Alabama Heritage recently appointed Rebecca Todd Minder as its director. Rebecca earned her MA in American Studies at the University of Alabama, concentrating on the study of southern popular culture.
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The Department of American Studies congratulates the following AMS majors who have received American Studies Scholarship awards from the department: Lucy Barrow, Ian Bittner, Peyton Goodwin, Caroline Keating, Shiki Wang, and Kiana Younker. Lucy Barrow Ian Bittner Peyton Goodwin Caroline Keating Shiki Wang Kiana Younker
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In September 2021, an article by Dr. Hubbs called “Untranslatable Creole: Language Suppression, Racial Segregation, and Louisiana Local Color Fiction” was published as part of a special issue of American Quarterly focusing on the politics of language, translation, and multilingualism in the field of American studies. American Quarterly is the official publication of the American Studies Association. You can read Dr. Hubbs’s essay here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/807049
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Justin Branum, who earned a M.A. in American Studies and graduated in 2021, published a op-ed surrounding the 2022 Olympics. Justin Branum: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics showed our resiliency, allowing the 2022 Beijing Olympics to go as scheduled would be a denial of human rights
Every time I tell someone I majored in American studies in college, I get the same response: “Oh, so like, history?” No, not exactly, at least not the history you’re thinking of. Sure, we learn a little bit of history, but we also learn literature, and music, and politics, as well as how to research, write, analyze, use critical thinking… I could go on. But rather than just listing things, below you’ll find a detailed account of what an American […]
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Dr. Weisbard was part of a panel discussion, “Family Meal – Soundtrack to Creativity: Refiguring American Music Authors,” sponsored by UCLA’s Herb Albert School of Music, on April 29, 2021. The event featured authors from the Duke University Press book series, Refiguring American Music. https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/family-meal-soundtrack-to-creativity-refiguring-american-music-authors/
Dr. Innis-Jimenez participated on the roundtable, “How to Get Published: Writing Your First Book,” sponsored by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institute, on April 30, 2021. Dr. Innis-Jimenez is the editor of the Latinx Histories Book Series at the University of North Carolina Press.
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Dr. Mike Innis-Jimenez is quoted in two international papers, the Manila Standard (Philippines) and Yahoo! Actualities (France) about the fight in Alabama over establishing the first Amazon labor union. https://manilastandard.net/business/biz-plus/350616/alabama-could-be-home-to-amazon-s-first-union-in-us.html https://fr.news.yahoo.com/premier-syndicat-amazon-am%C3%A9ricain-pourrait-032155426.html Dr. Innis-Jimenez quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the aftermath of the Amazon union vote in Alabama: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-04-09/amazon-union-workers-alabama-vote-loss
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The Department of American Studies congratulates the following students who have received Louise B. Tate Memorial Endowed Scholarship and accompanying monetary support for their studies during the 2020-2021 academic year: Lucy Barrow, a senior from Gulf Breeze, FL who also has begun the department’s Accelerated Master’s Program Ian Bittner, a junior from Tuscaloosa, AL Allison Bothwell, a senior from Dauphin Island, AL Riecher Denmark, a second-year student in our M.A. program from Stillwater, MN Peyton Goodwin, a junior from Destin, […]
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Hannah Dillashaw, who earned a BA in American Studies and graduated in 2020, published an essay, “‘Ain’t Never Done Anything but Sing”: Understanding Betsy through Her Canary, in the Explicator. She first explored the topic in Dr. Hubbs’s class AMS 465: Fictions of American Identity. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00144940.2020.1868390