George Mills Harper Graduate Student Travel Fund Award 

In honor of past president George Mills Harper, SAMLA maintains the Harper Fund Award to provide graduate students with travel funds to attend its annual conference.

Professor Harper’s academic career spanned over 50 years, and he provided exceptional leadership and service to the association. From his early years on the family farm in the Ozarks to his matriculation from Culver-Stockton College to UNC-Chapel Hill to his later chairmanship of the English Department at Florida State University, Harper concentrated his writing and research efforts in Irish studies, particularly focusing on W. B. Yeats. In 1981, Dr. Harper received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin in recognition for his critical work in studying Yeats and the occult.

Graduate students interested in applying for this award must have already been selected to present on a panel at this year's conference, and they must first establish or renew their SAMLA membership before applying. 

 2018 George Mills Harper Graduate Student Travel Fund Award Winner

Jeff Carr, Miami University (Ohio)
“Forgotten Wars and Neglected Texts: Remembering Mark Twains’s
Anti-Imperialist Writings for a New Tumultuous Age”