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Events
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
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Bauza, Yadmilla. "'Yo lo que sé de Catalina Loango . . .': Orality and Gender in the Caribbean," June 1997.
Boukari, Safoura. "Retrouvailles: A Comparative Meditation on the Experiences of African Descended Women & the Quest for Sisterhood- Toward a New Syncretic Paradigm," American Studies. June 1998.
Broughton, Candace. "Gendered Justice: Emma Wimple and the Story of Murder Hill," February 2004.
Collins, John. "The Ghanaian Concert Party: African Popular Entertainment at the Crossroads," Department of American Studies. September 1994.
Coppola, Marie S. "Toward a Missing Link in the Identity of Italian American Women: Oral Histories of Sicilian and Sicilian American Women," American Studies. May 1998.
Dion-Buffalo, Yvonne. "Four Generations: A Story of a Family of Plains Cree Women," American Studies Program. June 1996.
Fairchild, Charles. "Community Radio and Public Culture, Being an Examination of Media Access and Equity in the Nations of North America," American Studies Program. June 1997.
Hampton, Bonita. "A Comparative Study of Risk Factors Associated with Exposure to HIV Among a Sample of African American Women," Department of American Studies. May 1998.
Lacey, Brenda W. "Feet Don't Fail Me Now: A Study of African American Females Performing on a School-based Drill Team," American Studies. December 2003.
Machida, Margo. "The Poetics of Positionality: Art, Identity, and Communities of Imagination in Asian America," June 2002.
McClusky, Laura J. "'Here, Our Culture is Hard': Narrative Ethnography, Domestic Violence and 'The Young Women's Revolt' in San Antonio, Belize," Department of Anthropology. April 1998.
Niman, Michael I. "The Rainbow Family: An Ethnography from Within," September 1991. Advisor: Robert Dentan (2, 14, 18)
Progler, J.A. "Encountering Islam: Essays on Cultural History and Representation," American Studies Program. August 1996.
Rossi, Jennifer. "Souls Across Spaces: Ambiguity as Resistance and a New Generation of Black Women Writers," American Studies. September 2003.
Roure, Jodie Genine. "International Human Rights Law as a Resource in Combating Domestic Violence: Transcending Legal, Social and Cultural Obstacles in Brazil and the United States," Center for the Americas. April 2004.
Santiago, Janine. "Weaving Fiction, History, Memory, and Orality in Four Puerto Rican Women Writers," American Studies. August 2003.
Smith, Jennifer B. "An International History of the Black Panther Party," American Studies Department. June 1997.
Taylor, Lori Elaine. "Telling Stories about Mormons and Indians," American Studies. May 2000.
Valandra, Charles. "The Lakota Response to Public Law 83-280: 1950-1959," American Studies. June 2001.
Zandy, Janet Ballotta. "Working-Class Bildung: Class Consciousness and Praxis," American Studies Program. April 1996.
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