All history majors at Marquette conduct independent, primary research, not only in the Research Seminar required of all students before graduation, but also in a number of other courses.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Recent Senior Theses by History Majors
*Sam Anderson, "Herodotus and the Second Greco-Persian War: A Defense of Herodotus as a Military Historian"
Faculty Advisor: Jenn Finn
*Alexis Garcia, “Finding the Place of Mexicans in World War II America: The Bracero and the Pachuco”
Faculty Advisors: Michael Donoghue, Kristen Foster and Sergio González
*Yazmin Gomez, "Viva La Raza, Viva Las Latinas: Late 20th Century Female Activism in Milwaukee's Latinx Community"
Faculty Advisor: Sergio González
*Brigid Nannenhorn, "The Devilish Angel: The Racialized Femininity of Creole Women in Early Nineteenth-Century New Orleans”
Faculty Advisor: Kristen Foster.
*Eva Schons Rodrigues, “Gender and Warfare: The Echoes of Fulvia and Agrippina the Elder”
Faculty Advisor: Jenn Finn
*Angela Scavone, “Marquette University: Navigating Student Safety in the 1970s Post-In Loco Parentis World”
Faculty Advisor: Kristen Foster
*Katherine Stein, “Legacies of Empire and Tides of Reform: The Perplexing Popularity of Charles Dickens in Nineteenth-Century Ireland”
Faculty Advisor: Timothy McMahon
*Steven Wales, “The Sicilian Wars: Carthaginian Military Campaigns and Expeditions 480-306 BC”
Faculty Advisor: Jenn Finn
*Stephanie Wissing, "Spiritual Sisterhood: Beauty and Feminine Christian Spiritual Practices”
Faculty Advisor: Lezlie Knox
Recent Undergraduate Projects
Some students are able to work on Digital Humanities Projects in their classes or as interns. A few recent projects include:
The Material Turn in History
Latinx History of Wisconsin
From Dr. Lezlie Knox's "Black Death" Course
Intern Projects
Applied History Course Project