Samantha Davis
  • History
  • Class of 2016
  • Hamilton, MA

Samantha Davis Presents Research at Undergraduate Symposium

2016 May 3

Samantha Davis presented her research projects "The Republican and Religious Northern Woman in Patriotic Songs During the Civil War" and "Gender Parallelism in the Maya Cah: Women in Eighteenth-Century Yucatan" at Assumption College's 22nd Annual Undergraduate Symposium, held April 18-19 on the College's Worcester Campus. In her first project Davis reviewed various patriotic songs from the Civil War to demonstrate the role of Northern women during the conflict. The resulting paper concluded that they were intended to promote the ideal gender role for Northern women: the republican and religious mother. For her second project, Davis explored the impact of gender on political and socioeconomic status in the Maya village of Ixil in the eighteenth century. By studying last wills and testament she examined gender parallelism through bequeathing patterns.

The undergraduate symposium highlights the research and scholarly achievements of Assumption students, working in collaboration with dedicated faculty mentors. These collaborations represent a model for integrating teaching, original research, and peer review in promoting intellectual development and professional growth. The symposium provides the campus community with the opportunity to gain a greater appreciation of, and applaud, the individual and collective accomplishments of the College's faculty and students.

"The Symposium is, for me, an occasion of great pride-pride in our students, of course, but also in our faculty who generously donate their time, attention, and expertise to ensure the intellectual development of their students," said Louise Carroll Keeley, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Assumption College. "It has become one of my favorite parts of the semester."