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in New York City and in San Diego. I have also taught at the High School
and College level, primarily World Cultures and American History.
While my personal research focuses on everyday life in Ancient Greece
and Rome including the roles of women and religion, this edition covers a
wide range of topics and time periods from the American Civil War to the
Battle of Nanking. I encourage all of our readers to enjoy topics outside
their traditional scholarship and take advantage of an opportunity to
explore what other new scholars in the field are researching. The goal of
the Saber and Scroll journal is to foster intellectual growth and serve as a
platform for students and other new researchers to share their ideas with
others. Our focus will always be on students and those new to the field of
historical scholarship. We invite our readers to submit letters and
responses to papers featured in each edition and look forward to an
exchange of scholarly ideas. I would also like to say a big thank you to the
editorial staff, our advisor, club president and all those who helped to
make this edition possible. With that, please enjoy our inaugural edition!
The team also expresses thanks to Kim Rush, the faculty advisor who expressed a
Message from the Faculty with the inaugural issue:
My name is Kim Rush and I am the new faculty advisor for the Saber and
Scroll. I started life out as a dancer and received a B.S. in Dance
Management from Oklahoma City University, then I discovered I did not
like working 18 hours days six to seven days a week, including holidays,
so I turned to my next love – history. I received a master’s degree in
British history from Louisiana State University and am about a year away
from receiving my Ph.D. in British history from LSU. My dissertation will
look at the use of pageantry as propaganda at the court of Elizabeth I
during the first decade of her reign.
I have been lucky enough to teach on the college level since I graduated
from LSU the first time. I have taught for Southeastern Louisiana
University, Colorado Technical University, and the University of Arkansas
at Little Rock. I have taught for APUS since 2009. I mainly teach
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