Frances G. Harper Student History Conference

Fall 2018

1^st Place: Alan Castro, “Santa Anna: The Enigma Who Was Mexico”

2^nd Place: Gisela Argote, “An Unknown Mexico: The Complicated Acceptance of Jewish Refugees during Nazism (1933-1945)”

3^rd Place: Melissa Lopez, “The American Soldier of 1845-1850: An Analysis of Soldiers’ Experiences through Masculinity in the Mexican-American War” [Left}

Honorable Mention: Karla E. Hawkins, “War on ‘La Familia’: The Effects of the Vietnam War on Mexican American Families in El Paso”

Alan Castro, Gisela Argote (right), and Melissa Lopez (left)

Alan Castro, Gisela Argote (right), and Melissa Lopez (left)

Fall 2018 Harper Student History Conference Winners

Fall 2017

Cynthia Lisse Ledesma

Cynthia Lisse Ledesma

“The Chicana Movement: Economic Injustice Chicanas Faced in the Labor Force during the 1960s and 1970s”

Jacob Martin Fong

Jacob Martin Fong

“Travelers in China in the Aftermath of War and Rebellion, 1860-1880”

Johanna Marie Lopez

Johanna Marie Lopez

“Voices of Duranguito: A Barrio Under Siege”

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El Paso, Texas 79968

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