Results from the Dallas Area Regional History Day Competition
George W. Bush Presidential Center/SMU
February 20, 2016
The Dallas Area Regional History Day Competition was held at the George W. Bush Presidential
Center/SMU on Saturday, February 20. Students competed individually or in groups in one of five
categories – documentary, website, historical paper, exhibit, or performance. The theme of this year’s
competition is Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange in History.
The sponsors are Richard Walker (Plano East), Melissa McAnderson (Murphy), and Rob Keahey (Otto).
The students below placed at the Dallas Area Regional History Day Competition. Students who finished
in 1st and 2nd place advance to the Texas State History Day Competition in Austin on April 30, 2016.
Category
Senior
Group
Documentary
Place
3rd
Senior
Individual
Documentary
3rd
Student(s)
Sruthi Rudravajjala
Malaika Jhaveri
Courtney Thomas
Anita Barsukova
Meena
Ramakrishnan
Riya Shah
Adhya Beesam
Thomas Truong
Rakesh Kathiresan
Shriya Beesam
Emily Tran
2nd
1st
Aditya Palacharla
Lindia Tjuatja
Plano East
Plano East
Senior Group
Performance
2nd
Plano East
2nd
Natasha Raman
Christina Reynolds
Vijay Vuyyuru
Aniq Chunara
Jude Franklin
Kimberly Nguyen
Joshua Mathew
Alex Spiride
Mark Methenge
Rahul Hayaran
1st
Rahul Gupta
Plano East
2nd
1st
1st
Senior
Individual
Performance
School
Plano East
Project Title
Nancy Wake: Das WeiA Mause
Plano East
The Ladies of ENIAC
Plano East
William Stewart Halsted and the
Exploration of Modern Surgery
Plano East
The Vietnamese Boat People: The
Struggles on Land and Sea
Apollo 13
Nellie Bly: Exploration and Encounters
in Journalism
Ellis Island: The Golden Years of
Immigration
Plano East
I Too, am America
Plano East
Binding it All Together: How Operation
Paperclip Revolutionized Data
X Factor: The Pilgrimage of Malcolm X
Category
Senior Group
Exhibit
Place
3rd
Senior
Individual
Exhibit
2nd
Student(s)
Alaa Mustafa
Neha Srinivasan
Saumya Lohia
Christine Shedd
Monish
Challagondala
Sophie Walsh
Divya Prabhakaran
Natasha Wakim
Audrey Hsien
Julie Liu
Ruth Abebe
Grace Kikta
Elise Miller
1st
Halle Miller
Plano East
Senior Group
Interpretive
Website
2nd
Plano East
Senior
Historical
Paper
3rd
Matthew Zhao
Humza Qavi
Tanmay Singh
Huy Tran
Vivek Raghuram
Adewale Adewuyi
2nd
1st
Mohit Gupta
Milena DjordjevicKisacanin
Williams
Plano East
Senior
Individual
Interpretive
Web Site
3rd
Alex Lin
Plano East
2nd
Devarya Raman
Plano East
1st
Meena Hari
Plano East
2nd
Anjali Gonuguntla
Otto
1st
Ferona Bustani
Murphy
2nd
1st
Junior
Individual
Documentary
Individual
Interpretive
Web Site
School
Plano East
Project Title
Another World: The Freedom Summer
Project Encounters Mississippi
Plano East
Social Realism During the Great
Depression
Plano East
The Mycenaeans: When Exploration
Encounters, and Exchange led to the
Demise of the Greek Empire
Plano East
Humans Like Us: The Story of a Man
Transformed
Estevanico: The First African American to
Traverse Texas
Encounter and Exchange at Peking: The
Boxer Rebellion and its Global
Implications
Plano East
Encounter and Exchange Between Islam
and the States of Takrur and Ghana
The Rise of Jazz
Seeds of the Scientific Revolution: The
12th Century Exchange Between East and
West
The Beagle in South America, Opening
Man’s Eyes to a New Frontier
The Evolution of the Modern Political
Campaign: How New Frontiers in
Technology Changed the Political
Landscape Forever
Staying in Touch Electronically Since 1978:
The Email of VA Shiva
Tempest in a Teapot – Howe the
Encounter and Exchange of Tea Fueled
British Imperialism
Roanoke: When Exploration, Encounter,
and Exchange Went Terribly Wrong