She works mainly on modern France, with an emphasis on political, social and religious history. Her first book, Victor Duruy and French Education: Liberal Reform in the Second Empire, was published by the Louisiana State University Press. She is now working on her second book which focuses on Holocaust rescue. Dr. Horvath-Peterson has been a member of Phi Alpha Theta since 1966, and faculty advisor for Georgetown University’s Beta Pi Chapter since 1992. She was the Coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Region of Phi Alpha Theta for two terms, and at the national level, she has been on scholarship and research award committees, as well as the Council. Most recently, she has served as Vice-President and then President of Phi Alpha Theta (2008-2010 and 2010-2012, respectively). Robert C. Carriker