2006
2006

2004 Winners
  • Gregory Ablavsky from Yale University and Bolton, Massachusetts
  • Bridget Barry from University of Nebraska - Lincoln and Raymond, Nebraska
  • Joel Buckman from Bucknell University and Penfield, New York
  • Merlin Chowkwanyun from Columbia University and San Marino, California
  • Matthew Erlich from Johns Hopkins University and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Joel Halcomb from Oklahoma State University and Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • John Huffman from Florida State University and Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Annie Johnson from Claremont McKenna College and Woodside, California
  • Ann Kahn from University of Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Andrea Miller from the University of Pennsylvania and Newton, Massachusetts
  • Josiah Pertz from Harvard University and New Hartford, New York
  • Beth Sherouse from Mercer University and Macon, Georgia
  • Kate Strangio from Grinnell College and Newton, Massachusetts
  • Bethany Winters from University of Pittsburgh and Hollsopple, Pennsylvania
  • Jun Xu from University of Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

2004 Research Projects:

Each student developed a lesson plan for high school teachers on a topic related to the American Revolution and the Founding Era. The topics were explored using documents written by or about Alexander Hamilton, in conjunction with a traveling exhibition on Hamilton sponsored by the New-York Historical Society, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    • Republican or Royalist: Hamilton’s Alleged Monarchism and the Partisan Politics of the 1790s, by Gregory Ablavsky
    • Mother Country, Sister Republic: The Origins of Hamilton Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans, by Bridget Barry
    • Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hypocrisy—Slavery and the Founding, by Joel Buckman
    • Thinking about the Burr-Hamilton Duel Historically: Ritual Violence and Political Culture in the Early American Republic, by Merlin Chowkwanyun
    • Women and Their Gender Roles in the Early Republic, by Matthew Erlich
    • “No Taxation on Fermentation?”: Alexander Hamilton and the Whiskey Rebels of 1794, by Joel Halcomb
    • The Fight for America’s Future: Alexander Hamilton’s Economic Program and Jeffersonian Opposition, by John Huffman
    • The Bloodless Revolution: The First American Election Crisis and the Emergence of the Two-Party System, by Annie Johnson
    • Inciting Revolution: The Pamphlets of 1774-1775, by Annie Kahn
    • Trouble with Tories: The Loyalists after 1783, by Andrea Miller
    • Hamilton to States: Drop Debt, by Josiah Pertz
    • Interpreting the Constitution: Alexander Hamilton, Representation, and the Ratification Debate, by Beth Sherouse
    • “This Martyr of Virtue”: Sex and Politics in the Early Republic, by Kate Strangio
    • Federalism and Enlightenment: Hamilton, Tariff Revenue and the Case for a Stronger Union, by Jun Xu
2004 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Finalists
In addition to the fourteen History Scholars, 40 students participated in the Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Finalists Program, a one-week compressed version of the six-week program:

David Bates from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Freehold, New Jersey
Caitlin Beer from Duke University and Doylestown, Pennsylvania
James Bracy from the State University of New York and Plattsburgh, New York
Catherine Brown from Cornell University and Stamford, Connecticut
Stephanie Chan from Columbia University and Columbia, Missouri
Janine Cibellis from Seton Hall University and Parsippany, New Jersey
James deBoer from Brown University and New York, New York
Neal Dugre from Elon University and Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Robert Goodspeed from University of Michigan and Cumberland, Maine
Crystal Gorden from University of South Dakota and Elk Point, South Dakota
Eric Hall from Saint Joseph's College and DeMotte, Indiana
Lindsay Hawley from Illinois Wesleyan University and Rolling Meadows, IL
Andrew Hazelton from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Greentown, Pennsylvania
Stephanie Hill from Franklin and Marshall College and Lititz, Pennsylvania
Ella Hoffman from Harvard University and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Karin Kobes from Dordt College and Sioux Center, Iowa
Brent Korhn from Kenyon College and Defiance, Ohio
Kimberly Kutz from Pennsylvania State University and Centre Hall, Pennsylvania
Marianne Magjuka from University of Notre Dame and Greenwood, Indiana
Laura Massey from Georgia Institute of Technology and Atlanta, Georgia
Devon McCurdy from Carleton College and Portland, Oregon
Karen Newbury from William and Hobart Smith Colleges and Johnson City, New York
Megan Otter from Hastings College and McCook, Nebraska
Elizabeth Pabst from Boston College and St. Paul, Minnesota
Mark Padoongpatt from University of Oregon and Northridge, California
Molly Parke from Brandeis University and Waltham, Massachusetts
Benjamin Pelletier from Keene State College and Brunswick, Maine
Mitchell Rocklin from Yeshiva University and Lawrence, New York
Josh Rogers from Mercer University and Waycross, Georgia
Bryan Rosenblithe from the City University of New York and New York, New York
Angela Sandness from North Dakota State University and LaMoure, North Dakota
Stephen Schmidt from Washington University of St. Louis and Cincinnati, Ohio
David Simons from Columbia University and Wellesley, Massachusetts
Maksymilian Szostalo from University of Missouri and Manchester, Missouri
Michael Urbanski from Central Connecticut State University and Wethersfield, Connecticut
Jesse Van Hoy from St. John's University and Beacon, New York
Tracy Wang from University of Southern California and Pennington, New Jersey
Ana Weibgen from Wesleyan University and Teaneck, New Jersey
Phil Weitzman from Columbia University and New York, New York
Jessica Woofter from Wilson College and Bethesda, Maryland

 
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