Graduate Theses

Graduates from Central Washington University's History Department Masters Program do not only graduate with a MA in History, rather they graduate with a key to open many doors in their future. Here is what some of our past graduate students have done for their theses.

Graduate Theses - 2009
McKayla Sutton: "Illuminating the Irish Free State: Nationalism, National Identity and the Promotion of the Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme" Chaired by Dr. Jason Knirck.

McKayla Sutton is starting PhD work in Irish history at Marquette University in the fall of 2009.

Tamara Caulkins: "Values and Epistemology in Buffon's L'Histoire Naturelle" Chaired by Dr. Thomas Wellock and Dr. Jason Knirck.

Tamara Caulkins is pursuing PhD work at the University of British Columbia.

Graduate Theses - 2008
Kirsten Erickson: "What Happens in the Interval': The Ulster Women's Unionist Council and Ulster Unionist Identity, 1912-1922" Chaired by Dr. Jason Knirck.

Kristen Erickson is the Librarian at North Bend Public Library.

Katie (Pittner) Marney: "The Development of Modern Yoga: British Imperialism, Transnational Theosophy, and Indian Independence, 1875-1966" Chaired by Dr. Jason Knirck.

Katie (Pittner) Marney is pursuing Masters of Library Science degree at the University of Arizona, and is a History Instructor at Pima Community College.

Graduate Theses - 2007
Rachael (Birks) Morgan: "Dancing Cubanidad: Reconfiguring National Identity through Fidel Castro's Cultural Project, 1959-1973" Chaired by Dr. Michael Ervin.

Rachael (Birks) Morgan is currently teaching German and Social Sciences at Hanford High School.

Patrice Laurent: "Coffee's Competing Visions: The Development, Contestation and Negotiation of Soconusco's Coffee Economy" Chaired by Dr. Michael Ervin.

Patrice Laurent is an instructor at CWU and Yakima Valley Community College.