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Historical Analysis

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Jul 17, 20192 min read

By: Trey Curry


On Monday, July 8th, I had the chance to attend Kyle Jones’ Historical Analysis class. The very first thing I noticed was the type of comfortable and open environment Kyle and his scholars shared, even only being two weeks in. Kyle has done a very good job in creating this environment that isn’t just restricted to historical talk. They had an enjoyable conversation about Family Day, which was July 7th, and it really brought a personal feel to the class.

Now, on to the historical talk. On this particular day, Kyle was showing a documentary on the civil rights movement, and after about every 10-15 minutes, he would ask open-ended questions about what the scholars just watched, and they had very impressive discussions over the topics. One important topic they talked about was the stereotype of whites “saving” blacks during the civil rights movement. As said in the documentary, blacks knew the rights they deserved, they just had to work to get whites to realize the same, so whites didn’t “save” blacks, and the class agreed on that opinion.


During the second week, Mitch McConnell came in and spoke to all the historical analysis scholars. A couple of the scholars, Jack Reynolds and Veronica Lam, said that he was the highlight of their class so far in their opinions, and they claimed that the other scholars enjoyed it as well. They have also had multiple discussions about important historical figures such as Barry Goldwater, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Malcolm X, and others. Things the scholars are looking forward to include a group activity in which they get to do interviews with various female activists such as Attica Scott, and answering their class question as of now, which is “To what extent are we living in the 1960s?” Overall, this is a very open class with many fantastic discussions in which the students are very invested.

 
 
 

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Jennifer Price grew up in Hopkins County, Kentucky and attended South Hopkins High School. She was a Governor’s Scholar at Murray State University in 1992, and was assigned the Social and Political Theory focus area. After high school, she attended Transylvania University and pursued a degree in Psychology. She finished her bachelor’s degree and then decided to complete graduate school at the University of Arkansas, where she received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She has been a member of the GSP faculty and staff for many years, ranging from 1994 to present. She has done every job available except be a focus area instructor. Jen was recently encouraged by her friends to begin running and even completed a half marathon last may. Jen is a wife to Pete, and a mother to two children, Jacob (15) and Eli (12).

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Josh Woodward was a 1992 scholar at Murray State University. After completing undergraduate school at the University of Kentucky, Josh obtained a Masters in Water Resources from Minnesota and a Masters in Teaching from Cornell University. Outside of the program, Josh teaches a variety of science classes at Berea Community High School. When asked about his favorite part of the program, Josh responded with, “My favorite part is the notion that the five weeks is not really the program. It is everything after.” Nearly thirty years later, Josh and his fellow scholars are still close friends. 

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Helen Heines grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, which is in Bullitt County. She attended North Bullitt High School where she applied and was accepted to attend GSP at Murray State University in 2010. Upon graduation in 2011, she continued her education at Western Kentucky University with a degree in elementary education. Currently, Helen is a 5th grade social studies teacher in Louisville, and spends her summers deeply involved in the GSP community. She began working as a Resident Advisor (RA) at Bellarmine University in 2015. She began moving up the ranks to become head RA and then later she obtained the title of Assistant Campus Director, a title that she still holds. 

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