-1993." Advisor: H. Roger Grant