Program: Doctoral Program in United States History

                     Minor Fields: Public History, Women's and Gender History

Email: mstout2@luc.edu

Faculty Advisor: Timothy Gilfoyle

MA, Loyola University Chicago, 2010

BA, Simpson College, 2004

My research interests focus on Catholic schools established in the southern United States for African American students from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century.  Additionally, my research examines the nuns, students, and other community members who became involved in these schools.  I incorporate traditional archival research and oral history methods within my research framework.

Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-2013

            Fellowship intended to support Ph.D. students who are in the final stage of doctoral work

           Awarded at different Jesuit institutions around the country

Advanced Doctoral Fellowship, 2011-2012

            Awarded by Loyola University’s Graduate School to Ph.D. students

Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society, Loyola University Chicago, September 2010

            Honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher education

            Recognizes students who distinguish themselves in scholarship, loyalty, and service

Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Simpson College, May 2004

            National history honor society

Megan Stout Sibbel.  “If We had the Schools and the Sisters”: Catholic Nuns and Schools in

     Southern African American Communities, 1890-1950.  Academic presentation,

     Mid-America Conference on History, September 2012.

Megan Stout Sibbel. “Our Country is Still  Pagan and Ignorant of the True Faith: Catholic Sisters

     and Schools in Southern African Communities, 1935-1970.” Academic presentation,

     Missouri Valley History Conference, March 2012. 

Megan Stout Sibbel. “Sisters of the South: Roman Catholic Nuns in Southern African American

     Communities, 1930-1970. Academic presentation, Northern Illinois University History

     Graduate Student Association Conference, October 2011.

Megan Stout Sibbel.  “Sisters of the South: Roman Catholic Nuns in African American

     Communities, ,1935-1970.”  Academic Presentation, Northern Great Plains History

     Conference, September 2011.

Megan Stout.  “Wealthy Women in Depression-Era Chicago.”  Academic Presentation,

     Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Association Conference, April

     2010

Megan Stout Sibbel. “Sisters of the South: Catholic Nuns in African American Communities, 1890-

       1970.” Ph.D. Dissertation-in-Progress, Loyola University Chicago.