Student Takes First Prize at Phi Alpha Theta Conference

Submitted by Lee Capristo on
April 22, 2025
By Lee Capristo
A person wearing glasses and a suit stands indoors holding a framed certificate and smiling at the camera.

Elisia Lewis '25 won first prize at the Phi Alpha Theta conference at Bowie State University on Sat., April 12, for her paper, “Rebranding Racial Integrity: The Veil of Progressivism in the Relentless Pursuit of White Supremacy in Virginia.”  Phi Alpha Theta is the history honors society of which Lewis is a member. A senior history major with minors in African and African Diaspora studies and anthropology, Lewis was recently inducted into Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. After graduation, she plans to pursue a dual graduate degree in history and library science.

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