On September 24th, esteemed alumna of the M.A. in History program Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch joined the College community for a virtual Q&A session about her life since graduation. Moderator Dr. Shannon Eaves, Assistant Professor of History at the College fielded questions from the audience for the session, which included graduate current students at the College…
Amber Clawson, a Graduate Assistant in our office, is finishing up her M.A. in History this semester. As part of her program, she recently took a Comprehensive Exam. Comprehensive Exams (often called “comps”) are designed to test your ability to integrate all of the knowledge you’ve accumulated while in your program, and they’re a common…
The South Carolina Historical Society published its Spring 2009 Carologue. Shannon Hungerford’s summary of Mary Boykin Chesnut’s diaries is featured on pages 20-23. Hungerford, a candidate for a History Master’s candidate with The Graduate School of the College of Charleston, writes that Chesnut was not your typical Southern Belle. As a childless wife whose in-laws…
