Volume 8 (2019)
Tenor of Our Times is an annual journal publishing the work of current and past Harding students on historical and social science topics. The title of the journal originates with the former chairman of the History and Social Science Department, Raymond Muncy, who often said “Historians reflect the tenor of their times.” Tenor of Our Times is a student-managed publication, supported by a faculty editorial board, designed to encourage undergraduate scholarship in understanding the past and present. The journal will include the winners of Raymond L. Muncy Scholarship from the previous academic year and other quality submissions.
Section 1: Hidden Figures Feature
Christine Darden: Hidden No Longer
Makyra Williamson
Hidden Figures Review
Stanton Pruitt
Section 2: Culture: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Importing the American Dream: Japanese Hardware and Soft Power
Kenneth S. Klein
The Thalidomide Tragedy And The United States
Kaylee J. Rice
Demon Rum and a Dare: The Story of How Prohibition Inspired Stock Car Racing in the American South
Brijana M. Paic
Section 3: Preserving History
If These Walls Could Talk
Madison Barnhill
19th Century Developments in Food Preservation
Jessica Mitchell
Section 4: Politics By Other Means
Review of A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam
L. Olivia Womack
From Talons to Tweets: Analyzing the Influence of Information and Communication Technology on Diplomacy
Austin F. Hayes
Section 5: History's Bookshelf
Vergil's Aeneid: The Cornerstone of Roman Identity
Makyra Williamson
A Deconstruction of "The Discourses on Livy": a biography of Niccolo Machiavelli and his Political Legacy
Matthew Frye
The Evolution of the Bible in the English Language
Austin Taylor
RAYMOND L. MUNCY SCHOLARSHIP
The Raymond L. Muncy Scholarship is a one-time financial award for those undergraduate students at Harding University majoring in History who demonstrate exceptional scholarship, research, and Christian character. The scholarship was created to honor the late Raymond L. Muncy, Chairman of the Department of History and Social Sciences from 1965-1993. His teaching, mentoring, and scholarship modeled the best in Christian education. Applied toward tuition, the award is granted over the span of a single academic year. The award is presented annually at the Department of History and Social Sciences Banquet.
Ty Galyan's "The Making of the Buffalo" received first place, and Scott Craven's "Dante's Effect on Literature: Using the Inferno as a Political Weapon" placed second in the 2018 Muncy Awards.
