Tag: Genesis Ranel

Graduate Students Participate in Night at the Museum

May 17, 2023

Saturday, March 4 was the 12th annual Night at the Museum community event hosted by the Graduate School at The University of Alabama. The program brought graduate students from various academic departments to the Museum of Natural History, where they hosted interactive stations catering to young people from the Tuscaloosa area. The Department of History sent six volunteers: Joey Dykes, Brian Martin, Brianna Meyer, Genesis Ranel, Milum Richardson, and Filipe Robles. This year’s theme, “Around the World,” provided a great […]

New Internship Program for Both Graduate and Undergraduate Students

May 17, 2023

Though internships are traditionally associated with degree programs outside of the humanities, they are increasingly crucial for students of all backgrounds, including History. To help our students succeed in the world beyond ten Hoor, our faculty are hard at work establishing a new internship program for our department. Several students have already taken advantage of the initiative: PhD candidate David Ferrara traveled to archives in Florida and Mississippi, gathered records related to the history of the Gulf Islands National Seashore […]

Grad Students Participate in Night at the Museum Event

March 8, 2023

Saturday, March 4, 2023, was the 12th annual Family Night at the Museum community event hosted by The University of Alabama Graduate School and the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Each academic department sent graduate students to host interactive stations catering to young people from the Tuscaloosa area. The Department of History was able to send six volunteers: Brianna Meyer, Brian Martin, Genesis Ranel, Filipe Robles, Joey Dykes, and Milum Richardson. This year’s theme, “Around the World,” provided a great opportunity to get […]

Department Hosts Inaugural Session of “Southern Conversations.”

April 18, 2022

On the evening of April 11, history students and history professors gathered for the inaugural session of Southern Conversations, a series of informal discussions between history students and faculty about southern history. The first Conversation’s theme, “Gender Matters,” covered the past, present, and future of gender analysis in southern scholarship. Everyone started with a delicious meal from Dreamland BBQ. Then, Dr. Lesley Gordon, Dr. John Giggie, and Dr. Julia Brock each gave a short introduction of how gender analysis and […]