Each year Maryland students advance to the Maryland History Day state competition.
See which teachers were honored, who walked away with special prizes, and which projects were selected to advance to the 2022 National History Day® competition in College Park, MD.
Maryland History Day 2022 National History Day National Qualifiers (written in order of first and second place)
- Junior Papers
Baltimore’s Ballpark Debates and Their Legacy: The Orioles’ Relocation from Memorial Stadium to
Camden Yards
Student: Marshall Civin
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Allisun ThompsonRelief, Recovery, and Reform: Debate and Diplomacy in the New Deal and FDR’s Court-Packing Plan
Student: Sakshi Tirodkar
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
Teacher: Daniel Stone - Junior Individual Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Debate That Sparked a Movement
Student: Gage Waddell
School: The Tome School
Teacher: Amy RooseThe Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the Long Lasting Consequences
Student: Sam Liebling
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School
Teacher: Nancy Barnes, Christopher Nobis, Hannah Mittel - Junior Group Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
“Too Strong for a Woman”: How Bernice Sandler Sparked
Title IX
Student: Simrah Khan, Charlotte Tettelin
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teacher: Geordie Paulus, Robyn Page, Carl Bell, Beth BerkeleyJohn F. Kennedy Vs. Nikita Khrushchev: The Cuban Missile
Crisis
Students: Lucy Loughlin, Addie Twomey
School: Central Middle School
Teacher: Robert Scarborough - Junior Individual Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
The Anglo-Irish Treaty
Student: Stephen Albert
School: Kenmoor Middle School
Teacher: Carol CarterRacing Towards Disaster: The Debate & Failed Diplomacy of
the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott
Student: Anonymous
School: Eastern Middle School
Teacher: Ryan Flynn - Junior Group Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
Dissenting Opinion: The Question of Race in the Bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Absence of African-American Voices in the Debate
Students: Grant Burthey, Dermott Foley
School: Eastern Middle School
Teacher: Ryan FlynnTear Down This Wall: The Role of Debate and Diplomacy in
Germany’s Reunification
Students: Tevin Son, Jayen Tolia, Cheren Song
School: Lime Kiln Middle School
Teacher: Tracy Ganey
- Junior Individual Performances
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692: How Superstition, Economic
Instability, and Social Conflicts Fueled Violent Debates.
Student: Sydney Sharp
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Allisun Thompson, Scott WilliamsonThe Kanagawa Treaty: Unlocking Japan through Gunboat
Diplomacy
Student: Sabrina Wang
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teacher: Geordie Paulus, Robyn Page, Beth Berkeley
- Junior Group Performances
Ghost Girls: How the Radium Girls Influenced the Debate of
Workers’ Rights
Students: Karolina Fredriksson-Lidman, Gabriela Martinez, Maya Seligman, Alana Fluegel
School: North Bethesda Middle School
Teacher: Benjamin IsraelDebate and Diplomacy on Education of the Deaf
Students: Saniya Pearson, Lillian Merrill, Aliyah Smith
School: Accokeek Academy
Teacher: Leslie Armstrong - Junior Individual Websites
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Power of Environmental
Debate
Student: Helen Zhu
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teacher: Carl Bell, Robyn PagePower, Prejudice, and Paradise: Debate, Diplomacy, and the
Annexation of Hawaiʻi
Student: Abe Stolbach
School: Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Cathy Brock - Junior Group Websites
Loving V. Virginia (1967): Exploring the Debate that Led to
Marital Freedom
Students: Mia Pinkham, Addison Greenwald
School: Bonnie Branch Middle School
Teacher: Anne Schaefer, Christopher Nobis, Hannah MittelThe Iran Hostage Crisis: A Diplomatic Standoff
Students: Nimay Sharma, Parim Shah
School: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Teacher: James Dempsey, Ruth Ebinama
- Senior Papers
Bretton Woods, The Creation of a New World Order
Student: Alex Yang
School: Marriotts Ridge High School
Teacher: Tyler MeinhartExemplar or Crusader? The Debate over Philippine
Annexation and America’s Departure from Isolationism
Student: Nathan Zhong
School: River Hill High School
Teacher: Callie Casper - Senior Individual Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
The Philippines During World War II
Student: Ava Larkin
School: Oxon Hill High School
Teacher: Carla SaffoeThe Invisible Empire of the South: The Governments’
Involvement in the Ku Klux Klan
Student: Sage Sharma
School: Bullis School
Teacher: Timothy Hanson, Sara Romeyn
- Senior Group Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967
Students: Marie Valouiski, Ariel Zang
School: Poolesville High School
Teacher: Stephanie GomerRotten Fruit: The Banana Massacre of 1928
Students: Gitanjali Raghava, Anna Chalupa
School: Howard High School
Teacher: Mary Saha
- Senior Individual Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
The Pyrrhic Victory of the 15th Amendment: How Debate &
Diplomacy Failed the Disenfranchised
Student: Lily Scheckner
School: Montgomery Blair High School
Teacher: Marc GrossmanThe Revolt of the Good Guys: How Postal Workers Found
Their Voice During the Great Postal Strike of 1970
Student: Sarah Giroux
School: The Bryn Mawr School
Teacher: Matthew Hetrick
- Senior Group Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
Changing the US Through Debate: The Story of Yick Wo V.
Hopkins
Students: Ryan Tehrani, Ryan Zhou
School: Howard High School
Teacher: Danelle BrennanPlaygrounds and Paychecks: Childcare and Working
Women in World War II
Students: Emily Kretschmer, Eloise Carter, Shreya Ohri
School: Montgomery Blair High School
Teacher: Marc Grossman
- Senior Individual Performances
Alvin Ailey: Debate and Diplomacy in Dance
Student: Anna Porch
School: Poolesville High School
Teacher: Stephanie GomerRatification Of the Constitution
Student: Hannah Fields
School: Manchester Valley High School
Teacher: Stacey Gruber - Senior Group Performances
Dr. Blackwell’s Fight to Become an Ambassador for Women
in Medicine
Students: Addison Johns, Chloe Myers
School: Annapolis High School
Teacher: Jessica PantazisPower vs Peace
Students: Keith Ceruti, John Yuhas, Taylor Addison, LaVonte’ Jackson, Arcana Thomas
School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Teacher: Patrice Frasier
- Senior Individual Websites
Dams, Disagreements, and Diplomacy: The Nile River
Dilemma
Student: Dresden Benke
School: Walt Whitman High School
Teacher: Colin O’BrienThe Treaty of Versailles: A Peace Dismantled
Student: Daniel Li
School: Marriotts Ridge High School
Teacher: Christina Costabile - Senior Group Websites
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Scientific Diplomacy Amidst the
Cold War
Students: Ella Roberts, William Lin, Heleeben Patel
School: Western School of Technology
Teacher: Christopher PagliariniThe Cuban Missile Crisis
Students: Seth Hilton, Will Walton
School: Huntingtown High School
Teacher: Amy Cox
Maryland History Day Teachers Awards
- Maryland History Day Statewide Middle School Teacher of the Year
Devin Page
Northern Middle School
Calvert County - Maryland History Day Statewide High School Teacher of the Year
Michael Yuscavage
Arundel High School
Anne Arundel County - Allegany County
Ryan Patterson
Mountain Ridge High School - Baltimore City
Cathy Brock
Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School - Baltimore County
Mam-Marie Kah
Al-Rahmah School - Caroline County
Andrew Buffenmyer
North Caroline High School - Carroll County
Amber Nievod
Skyesville Middle School - Cecil County
Amy Roose
The Tome School - Charles County
Heather Beaton
General Smallwood Middle School - Frederick County
Daniel Pierson
West Frederick Middle School - Garrett County
Amanda Wilburn
Northern Garrett Middle School - Harford County
Drusilla Herbert
Bel Air Middle School - Howard County
Tracy Spillman
Lime Kiln Middle School - Montgomery County
Sara Giron
Earle B. Wood Middle School - Prince George's County
Amber Heller
Oxon Hill High School - Queen Anne's County
Thomas Hayman
Centreville Middle School - St. Mary's County
Leif Liberg
St. Mary’s Ryken High School - Somerset County
Randi Merritt
Somerset Intermediate School - Talbot County
Katie Southworth
St. Michael’s Middle/High School - Washington County
Timothy Ackinclose
Clear Spring Middle School
2022 Special Prize Winners
- Special Prize for Excellence in African American History, sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Little Rock Nine
Category: Junior Group Documentary
Students: Shamaya Allwood, Aidan Hortman, Favor Okunola, Oluwalonimi Okuwa, and Steven Santos
School: Kenmoor Middle School
Teacher: Carol Carter and Irene PrescottAfrican American Hair: National History Day
Category: Senior Group Documentary
Students: Bruce Abrams , Christian Brown, An’Jewel Bullock, Asia Burnham, and Ja’von Gill
School: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Teacher: Patrice Frasier
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Award for Excellence in Government History
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Category: Junior Group Website
Students: Gabriella Frye and Victoria Thomas
School: St. Mary’s Bryantown
Teacher: Christopher HayesThe General Debate of The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Category: Senior Paper
Student: Liam Barnes
School: Fort Hill High School
Teacher: Mark Malone - Award for Excellence in Asian History, sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
The First Opium War
Category: Senior Group Website
Students: Derrell Johnson, Sean Touhey, and Colin Xiao
School: South Hagerstown High School
Teacher: Jason Kamler - Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement and Action, sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Social Studies
The Indian Salt March: The First Step to Independence
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Student: Nadia Bandy
School: Julius West Middle School
Teacher: Alba Abrego“Self Determination without Termination”
Category: Senior Individual Website
Student: Sumiya Rahaman
School: Westminster High School
Teacher: Stacey Gruber - The Barry A. Lanman Award for Excellence in Oral History, sponsored by Barry A. Lanman
The Politics and Debate of the Partition of India and the Modern Day Repercussions
Category: Junior Paper
Student: Zara Ahmad
School: Northern Middle School
Teacher: Devin Page - Award for Excellence in Labor History, sponsored by Bill Barry and Friends
Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
Student: Carlo Riano
School: Plum Point Middle School
Teacher: Aaron TagertBread and Roses: The Lasting Achievements of Lawrence Mill Strikers
Category: Senior Group Website
Students: Milan Ta and Claire Williams
School: Reservoir High School
Teacher: Jennifer Coker - Eugene J. Becker Award for Excellence in Cybersecurity and Cryptology , sponsored by National Cryptologic Foundation
Navajo Code Talkers
Category: Junior Group Website
Students: Juliann Cook and Elizabeth Darling
School: Centreville Middle School
Teacher: Thomas Hayman
Phishing for the Truth: The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Category: Senior Paper
Student: Aleah Dinmore
School: Arundel High School
Teacher: Michael Yuscavage - The George Washington Leadership Prize, sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Ceasing Spirits: How George Washington’s Audacious Authority and Precocious Thinking Brought the Whiskey Rebellion to an End
Category: Junior Paper
Student: Piper King
School: Centreville Middle School
Teacher: Renia Gray
Diplomacy, Politics, and The Evian Conference of 1938
Category: Senior Paper
Student: Sara Weinstein
School: Walter Johnson High School
Teacher: Elizabeth Kelley - The Major General John E. Morrison Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Innovation, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Foundation
The Space Race: The Fight for The Moon
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
Student: Aleina Pulim
School: Clarksville Middle School
Teacher: Margaret Brothman, Beth Ceglia, and Catherine MairsThe Oil Crisis of 1973: How Diplomacy Was Able to End the Worst Oil Crisis of the 20th Century
Category: Senior Individual Website
Student: Charlie Butler
School: Mount Saint Joseph High School
Teacher: Ryan Folmer - Award for Excellence in Maryland History, sponsored by the Maryland Center for History and Culture
Laws of Conscience vs. Laws of Government: The Debate Over the Catonsville 9
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Student: Charlotte O. Subelsky
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Allisun ThompsonDebate and Diplomacy: Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Student: Jonah Kadlec
School: St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal School
Teacher: Tracy Alexander - Michael E. Patten Memorial History Award for Best Use of Primary Sources, sponsored by the Frank Patten Family
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Scientific Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War
Category: Senior Group Website
Students: William Lin, Heleeben Patel, and Ella Roberts
School: Western School of Technology
Teacher: Christopher Pagliarini - Award for Excellence in the Study of Peace and Non-Violence, sponsored by Maryland Humanities
The European Coal and Steel Community — How the European Union Began, and the Benefits of Diplomacy
Category: Junior Paper
Student: Samuel Richardson
School: Northern Middle School
Teacher: Devin PageOslo: A Dream of Peace
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
Student: Leland Courie
School: North Caroline High School
Teacher: Andrew Buffenmyer - Award for Excellence in History of Science and Technology, sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
The U.S. Opposition of the Kyoto Protocol; Nations Divided
Category: Junior Group Website
Students: Noah Jacobson and Colin Lilley
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Allisun Thompson - Special Prize for Excellence in Women's History, sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County History Department
Roe v. Wade: The Debate That Changed History
Category: Junior Group Website
Students: Shriya Khosla, Leilani Ryang, and Phu Tran
School: Lime Kiln Middle School
Teacher: Tracy Spillman and Gary McMullin - Special Prize for Excellence in Women's History, sponsored by the Maryland Women's Heritage Center
Fannie Lou Hamer Civil Rights Acts
Category: Senior Individual Website
Student: Micah Carroll
School: Parkdale High School
Teacher: Thomas Stavely - Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust
Makah Tribe’s Fight to Reclaim Their Whaling Tradition
Category: Junior Individual Website
Student: Bianca Crainiceanu
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Allisun ThompsonLittle Crow To Lincoln: The Failure of Debate and Diplomacy To Mend Broken Promises Between the Sioux and The US Government
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
Student: Liam Grogan
School: Frederick Homeschoolers
Teacher: Sofia Grogan - Award for Excellence in Legal and Constitutional History, sponsored by Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey
The 13th Amendment: Negotiating Freedom
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
Student: Danica Mehl
School: Mill Creek Middle School
Teacher: Jacqueline HallMarbury v. Madison
Category: Senior Group Exhibit
Students: Jacob Hauk and Aidan Sachs
School: Loyola Blakefield
Teacher: Samuel Manelski - Award for Excellence in LGBTQ+ History, Sponsored by Aaron Heinsman
The Lavender Scare: A Breakthrough in the Gay Rights Movement
Category: Junior Paper
Student: Haoyan Zhu
School: Sykesville Middle School
Teacher: Amber NievodThe Stonewall Riots: The Fight For Gay Rights
Category: Senior Group Website
Students: Yesenia Cazares Lucero and Madelin Salamanca
School: Bladensburg High School
Teacher: Jennie Schindler - Excellence in White House History, Sponsored by the White House Historical Association
“History By The Fire: One Hour From Disaster, Debate And Diplomacy During The Cuban Missile Crisis”
Category: Junior Group Documentary
Students: Sean Donlon, Ilan Shterenberg, and Nathan Yu
School: Hallie Wells Middle School
Teacher: Judy ZangrilliThe Cuban Missile Crisis: How Diplomacy Avoids Disaster
Category: Senior Group Website
Students: Brayden Spurgeon and Anthony Tozzi
School: Mount Saint Joseph High School
Teacher: Ryan Folmer