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Events
Mar. 1 | 2012 Franklin Prize
Nominations for 2012 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize for the best-published book in American Studies due
Mar. 1 | 2012 Romero Prize
Nominations for 2012 Lora Romero Publication Prize for the best-published first book in American Studies due
Mar. 1 | Community Partnership Grants
Applications for the 2012 Community Partnership Grants Program to assist American Studies collaborative, interdisciplinary community projects due
Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
By University | By Year
Indiana University
Bealle, John. "American Folklore Revival: A Study of an Old-Time Music and Dance Community," December 1988.
Branigan, Michelle Marie. "A Biography of Frances Brand, An American Painter and Social Activist," Folklore and American Studies. November 1998.
Cicala, John Allan. "The Folk Artist as Producer: A Behavioral Study of a Sicilian Immigrant Woman's Ceremonial Cooking Style," American Studies Program. December 1995.
Crosby, Emilye. "Common Courtesy: The Civil Rights Movement in Claiborne County, Mississippi," American Studies Program. December 1995.
Evans, Timothy Henry. "Western Saddlemaking: History, Technology, Innovation," Folklore and American Studies Program. May 1995.
Frederick, Charles R., Jr. "A Good Day to be Here: Tailgating in the Grove at Ole Miss," Folklore and American Studies. February 1999.
Gotera, Vicente F. "Radical visions: Poetry by Vietnam Veterans," January 1991. Advisor: James H. Justus (12, 2, 23)
Griff, Hanna. "'A Life of Any Worth': Life Histories of Retired Brandeis University Faculty," Department of Folklore and American Studies. February 1994.
Johanningsmeier, Charles A. "Buying and Selling Words by the Thousand: Newspaper Syndicates and the American Literary Marketplace, 1860-1900," Department of English and American Studies. June 1993. Advisor: David J. Nordloh (9, 11, 19)
Koske, Mary Susan. "Finnish and American Adolescent Fantasy and Humor: An Analysis of Personal and Social Folklore in Educational Contexts," May 1988.
Maxson, Richard A. "Billy Sunday's 1917 New York City Revival: A Case Study in Apocalyptic Rhetoric," Speech Communication and American Studies. July 1998.
McTaggart, Ursula . "Radicalism in America's "Industrial Jungle": Metaphors of the Primitive and the Industrial in Activist Texts," June 2008. Advisor: Purnima Bose and Margo Crawford
Murphy, Paul V. "The Rebuke of History: The Southern Agrarians and American Conservative Thought," Department of History. November 1996.
Newlyn, Andrea Kelsey. "Righting the Racial Code: Narrative and Race," Departments of English and American Studies. February 1999.
Passet, Joanne E. "Quest for a Profession: The Origins of Library Education in Indiana," School of Library and Information Sciences. July 1988. Advisor: David E. Kasser (23, 11, 22)
Pimple, Kenneth D. "Speech and Moral Character: A Study of Selected Preachers in Nineteenth-Century American Literature," 1990. Advisor: Sandra Dolby Stahl (10, 12, 2)
Press, Marcia. "That Black Man-White Woman Thing: Images of an American Taboo," May 1989. Advisor: Albert Wertheim (23, 2, 12)
Taysom, Martha. "The Hope of the Great Community: The Communal Philosophy of Josiah Royce," History. July 2000.
Truesdell, Barbara. "God, Home, and Country: Folklore, Patriotism and the Politics of Culture in the Daughters of the American Revolution," American Studies Program. June 1996.
Walls, E. Robert. "The Making of the American Logger: Traditional Culture and Public Imagery in the Realm of the Bunyanesque," Folklore and American Studies. August 31, 1997.
Werum, Regina E.. "Political Process in the Pre-Desegregation South: Race and Gender Stratification in Federal Vocational Programs, 1917-1936," Sociology Department. December 1994.
Westfall, Sarah B.. "Senior-level College and University Administrators' Conceptions of Institutional Quality: An Exploratory Study," Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies,. May 1995.
Wolford, John B.. "The South Union, Kentucky, Shakers and Tradition: A Study of Business, Work, and Commerce," Folklore and American Studies Program. August 1992. Advisor: Sandra K. Dolby (2, 7, 8)
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