Awards and Recognition

Rachel Chrastil won the prestigious Malcolm Bowie Prize from the Society for French Studies for her article "The French Red Cross, War Readiness, and Civil Society, 1866-1914." The award recognizes the best article in any area of French studies published by an early-career researcher. Rachel spent the spring semester in Strasbourg, France, on a Fulbright-Hays fellowship. Her book, Organizing for War: France 1870-1914 will be published this summer by Louisiana State University Press.

Paul O'Hara participated in a month-long National Endowment of the Humanities seminar at the Library of Congress. The seminar, "American Immigration Revisited," studied American immigration as part of a global phenomenon; migrations between cultures; changes in immigration law, policy, and practice; and approaches and resources for teaching immigration history.

Kathleen Smythe has been elevated to full professor and named Bishop Fenwick Teacher of the Year by the Xavier chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society. The Bishop Fenwick Teacher of the Year Award is given to a professor who has a profound impact on a wide range of students. It was presented by Brett Simmons, vice president of Alpha Sigma Nu. View praises and remarks about Smythe.

Dennis Frost spearheaded the effort to win a grant from the Nippon Foundation for Xavier's library. As a result, the library received one hundred titles on Japanese history, culture and business.

Julia O'Hara and David Mengel were granted tenure.