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Senior Division Finals 2012

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Senior Group Exhibit [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	26035	Sevierville, TN, Sevier County High School, Jeffrey Williams Ignition of a Revolution	Rebecca Derby Rachel Emond
2	26059	Fontana, CA, Summit Hs, Sherry Hamilton Valerie Lowery Henry Ford and the Model T A Revolution in the Auto Industry Reforms American Business	Daniel Blanco Jacob Randolph
3	26080	Stanwood, WA, Stanwood High School, Sabrina Shaw Reforming "The Jungle"	Marlee Raible Margaret Phillips Sean Dolan
4	26065	San Antonio, TX, Health Careers H S, Denise Scott Jacob Riis:Tackling the Tenements	Kendra Mack Ashley Bazo Kalyan Botla Ning Zhao
5	26090	Elk River, MN, Elk River Community Education, Ron Hustvedt Newsboys Strike of 1899: Reaction Leads to Labor Reform	Sam Gearou Joshua Gearou
6	26045	Falfurrias, TX, Falfurrias H S, Sharon Wilson Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Tragedy Ignites Reform	John Gonzales Jose Garza Alexandria Guerra D'Andrea Escobar
7	26048	Shaker Heights, OH, Shaker Heights High School, Dann Parker Artistic Revolution, Cultural Renewal: The Vienna Secession	Kate Connors Leighah Scully Ella Schneiberg Lauren Woyczynski
8	26009	Princeton, MO, Princeton R-5 School, Maureen Funk Steamboat Comin'	Emily Schwenneker Renae Cramer
9	26018	Denver, CO, George Washington High School, Barbara Gale-Martinez Divide and Conquer: The Immortal Revolution of HeLa Cells	Will Murphy Margaret Schaack Gemma Smith Eva Tourangeau
10	26015	Springdale, AR, Central Junior High School, Winfield Watson Thomas Pittman The Boxer Rebellion: China's Retaliation to Imperialism	Owen Bailey Kolten Ponte Caleb Smith
11	26002	Eldridge, IA, North Scott High School, Chris Green Scattergood Hostel: Revolutionary Concept to Reform Lives of Refugees	Emily Bainter Cydnie Carmody Taylor Gehrls Emma Hubner
12	26078	South Hamilton, MA, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Kevin Oreilly Reform of Birth Control: Reaction to Margaret Sanger	Emily Gaucher Megan Smith Mery Surette Allie Whelan
13	26068	Crozet, VA, Western Albemarle High School, Elizabeth Mulcahy The Power of Play: Pestalozzi and Froebel Revolutionize Early Education	Emily Kingsley Kristi Hagen
14	26038	Boulder, CO, Fairview High School, Leigh Campbell-Hale ...And the Earth Stood Still	Meghan Haines Cambria Heuston Ella Hushka Haley Hyde

Senior Group Documentary [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	22025	Redmond, WA, Redmond High School, Lesley Cordell The Green Revolution: Against All Odds	Tara Balakrishnan Maya Balakrishnan Lila Balakrishnan Samhita Karnati
2	22053	Boulder, CO, Fairview High School, Leigh Campbell-Hale The Salk Vaccine Field Trial	Kali Barnes Charlie Beckman Rohith Chintalapally Jessica Halee Jack McClellan
3	22017	San Diego, CA, Francis Parker School, Cheryle Redelings Poland's Perfect Storm: The Solidarity Revolution	Savannah Benes Carolyn Hansen
4	22046	South Hamilton, MA, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Kristen Borges The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Revolution in Labor	Juliette Fahey Elizabeth Rose Katelyn Yamartino
5	22069	Springfield, MO, Central High School, Ken Elkins Thomas Bayes: Probability for Success	Kenzi Inman Matthew Gibson Savannah Rush
6	22089	Hartford, CT, Classical Magnet School, Troy Stair The Freedom Machine	Madelene Nieman Emma Ciervo Hannah Whitley Caitlin McQuade
7	22090	Columbus, GA, Columbus High School, Betsey Zachry "Pope of Pop": Andy Warhol the Revolutionary	Yelim Youm Austin Seidel
8	22030	Brookfield, WI, Brookfield Central High School, Chris McBride Elyce Moschella We Are Women Hear Us Roar: The 1968 Ford Strike and Subsequent Equal Pay Acts	Hayley Gray-Hoehn Natalie Mathes
9	22056	Providence, RI, The Wheeler School, Mark Harris Eric Hubble There Goes the Neighborhood: Highway Construction’s Contribution to Community Disintegration in Fox Point and Cities Across America	Graeme Steller Ian Steller
10	22077	Lewisburg, PA, Lewisburg Area High School, Jennifer Boyer-Switala The White Rose	Rachel Ladd Jane Jordan Cassidy Gasteiger Scott Leighow
11	22039	Minneapolis, MN, South High School, Laura Lanik Cold War in a Hot Place: CIA Intervention in Guatemala	Frances Matejcek Grace Palmer Becky Norling-Ruggles
12	22010	Irvine, CA, Northwood High, Mary Deluca Brown v. Board of Education: Balancing the Scales of Equality	Nikhil Mishra Yash Gupta Taehyung (Kevin) Kim Adella Guo Tim Shieh
13	22043	Mililani, HI, Mililani High School, Amy Perruso The 1954 Democratic Revolution in Hawaii	Alohilani Nonies Megan Madeira
14	22005	Boulder, CO, Fairview High School, Leigh Campbell-Hale The Battle of Blair Mountain	Kyle Kihn Jacob Kirlan-Stout Izaak Weiss

Senior Individual Documentary [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	21036	St. Paul, MN, Open World Learning Community, Susanne Hollingsworth The Highlander Folk School: Educating Revolutionaries for Social Reform	Jennifer Mailee Lor
2	21074	Shaker Heights, OH, Shaker Heights High School, Sarah Davis The Legacy of the White Rose	Naomi Hill
3	21025	Houston, TX, Nimitz High School, Binnig Barbi A Long-Awaited Revolution	Aric Barnes
4	21031	West Windsor, NJ, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Joan Ruddiman Music of the Sixties: Soundtrack for a Cultural Revolution	Sally Jiao
5	21090	Chicago, IL, Payton College Prep High School, Katherine Chuu The Federal Art Project: An Artistic and Political Revolution	Julia Szromba
6	21089	Tarpon Springs, FL, East Lake High School, Alan Kay Freedom Rides: Revolutionary Tactics, Brutal Reactions, and the Reforms that Changed the Nation	Johnalyn Gordon
7	21056	Tallahassee, FL, Lincoln High School, Kathleen McCarron Silent Spring: Reforming the Pesticide Revolution	Natalie Jones
8	21064	Andover, MA, Phillips Academy Andover, Tracy Ainsworth A Revolution from Alcatraz to Washington: Red Power, Reaction, and Reform	Nate Smith
9	21044	Mead, WA, Mt. Spokane High School, Luke Thomas Jessica R Shoemaker The Centralia Incident: A Reaction to Washington's Labor Revolution	Dani Jordan
10	21013	Kirkwood, MO, Kirkwood High School, Stephen Platte The Internment of Liberty	Jimmy McHugh
11	21047	Wichita, KS, Maize South High School, A.C. Poynter The Spark of Revolution:The Conservation Movement and the Big Burn of 1910	Gwyneth Schuler
12	21075	Frenchburg, KY, Menifee County High School, Debra Craver Dead Men Do Tell Tales	Emma Roach-Barrette
13	21021	Idaho Falls, ID, Hillcrest High School, Vicki Bailey Blue to Pink, Black Equals White: The Revolutionary Work of Blalock and Thomas	Jessica Rynders
14	21002	Helix, OR, Helix High School, Lorin Kubishta Eugenics Reform: Human Rights Infringement at Our Doorstep	Peter Case

Senior Individual Exhibit [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	25003	Pensacola, FL, Pensacola High School, Michael Jones Blevins Rose Out of the Closet and Into the Streets: The Stonewall Uprising of 1969	Nicholas Gupta
2	25019	Chicago, IL, Ogden International High School, Kris Hipchen May Day and the Haymarket Affair: Evolving Reactions to the Holiday and Its Revolutionary Past	Carl Arkebauer
3	25056	Southbury, CT, Pomperaug High School, Sharon Wlodarczyk Radium Girls; Tragedy Leading to Industrial Reform	Timothy Cohn
4	25027	Eldridge, IA, North Scott High School, Chris Green A Revolution to Cleanse Germany: The Handicapped Holocaust	Taylor Beitzel
5	25084	Copperas Cove, TX, Copperas Cove H S, Danny Corbett Russki Go Home!	Mikayla Miller
6	25062	Farmington, NM, Piedra Vista High School, Margie Sartin Body Snatching 101:Cadavers Revolutionize Modern Medicine	Sabrina Tornow
7	25051	Chatfield, MN, Chatfield Public Schools, Tom Hilgren Flushing Remonstrance	Caitlin Hansen
8	25032	Seattle, WA, Roosevelt High School, Christine Roux Students for a Democratic Society: How A Student Revolution Reformed Society	Carmen Abbe
9	25050	Riverside, CA, North High School, Scott Zyber Russian Revolution of 1917: No Power to the Workers	Alexandra Itkis
10	25006	West Windsor, NJ, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Joan Ruddiman The Green Revolution: Agricultural Innovations Feed a Starving World, Sparking Uncertain Reform and Contrasting Reactions	Yinan Zheng
11	25015	McDonough, GA, Sola Fide Home School, Ann Dorminy Baron Von Steuben: Catalyst for Victory	Daniel Dorminy
12	25077	Wilkes-Barre, PA, Holy Redeemer High School, Mary Smee Through the Eyes of Nellie Bly: A Silent Revolution Reveals a Cry for Reform	Danielle Gorski
13	25088	Shaker Heights, OH, Shaker Heights High School, Tim Mitchell Hetch Hetchy: Dam It or Damn It!	Mario Belfiglio
14	25076	Carmel, IN, Carmel High School, Katie Gray Jason Elrite The Seussalution: The Effect of Dr. Seuss on Children's Literature	Pearl McAndrews

Senior Paper [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	20052	Tacoma, WA, Charles Wright Academy, Nicholas Coddington Prelude to the American Revolution? The War of Regulation: A Revolutionary Reaction for Reform	Sarah Sadlier
2	20084	Mead, WA, Mt. Spokane High School, Luke Thomas Jessica R Shoemaker The Trial of the Century: A Reaction to Nazi Atrocities Prompts Revolution and Reform in Principles of International Law	Natalie Pilgeram
3	20043	Minneapolis, MN, South High School, Laura Lanik "Nobody's Business"?: American Child Protection Becomes a Public Responsibility	Tasha Holtman
4	20037	Liberty, MO, Liberty High School, Kelsie Blakley The Flood Control Act of 1944: Revolutionizing the Missouri River	Haley Brown
5	20012	Deland, FL, Deland High School, Kimberly Stevenson The Harlem Renaissance: A Black Cultural Revolution, Reaction, and Reform	Heather Davidson
6	20073	Monticello, UT, Monticello High, Judy Barton Lewis Whitaker Sinajini v. Board of Education: Reform in American Indian Education	Justin Wright
7	20083	Minneapolis, MN, South High School, Laura Lanik Radio Revolution: Communication Warfare in World War I	Abby Norling-Ruggles
8	20001	Pelham, NY, Pelham Memorial Hs, Maria Thompson Thomas Paine and the Voice of the Common Man: Reactions to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution, and the English System	Steven Wessman
9	20025	Wilmington, DE, Padua Academy, Dennis Leizear Mercy Otis Warren: Foremost Female Patriot of the American Revolution	Isabel Nelson
10	20068	Lehman, PA, Lake-Lehman Jr/Sr High School, Michael Novrocki Brian Gorski Stacey R Ruddy From Air to Bread: The Haber-Bosch Process Feeds Multitude of Millions	Shelby Foster
11	20057	Spring Hill, FL, Frank W. Springstead High School, Suzanne Miranda Theatre of the Absurd: A Revolution in Drama	Nicole Cannon
12	20058	Springfield, PA, Springfield High School, Mark Schmidt Brahms's Revolutionary Requiem as a Reflection of German Society	Hope Chamblee
13	20033	Oklahoma City, OK, Ossm, Christopher Shrock Euclid's Elements and Mathematical Rigor	Jessica Oehrlein
14	20023	Washington, DC, Washington International School, Philip Benson Thomas Paine: The Articles that saved the revolution	Evan Hirsh

Senior Individual Performance [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	23069	St Petersburg, FL, Gibbs High School, Candes Clifford The Luddite Rebellion: Progress vs. Preservation	Samantha Irvine
2	23051	Chicopee, MA, Holyoke Catholic High School, William Dupre From Revolution to Constitution: Shays' Rebellion	Chad Nowlan
3	23044	East Orange, NJ, East Orange Campus High School, Theresa Maughan Marcus Garvey: Emergence of Black Nationalism and Economic Self-Reliance	Eric Alexandre
4	23061	St. Paul, MN, Homeschool Schmidt, Tracy Schmidt Going Ballistic: The Case that Revolutionized the American Courtroom	Maggie Schmidt
5	23043	Boulder, CO, Fairview High School, Leigh Campbell-Hale Remember the Ladies: The Revolution of Feminism in America	Audrey Hearn
6	23001	Johnson, NE, Johnson-Brock Public Schools, Lori Broady Printed In History	Micah Spruth-Janssen
7	23055	Staunton, VA, Ace Homeschool Cooperative, Susan Freesen Michael Collins: The Man Who Reformed Ireland and Won the War	Savannah Olshove
8	23028	Greenville, NC, J.H. Rose High School, Abby Soffe Won the War, Not the Battle: Blacks Fight for Freedom During the American Revolution	Baylea Williams
9	23022	Pittsboro, IN, History Explorers, Jodi Smith The Battles for Blair Mountain: Revolution of the Coal Miners, Labor Reform, America's Reaction	Cole Smith
10	23009	Remer, MN, Northland Jr/Sr High School, Mike Horn Martin Luther and the Reformation of the Roman Catholic Church	Hannah Myers
11	23017	Fort Scott, KS, Fort Scott Sr High, Megan Felt Fearless Reformer: Free the Children	Madyson McColm
12	23034	Janesville, WI, Parker High School, Andrew Holmes Marie Curie: The Radioactive Revolution and Reform of Physics	Delaney Evans
13	23039	Ephrata, PA, Gormley Homeschool, Jill Gormley Reforming the Noble Experiment	Carolyn Gormley
14	23012	Syosset, NY, Syosset Shs, Michelle Woicyk A Revolution of Hope: Rosa Robota and the Sonderkommando Revolt	Ariel Sobel

Senior Group Performance [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	24021	Kirkland, WA, International Community School, Mark Bach Liberty and Justice for All: Gideon v. Wainwright’s Revolution in Courtroom Equality	Rachel Roberts Aishwarya Nirmal
2	24070	Warsaw, IN, Warsaw Community High School, Nancy Rooker Richard Rooker Montgomery Bus Protest: Reaction Leads To Reform For Justice	Mayra Malagon Vanessa Malagon Moses Marandet
3	24062	Auburn, AL, Auburn History Club, Cora Connelly Tracy Kirk Tragedy of Errors: America's Hypocritical Reaction to Artistic Diplomacy	Heather Connelly Katie Kirk
4	24054	Windsor, CT, Praise, Power, & Prayer Christian School, Sally McMahon Reacting to the Injustice of the Fugitive Slave Act	Aje Walton Abigail McMahon
5	24046	Phenix City, AL, Central High School, Barbara Romey The Whiskey Rebellion: Distilling Taxation in America	Corey Gibbs Jarvis Crawford Ethan Calhoun Nick Jackson Mary Jenkins
6	24078	Falls Church, VA, George Mason High, Jeremy Shumpert Ripping stitches, Sewing seams in the Fabric of Society: Uprising of the 20,000, 1909-1910	Fae Montgomery Honora Overby
7	24003	Chino Valley, AZ, Chino Valley High School, Scott Sloat The Revolution of Non-Violence	Sarah Lemcke Mariah Ahern
8	24035	Lander, WY, Lander Valley High School, Gayla Hammer 5 Days: A Wave of Revolution, Reaction, and Reform	Louisa Austin Montana Sannes
9	24005	Chicago, IL, Chicago High School For Agricultural Sciences, Michael Doyle CHA - Robert Taylor Homes	Bobbie Briggs Abriel Brooks Mariama Carter Justice Plummer Angelica Lee
10	24033	Plantation, FL, American Heritage School, Leslie Porges Operation Pedro Pan: The Story	Daniel Tanchez Elliott Riches Katherine Harrington
11	24043	New York, NY, Stuyvesant Hs, Jennifer Suri The New York City Draft Riots	Ava Myint Mohan Hasan Christine Park
12	24032	Kohler, WI, Kohler High School, Monica Labudde Jodi Grossen Making History from 9-5, Come On Ladies Look Alive: Women in the Workforce	Annika Lee Lily Hart
13	24067	Montville, NJ, Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Stefanie San Filippo Religion in the Hands of Angry Preachers	Danielle Zhang Christina Costeas Monica Coscia
14	24014	Albuquerque, NM, West Mesa High School, Luisa Castillo It Can Happen to You: AIDS	Antonia Garcia Rene Lopez Cristina Campa

Senior Individual Web Site [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	27060	Irvine, CA, University High, Judy Richonne Jacob Riis and the Other Half	Lisa Xie
2	27051	Chicago, IL, Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, Kristen Machczynski Violent Reaction to a Nonviolent Action: A Revolutionary Wade-In to Freedom	Chakena Sims
3	27013	Minneapolis, MN, Delasalle High School, Martin Marrin The Freedom Rides of 1961	Ana Schaff
4	27057	Redmond, WA, Rose Hill Junior High School, Jill Berge Let's Get to Work: The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform of Jobs for Women in the United States of America during World War II	Katie Brandao
5	27068	Sugar Land, TX, William B Travis High School, Matthew Lyons Perestroika: Deadly Reform for an Unstable State	Eric Saldanha
6	27018	Honolulu, HI, Kahuku High & Intermediate School, Lorey Ishihara The Pill: Revolutionizing Rights, Reforming Roles	Chenoa Yorgason
7	27047	Garden City, KS, Garden City Sr High, Kelly Daniels Death of an Empire, Birth of a Republic: The Modernization of Turkey	Erendira Jimenez-Gonzalez
8	27086	Montville, NJ, Montville Township High School, Peter Porter Stefanie San Filippo Ford's Automobile Revolution: Paving the Road to a Modern America	Angela Huang
9	27015	Gates Mill, OH, Hawken School, Brendan Daly "Our National Disease, Our National Crusade": How America's Reaction to Polio Changed Our Nation	Sydney Costantini
10	27010	Conway, AR, Conway High School East, William Richardson Charles D. Williams Hela Cells: How One Woman's Cancer Cells Caused a Revolution in Medical Science	Emily Fahr
11	27078	Potomac, MD, Bullis School, Sara Romeyn The Interstate Highway System and the Capital Beltway: A Motorized Revolution	Alexander Herbets
12	27037	Tacoma, WA, Charles Wright Academy, Nicholas Coddington The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894	Taylor Walsh
13	27067	Saratoga, CA, Saratoga High School, Kevin Heyman Matt Torrens Between the Lines: Dmitri Shostakovich's Revolt against the Soviet Regime through Classical Music	Michelle Won
14	27028	Hockessin, DE, Towle Institute, Robert Ellenberger The Greensboro Four	Devin Soliwoda

Senior Group Web Site [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	28031	Shanghai, IS-EA, Concordia International School Shanghai, Mark Johnson The Disease of Hope: Mao's Great Leap Forward	Lina Pan Don Zheng Jason Wan Christopher Su
2	28035	San Diego, CA, Francis Parker School, Cheryle Redelings Raising the Iron Curtain: The Revolution, Reactions and Reforms of Solidarity	Kate Lemberg Katherine Owens Arielle Swedback Audrey Yang
3	28017	Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Hs, Amy Cohen Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: The Mississippi Summer Project of 1964	Ahmed El-Hassan Oriana Marcial Leland Reardon Sujatha Changolkar Monica Phann
4	28082	Midvale, UT, Midvale Middle, Courtney Hansen The Orange Alternative: An Illegal Meeting of the Dwarves	Spencer Day Katie Farrell Emma Buckley Charles Hellige
5	28013	Kirkland, WA, International Community School, Mark Bach The Green Revolution: Advancing Food Security	Adarsh Mital Jason Lee
6	28002	Las Vegas, NV, Advanced Technologies Academy, Paula Woods CIA Retaliation to Arbenz	Patrick Burden Loren Ayala
7	28004	Albuquerque, NM, West Mesa High School, Luisa Castillo Social Security: America's Safety Net?	Diana Delgado Paul Alvarez
8	28064	Topeka, KS, Seaman High, Susan Sittenauer Tinkering with Controversy: The Landmark Case of Tinker v. Des Moines	Trang Nguyen Sophia Brunetti
9	28056	Vancouver, WA, Heritage High School, Richard Snaric Television: A Drastic Revolution of American Culture	Madison Snaric Christiana Lee
10	28063	Edmond, OK, Mercy School Institute, Rebekah Stone The Heartbeat Heard Around the World: The First Human Heart Transplant	Sidra Mesiya Nida Safdar Maryam Mian Uzma Sandhu Layan Salous
11	28072	Houston, TX, Carver H S For Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Todd Gonion Mary Wright Photojournalism: A Revolution Among Revolutions	Amanda Cruz Monica Martinez Te-Rue Eng Kirk Ward
12	28048	Minneapolis, MN, Delasalle High School, Martin Marrin Armenian Genocide: The Extermination of a Race	Bridget Farrell Joe Vitt Morgan Lieske Neal Billig
13	28046	Crozet, VA, Western Albemarle High School, Elizabeth Mulcahy Luddites: Man v. Machine	Joshua Patashnik Sophia Webb Andrew Cohen
14	28088	Skokie Il, IL, Niles North High School, Sarah Stucky Stephanie Gladstein Ben Reitman: The Hobo Doctor Who Gave Societal Misfits a Purpose	Kelly Oh Margie Chubin

Awards

At the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest winners receive monetary awards and medals in each category.

Gold medalists receive $1,000*
Silver medalists receive $500
Bronze medalists receive $250

*The gold medal winning projects in the senior division individual and group documentary categories receive The History Channel Award of $5,000 in place of the National History Day $1,000 prize.

National History Day also recognizes one Outstanding Entry from each affiliate in the junior and senior divisions.

View Outstanding Entries (by state)

View Special Award Recipients

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