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Awards/Honors

Dean's Prize for Graduate Student Scholarship on Women, The College of William and Mary, Spring 2011, Alexandra Méav Jerome, PhD, American Studies

Ewell Award, The College of William and Mary, Spring 2011, Alexandra Méav Jerome, PhD, American Studies

Honored Scholar-Activist, Ariana Outreach for Afghanistan, Washington D.C., Fall 2009, Alexandra Méav Jerome, PhD, American Studies

Fellowships

Birmingham Museum of Art: Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2012-2014, Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD, American Studies

Ithaca College Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship,  2010-2011, Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD, American Studies

Swann Foundation Fellowship in Cartoon and Caricature, 2010-2011, Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD, American Studies

Research Grants  
Internships

 

Conference Presentations

Speaker, "Between Third Reich and American Way: Transatlantic Migration and the Politics of Belonging, 1920-1945" presented at the Heidelberg Spring Academy, Heidelberg, Germany, March  11, 2011, Christian Wilbers, PhD, American Studies

Speaker, “Browns, Shebas, Flappers, and Shieks: Playing with Color-Coded Bodies in Jazz Age Literature,” Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Alexandria, VA, October 10, 2011, Roxane Pickens, PhD, American Studies

Speaker, “Freedom From, Freedom To: Playing with the Party’s Potential in Jazz Age Literature and Culture,” Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO, November 1, 2011, Roxane Pickens, PhD, American Studies

Speaker, "Killin' Them Softly: Chappelle's Show" presented at National Popular Culture Association Conference, Spring 2011, Jeffreen M. Hayes, PhD, American Studies

Speaker, New England American Studies Association Conference, October 2010, Julia Kaziewicz, PhD, American Studies

Speaker, Cold War Cultures Conference at the University of Texas at Austin, October 2010, Julia Kaziewicz, PhD, American Studies

Publications

Julia Kaziewicz, "Spotlight Essay/Books: The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi," September 11th in Popular Culture: A Guide. Ed. Sara E. Quay and Amy M. Damico. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2010. 124-5.

"Growing Up in the Margins: Asian American Children in Contemporary Southern Literature." Southern Quarterly (Spring 2009). Frank Cha, PhD, American Studies

“Khadija, Aishah, and Fatimah” Prehistory-1250." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East. Sage Books. 2011. Alexandra Méav Jerome, PhD, American Studies

“Shaarawi, Hoda.” Cultural Sociology of the Middle East. Sage Books. 2011. Alexandra Méav Jerome, PhD, American Studies

Community Service/Outreach

 

Recent alumni employment/positions

John Miller, 2009 PhD, American Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Longwood University