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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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