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Alyssa Hirsch explores the stories of fencing coaches who emigrated from the Soviet Union — and finds her passion for teaching at Illinois.
When graduate student Ruth Veida Mandala was growing up in Malawi, she always knew she wanted to study history but thought her path would lead to law school. When she was selected for the education program at the University of Malawi she initially hated the idea of becoming a teacher. However, she soon discovered that she...
Rodriguez worked with the Greater Community AIDS Project on an archival project designed to allow history students to learn more about queer history.
During summer 2025, graduate student Dale Mize went on a research trip for his dissertation, which explores how health concerns shaped the beef industry in the United States from 1945 to 1995.
“Kids need this project now more than ever,” said history graduate student Alex Jacobs as she reflected on her summer working with a Champaign group that is developing a new private middle school for boys.Jacobs studies queer history and the British Empire in the 19th century, but she spent this summer exploring a different avenue...
Even though Richard Young is pursuing his PhD in history, he has always been interested in computers. During his undergraduate years, Young and his friend, a computer science major, would get together over weekends to tell each other what they were learning about in their respective fields of study. “We always complained that it felt like the other had picked the right major,” said...
Graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt didn’t think she would become a historian when she began as an undergraduate student at the University of Puget Sound. She initially wanted to study STEM, but after taking an African American studies class, she became more interested in ethnic studies and the societal aspects of science. The impetus for her interest in history was when a friend told her that...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history doctoral student Dale Mize is using storytelling to help raise awareness about food sourcing through summer research interviews on three area farms that use sustainable practices and regenerative land use systems.He is one of five students participating in the 2024 Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge experience through the U. of. I. ...
When Andrew Thomas, a former professional blues drummer, decided to study history, it was during the pivotal summer of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic had shut down music venues across the world and put his 20-year career as a blues musician on pause.Thomas had traveled the world and played with some of the biggest names in blues and roots music. He was a 2019 Blues Music Award Winner and wrote the...
In the summer of 2024, graduate student Cade Meinel traveled to the Sanisera Archaeological Institute on the island of Menorca, where he helped excavate a Roman basilica. He was the recipient of the 2024 J. David Hoeveler Summer Research Scholarship.