McDonald Wins State Award
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Jason McDonald, assistant professor of history, won the Lawrence O. Christensen Award for his article “‘Watch Adair County Klan Grow’: The Second Ku Klux Klan in Kirksville, Missouri, 1923-25,” which was published in the Missouri Historical Review in October 2023. The Christensen prize is awarded to the best article on a Missouri history topic published during each calendar year. The award was presented to McDonald at the Missouri Conference on History in Columbia, Missouri, March 15.