2004 REGIONAL PHI ALPHA THETA CONFERENCE
Cameron University, Lawton
February 27-28, 2004
Seven members of Phi Alpha Theta presented papers at the Annual Regional
Phi Alpha Theta Conference at Cameron University in Lawton on February 27-28.
The competition was state-wide and included major colleges and universities from
across the state. All seven UCO students received praise from judges and five
won prestigious prizes for their research papers. The conference was a great
success! (Paper titles and authors are listed below the pictures.)
Student Papers and Prizes:
1st Place, Undergraduate U.S.
Adam A. Payne, "We Complacently Drink the Fruit of the Lotus Bowl":
Deciding of the Oklahoma City Floodway, 1946-53.
1st Place, Undergraduate Non-U.S.
Presiyan Vasilev, "The Jews May Be Lucky": The Fortunate About-Face
that Saved Bulgaria's Jews.
2nd Place, Graduate Non-U.S.
Dana Jackson, Divided Voices: The 1949 London Dock Strike.
2nd Place, Undergraduate U.S.
Stephanie Shafer, "Square Deal" Dunn: Oklahoma State Penitentiary and
the Death of a Warden, 1941.
3rd Place, Undergraduate U.S.
Chris Petty, Broken Threads: The Choctaw Spinners' Association,
1937-1943.
Other UCO Papers
Leslie Dixon, "A Magnificent Structure": Phases of the Old North at the University of Central Oklahoma, 1893-1897.
Erica Johnson, A Rebel in Oklahoma: Abbie Hoffman, 1971.
