35th Annual AJHA Convention
St. Petersburg  |   Oct. 6-8, 2016

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Convention Coordinator
Caryl Cooper

Registration Coordinator
Ken Ward

Program Coordinator
Dianne Bragg

Convention hosts

Fred Blevens
Berrin Beasley
Bernell Tripp
Kimberly Voss

Convention sponsors

Reception sponsors


General convention sponsors


Thursday, October 6 (morning)

Go to: Schedule at a Glance  |  Thursday p.m.Friday  |  Saturday

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

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