Dr. Evan Hart’s writing entitled “Medical Exemptions in Abortion Bans Won’t Protect Women’s Health” appeared in the Washington Post’s Made by History Series on September 8, 2022. Her probing work was also highlighted in the Roundup Top Ten of the History News Network. Read her article in .

Kylar McNeal, a history education major, presented his original research on 19th-century women textile mill workers at the spring 2022 Meeting of the New England Historical Association in Lowell, Massachusetts. His presentation was received with great praise and generated excellent discussion among attendees. He also toured the mill museums and canals in Lowell, and the Freedom Trail in Boston.

Dr. Evan Hart, assistant professor of history, was awarded the 2022 William E. Foley Research Fellowship by the Friends of the Missouri State Archives. Dr. Hart will conduct research on the 1923 manslaughter trial of a St. Joseph doctor, Fenton N. Goodson. The grant will assist with diving into court records in Jefferson City during the summer.

Four MWSU students competed in the Alpha Chi annual collaborative research competition, culminating with a live presentation in Austin, Texas. The team’s four students were Mackenzie Grantham, biology-health science, Kylee Meehan, psychology, Tanner Merwin, history, and Wanda Pearson, psychology. Their project, entitled, “Past, Present, and Future Disease Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of the Social Dynamics of the Current COVID-19 Pandemic and Tuberculosis Outbreaks of the 20th Century” included historical research, survey design and data collection, and producing a manuscript, poster and presentation. They were mentored by Dr. Angela Haas, associate professor of history.