Profiting From History

Dissertation Title: "The End of the Disinterested Profession: American Public Accountancy 1927-1962"

Current Position: Eastern Washington University, Accounting and Information Systems

Dissertation Title: "Prisoners of War--Cold War Allies: The Anglo-American Relationship with Wehrmacht Generals"

Lincoln's Political Generals. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.

"Enforcing Neutrality: The Tenth U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican Border, 1913-1919," Western Historical Quarterly 40 (Summer 2009), 179-200.

The article in WHQ is Work's seventh article.


FALL 2009 Graduate Student News Recent PhDs		Michael Doron, PhD August 2009 Dissertation Title: "The End of the Disinterested Profession: American Public Accountancy 1927-1962" Chair: Dr. Harold C. Livesay Current Position: Eastern Washington University, Accounting and Information Systems Derek Mallett, PhD August 2009 Dissertation Title: "Prisoners of War--Cold War Allies: The Anglo-American Relationship with Wehrmacht Generals" Chair: Dr. Arnold P. Krammer Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, TAMU David Word, PhD May 2004 Lincoln's Political Generals. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. "Enforcing Neutrality: The Tenth U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican Border, 1913-1919," Western Historical Quarterly 40 (Summer 2009), 179-200. The article in WHQ is Work's seventh article.

Dissertation Defenses & Doctoral Exams		Michael Beauchamp successfully defended his dissertation (Instruments of Empire: Local Elites and United States Governance in Early National Louisiana) on Monday August 24th. Congratulations Michael! Verity McInnis, Matt Keyworth, Madalyn Ard and Ralph Morales have passed their doctoral exams and orals.

Articles		Brian Hilton's article"Maximum Flexibility for Peaceful Change: Jimmy Carter, Taiwan, and the Recognition of the People's Republic of China" has been published in the current issue of Diplomatic History (September 2009). This is a major achievement for Brian and reflects well on our graduate program. Please join Dr. Terry Anderson and myself in congratulating Brian.

		Charles Heaton’s article “The Failure of Enlightenment Military Doctrine in Revolutionary America: The Piedmont Campaign and the Fate of the British Army in the Lower South” will be published in the North Carolina Historical Review in April, 2010.

Awards		MIKE KRIVDO has been awarded the General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Memorial Dissertation Fellowship for 2009 and given him $10,000 for his study of the United States Marine Corps in the Civil War Era - this award comes from The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. In addition, Mike’s article "Harper's Ferry: The Last Action of the 'Henderson Era'," has been accepted for publication in the October 2009 issue of Fortitudine: Bulletin of the Marine Corps Historical Program.

		RYAN WADLE has received a $10,000 award from the Naval History and Heritage Command to fund research and writing for his dissertation, "'The Fourth Dimension of Naval Tactics': United States Navy Public Relations, 1919-1941." Ryan’s work examines how the Navy and sympathetic individuals and organizations promoted and commodified an attractive vision of the Navy to counteract broad public antagonism towards naval expansion.