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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
Jun. 30 | 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies Teaching, Advising, and Program Development due
Oct. 1 | Travel Grants for Graduate Students
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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
By University | By Year
Michigan, University of
Gordon, Anna Pegler. "In Sight of America: Photography and U.S. Immigration Policy, 1880-1930," June 2002.
Kustritz, Anne. "Productive (Cyber) Public Space: Slash Fan Fiction's Multiple Imaginary," American Culture. August 2007. Advisor: Jay Cooke and Tom Fricke
LaFauci, Lauren. "Peculiar Nature: Slavery, Environment, and Nationalism in the Antebellum South," Department of English. August 2009. Advisor: Susan Scott Parrish
Simmons, LaKisha Michelle. "Black Girls Coming of Age: Sexuality and Segregation in New Orleans, 1930-1954," Joint Program in History and Women's Studies. May 2009. Advisor: Michele Mitchell and Hannah Rosen
Tachiki, Satoko. "Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) and Boston Brahmins," January 1986. Advisor: David Huntington (11, 23)
Tepfer, Diane. "Edith Gregor Halpert and the Downtown Gallery Downtown, 1926-1940: A Study in American Art Patronage," April 1989. Advisor: Diane Kirkpatrick (23, 2, 22)
Theoharis, Jeanne Frances. "We have to learn to define ourselves, name ourselves, and speak for ourselves: Black Teenagers, Urban Schools, Writing and the Politics of Representation," American Culture Program. April 1996.
Tilton, Jennifer. "Dangerous and Endangered Children: Representations of Youth and Political Struggles to Shape the State and the City," Anthropology and American Culture. May 2004.
Trettin, Lillian Demarest. "Traprock Workers: The Culture of Work and Risk at an Underground Copper Mine, 1900-1945," May 1987.
Tyman, Jonathan P. "Film in Science, Propaganda: Examples of Its Use in America, 1940-1950," March 1988. Advisor: Frank Beaver (14, 2, 11)
Vigil, Kiara. "Stories in Red and Write: Indian Intellectuals and the American Imagination, 1880-1930," August 2011.
Wittmann, Matthew. "Empire of Culture: U.S. Entertainers and the Making of the Pacific Circuit, 1850-1890," Program in American Culture. May 2010. Advisor: James Cook
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