University of Texas at Arlington communication professor earns national award for research of women’s history

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The American Journalism Historians Association has awarded a UT Arlington assistant communication professor national honors for her research into how women used 19th century magazines to rally support for the preservation of George Washington’s estate. Erika Pribanic-Smith was recognized with the 2013 Maurine Beasley Award for Outstanding Paper in Women’s. She researches political communication in print media in the 19th- and 20th-century American South. Her paper, “For the Fame Which May Be Forgotten: Two Magazines and the Fight to Save Mount Vernon, 1855-1860,”