Thursday, October 6 (morning)

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8-8:50 a.m. Welcome and President's Address
St. Petersburg Ballroom I and II

Pete Smith, Mississippi State
AJHA President, 2015-2016

9-10 a.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: Presidential Politics, Provisos, and the Press
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens Room

Moderator: Ford Risley, Pennsylvania State University

Erika Pribanic-Smith, University of Texas-Arlington
Religious Newspapers and Presidential Politics, 1840-1848

Dianne Bragg, University of Alabama
David Wilmot's Proviso: An Amendment for War

Bernell Tripp, University of Florida
John Q. Adams' Western Appeal: Voice of Black Midwesterners in the Midst of Accommodation

PANEL: Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Historical Synergy Between Public Relations and the Press
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Mavis Richardson, Minnesota State University-Mankato

Vanessa Murphree, University of Southern Mississippi
Pam Parry, Eastern Kentucky University
Robert Byrd, University of Memphis


10:10-11:10 a.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: The Press, the Marketplace, and Reform: We Are What We Eat
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens Room

Moderator: Meg Lamme, University of Alabama

Paula Hunt and Sarah Lirley McCune, University of Missouri
E.S. Wells: The Advertising Genius Behind Rough on Rats and the Battle of Progressive Era Food and Drug Reform, 1874-1906

Lisa Parcell and Robyn Davis, Wichita State University
Fleishmann's "Yeast for Health": A Cure for Boils, Acne, Constipation, and Plummeting Sales

Ronald R. Rodgers, University of Florida
The Mission vs. The Market: The Dialectic of Press Reform in the Age of a Commercialized Press

PANEL: The Historian as Detective:  Trying to Solve History’s Mysteries
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Pamela Walck, Duquesne University

Erika Pribanic-Smith, University of Texas-Arlington
David Sloan, University of Alabama (emeritus)
Mike Sweeney, Ohio University
Bernell Tripp, University of Florida

11:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Choice of two sessions

PAPER SESSION: Southern Politics: The Press Makes It Personal
(Click paper titles for abstracts)
Williams/Demens Room

Moderator: Dave Davies, University of Southern Mississippi

Amber Roessner, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Deconstructing His "Non-Political Image": Carl P. Leubsdorf & The "Stunning Rise" of Jimmy Carter

Pete Smith, Mississippi State University
"A Lady of Many Firsts": Press Coverage of the Political Career of Mississippi’s Evelyn Gandy, 1948-83

Gwyneth Mellinger, James Madison University
A Struggle over Meaning: Harry Ashmore’s Speech to the Southern Governors

PANEL: Teaching the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the Age of Black Lives Matter
Abstract
St. Petersburg Ballroom III

Moderator: Caryl Cooper, University of Alabama

Jinx Broussard, Louisiana State University
Kimberley Mangun, University of Utah
Earnest Perry, University of Missouri
Carrie Teresa, Niagara University