Hans G. Myers is a 2019 graduate of Thiel College, and a 2021 graduate of The University of Indianapolis. Myers served as the historian for Thiel College’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta during his undergraduate career and helped to coordinate the 2017 Western Pennsylvania Phi Alpha Theta Conference and Undergraduate History Forum. As a graduate student, he served as the inaugural Gerald and Marjorie Morgan Graduate Assistant in History under Dr. Lawrence Sondhaus; assisting with the preparation and publication of the second edition of his World War One: The Global Revolution from Cambridge University Press, research for his forthcoming book projects, and as director of the University of Indianapolis’ Department of History and Political Science Research and Writing Lab.
Myers’ work has been published in The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era, and his first monograph, The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War, is due to be released by Casemate Publishing in May 2022. His second book, On the Rails with Mr. Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln’s Great Journey to Washington to Preserve the Union, is currently being written with funding assistance from the Knox College (Illinois) Lincoln Studies Center.
Abstract:
In just two years following his graduation from Thiel College, Hans Myers had signed a contract to publish his first history book with a major publisher. In his keynote address, “From Undergrad to Published Author: What to Expect from Graduate School and How to Publish Your Research,” Myers walks the audience through what graduate school is like—the highs and the lows—and through the process of getting your work published in both academic journals and as books. Based on his own personal experiences and including at least one contractually obligated plug for his book, Myers offers advice to those students about to begin graduate school, or those preparing to begin the process of applying.
From the GRE to Comps, Thesis drafts to lively seminar discussions, Myers discusses precisely what students should expect—and how best to prepare themselves for working independently on research projects that they’re passionate about, and how best to ensure that you can handle the curveballs of professors’ much more hands-off approach. Myers will also discuss publishing concerns ranging from journal quality, peer review, editorial standards, book contracting, editing, and publicity for those historians planning to publish their work, whether in journals or in articles.