Jacqueline Ray
  • History and Social Science
  • Class of 2017
  • Manchester, CT

Eastern Student Jacqueline Ray of Manchester Presents Research Project at State History Conference

2017 Mar 27

A group of Eastern Connecticut State University history students recently presented research at the annual CSU "Making History" conference.

The conference is the outcome of the vision of the chairs of the four Connecticut State University Departments of History, who conceived of the conference as a forum for presentations and a preprofessional experience for students. It is also a networking opportunity for history students and faculty and a resource to enhance cross-campus collaborations. This year's event was held in the Student Center at Eastern.

Jacqueline Ray '17 of Manchester, who majors in History and Social Science, was one of the students that presented research. Ray's research project was titled "Savages of the Sea: The Globe Mutiny of 1824."

According to Professor of History and Department Chair Anna Kirchmann, "A few years ago chairs of History Departments at Eastern, Central, Southern and Western decided to collaborate on organizing a joint conference, during which both history faculty and history students would present their research. It was meant to increase our collaboration across campuses. This year, Eastern hosted the event and close to 50 full-time and part-time faculty members, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, participated in the conference. All of the presentations were well researched and engaging. Faculty and students alike had a chance to network and to get to know their colleagues from other campuses. Everybody enjoyed talking history."