Conor Murphy, a 2017 History and Political Science graduate, appeared on Jeopardy! on March 8. Murphy came from behind, in third place at the end of Double Jeopardy, to win the game in Final Jeopardy. He appeared in a second episode on March 11, where he finished in second place. Conor is currently a M.A. Student and Hagley Scholar in the Department of History at the University of Delaware.

The Notre Dame researchers — two historians and one theologian — were among 81 fellows named from more than 1,100 applicants in the 2019 award cycle. ACLS awardees are selected for excellence in the humanities and humanistic social sciences, and the fellowships support six to 12 months of full-time research and writing.

Notre Dame winners include Yury P. Avvakumov, associate professor of theology; Katie Jarvis, assistant professor of history; and Emily Remus, assistant professor of history. Read more about their research.

Philip Byers is a doctoral candidate in history whose research and teaching interests include U.S. religion and political culture, with a particular focus on the interaction of religion and foundation philanthropy. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in higher education from Taylor University. Learn more about his path through the program here.

History major Nora McGreevy traveled to Mexico City for 2 weeks to research at the Archivo Historico de UNAM. She is researching the role of women in the Escuelas de Pintura al Aire Libre, a group of state-sponsored experimental art schools in the 1920s and 30s in Mexico that aimed primarily to teach art to young indigenous students. She received grant funding for a 2-week-long research trip to the Coyoacán colonia of Mexico City and 1 week in Washington, D.C. through the Glynn Family Honors Program under the guidance of Professor Ocobock in the Honors History Colloquium. In Washington, D.C. she researched at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, in the personal archive of Elsa Rogo, an American teacher and journalist who worked in these schools during the early 1930s. She is pictured here at "Casa Azul," Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's home, in Coyoacán. Kahlo and Rivera were active during this time period & Rivera in particular was a longtime advocate for the schools. Learn more about student opportunities.