9:00 am – 11:00 am • Registration

9:30 am – 10:45 am • Graduate Student Workshops– CLOSED SESSIONS, INVITE ONLY

Session 1 • Racial Frontiers (Board Room 311)
Facilitators:
Joshua Piker, Omohundro Institute and Department of History, William & Mary
Brooke Newman, Humanities Research Center and Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session 2 • Gender Frontiers (301d)
Facilitators:
Cassandra Good, Department of History and Politics, Marymount University
Richard Godbeer. Humanities Research Center and Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University

11:00 am • Welcome (Lecture Hall 303A)
Karin Wulf, Omohundro Institute and Department of History, William & Mary
Richard Godbeer, Humanities Research Center and Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University

11:15 am • Keynote Address
Catherine Kelly, Omohundro Institute and Department of History, William & Mary

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. • Lunch (Lecture Hall (303B))

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. • Afternoon Roundtables

Session 3 • The Impact of New Media on Our Research and Its Communication in the Twenty-First Century (Board Room 311)
Chair: Brooke Newman, Humanities Research Center and Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University

Participants:
Megan Brett, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University
Liz Covart, Omohundro Institute, College of William and Mary
Jillian Galle, Department of Archaeology, Monticello
Simon Newman, Department of History, University of Glasgow

Session 4 • Designing Courses that Focus on Historic Sites (Lecture Hall 303A)
Chair: Ryan Smith, Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University

Participants:
Mariaelena DiBenigno, Program in American Studies, William & Mary
Julie Richter, National Institute of American History and Democracy, William & Mary
Christine Henry, Department of Historic Preservation, University of Mary Washington
Sarah McCartney, National Institute of American History and Democracy, William & Mary
Lauren McMillan, Department of Historic Preservation, University of Mary Washington
Sarah Thomas, The Lemon Project, William & Mary

Session 5 • Career Paths for Early Americanists (Lecture Hall 303B)
Chair: Dylan Ruediger, Coordinator, Career Diversity for Historians, American Historical Association

Participants:
David Brown, Fairfield Foundation
Elizabeth Cook, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Katherine Gruber, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Ashley Ramey, Library of Virginia

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. • Coffee Break

2:45 – 4:15 p.m. • Afternoon Roundtables

Session 6 • New Approaches to Teaching Early America (Board Room 311)
Chair: Cassandra Good, Department of History, Marymount University

Participants:
Michael Dickinson, Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alexi Garrett, Department of History, University of Virginia
Jason Sellers, Department of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington
Kristofer Stinson, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University
Andrew Witmer, Department of History, James Madison University

Session 7 • Writing for a Popular Audience (Lecture Hall (303A)
Chair: Douglas Winiarski, Department of Religious Studies, University of Richmond

Participants:
Carolyn Eastman, Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alan Taylor, Department of History, University of Virginia
Brendan Wolfe, Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities
Rosemarie Zagarri, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. • Wine and Cheese Reception (Lecture Hall 303B)