{"id":552,"date":"2018-03-20T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/?p=552"},"modified":"2018-03-20T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:13:35","slug":"missouri-history-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/2018\/03\/20\/missouri-history-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri History Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 16 March 2018, Rebecca Ohmer and Travis Rolstead, history majors who graduated from Truman in 2017, presented papers at the Missouri Conference on History in Jefferson City. Ohmer, who is currently completing an MAE degree at Truman, delivered a presentation entitled \u201cThe \u2018Attentive Superintendent\u2019: Harry H. Laughlin\u2019s Leadership of the Kirksville Public School System, 1905\u20131907.\u201d She was able to complete her research for this paper with a grant from the Office of Student Research. Rolstead\u2019s paper, \u201c\u2018Backward and Diseased\u2019: American Newspapers\u2019 Perceptions of Arabs and Muslims, 1945\u20131950,\u201d was an outgrowth of research conducted on the TruScholars Program in the summer of 2017. Both papers formed part of a panel entitled \u201cIdentity Formation and Projection in Historical Perspective,\u201d which was chaired by Dr. Jason McDonald of the Department of History at Truman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/files\/2018\/03\/Rolstead-Ohmer-McDonald-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/files\/2018\/03\/Rolstead-Ohmer-McDonald-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/files\/2018\/03\/Rolstead-Ohmer-McDonald-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/files\/2018\/03\/Rolstead-Ohmer-McDonald-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picture shows (left to right): Travis Rolstead, Rebecca Ohmer, and Dr. Jason McDonald.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/history\/files\/2018\/03\/Rolstead-Ohmer-McDonald.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 16 March 2018, Rebecca Ohmer and Travis Rolstead, history majors who graduated from Truman in 2017, presented papers at the Missouri Conference on History in Jefferson City. 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