H istorical honors society Phi Alpha Theta placed first in the national Nash History Journal Prize for division two in the print and online category with its annual journal, "Tenor of Our Times." The sixth volume of "Tenor of Our Times," published in 2017, was the third consecutive publication that won the l ash HistoryJournal Prize in print. Sam Aly, senior history major and head editor for "Tenor of Our Times," had an article published in the 2017 publication. The journal, managed by students and a faculty advisor, contained eight to 12 articles written by students and alumni on topics of history and social science. The sixth volume was the first to be published online thanks to the help of Brenda Breezeel, system librarian at the Brackett Library, according to Aly. "It was a really interesting process last year getting everything online for the first time and going through that process as a trial run," Aly said. "It ended up turning out really well." athan Harkey, senior history and Spanish major who served on the srudent review board and had published work in the award, believed that the editing was what made this publication stand apart from the rest. "Everything is very meticulous," Harkey said. 'We spend hours and hours reading other people's papers. We'd have five or six people reading the same person's paper and leaving loads of comments." The journal was also edited by a faculty review board, composed of professors from other universities. Dr.Julie Harris, professor of history, was the faculty advisor for the journal and according to Harkey, she led the journal well. "She pushed everyone and had great motivational strategies to r~ally get things going," Harkey said. Curt Baker, senior Spanish major and history minor, served as the managing editor over the student editorial board and had a paper published in the past two publications. Baker believed that this win was a huge vote of confidence for the history department and for individual writers. "Getting my paper into the publication was significant and validating in and of itself, but the journal winning the award is a huge dealt Baker said. "It affirms us, not only as (writers] but as [editors], that what we're putting out is good work." I Junior Matthew Frye and senior Mary Goode, senior Curt Baker look through copies of their journals during a meeting in the Ganus Building on Nov. 16, 2017. Editors spent hours reading each paper which contributed to their journal's success. // Photo by Kazu Fujisawa •; \ 1 ;: I i: ;:. : : . t I • I .. ,.,.•• -I • • i ., _., __ .' . '... .... .... ...... 'I: .. ••' , 11 I . •'" . .,, .,· , . ... ....... ~ , . .... . , rn z G) ' u5 I ,, 0 ::0 rn Q z ~ z G) C )> G) .fTl I u5 --l 0 ::0 -< ::::::: 00 U1 ... -. - .. .. . . ..
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