Okie wins Fite dissertation award

We've been on a roll with history department students this week (and let's hear it for the humanities) and so in keeping with the theme, congratulations again, Tom Okie:

On June 15, 2013 the Agricultural History Society announced the winners of its annual publication and societal awards. The awards banquet was part of the Society’s annual conference, which was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Agricultural History Society was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1919 and is the second oldest professional historical society in the United States. It has members around the world and is dedicated to promoting the study of agricultural and rural history. This year's awards included the Gilbert C. Fite Dissertation Award, for the best dissertation on agricultural history, was awarded to William Thomas Okie, “‘Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia’: Culture and Agriculture in the American South” (University of Georgia, 2012).

Very well done, Tom. Associate professor in the department Shane Hamilton won the award in 2005, so our track record here is very strong. The Fite Dissertation Award is named after former UGA History Professor Dr. Gilbert Fite.