Tori’s interests focus on the intersections between Indigenous studies, environmental studies, and the law. She will graduate this May with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in the Accelerated Master’s Program in American Studies with plans to attend law school at the University of Utah.
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AMS Student Tori Myers Wins Dean’s Award of Merit
Accelerated Master’s Program student Tori Myers has won a Dean’s Award of Merit for her academic excellence and service commitments. She will be recognized at the College of Arts & Sciences Honor’s Day banquet. Tori’s interests focus on the intersections between Indigenous studies, environmental studies, and the law. She will graduate this May with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in American Studies with plans to attend law school.
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Dr. Maurice Hobson (MA in AMS, 2002) Gives Keynote at SASA Conference
Dr. Maurice Hobson, an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University, gave the luncheon keynote at the Southeastern American Studies Association (SASA) conference in Atlanta on September 29, 2023. Dr. Hobson’s talk was titled “Atlanta, the Black Mecca: It’s Complicated,” during which he assessed the role of black leadership in the city and how the poor and working-class, especially black hip hop artists, contested that governance.
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John Agricola, Undergraduate Alum, Edits Southern Culture on the Fly (SCOF) Magazine
John Agricola, an AMS undergraduate alum, edited the latest edition of Southern Culture on the Fly (SCOF), a magazine focused on fly fishing, which includes three stories of his own: https://www.southerncultureonthefly.com/
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AMS major Kathryn Haynes releases debut EP
It’s a perennial question when everyone returns to the UA campus each fall: What did you do during the summer? For AMS major Kathryn Haynes, her primary focus this summer was recording her debut record, a five-song EP titled This is Right Where. A senior from Memphis, Tennessee, Haynes composed all of the songs herself and did the recording across a marathon five-day session in Nashville. She thanks Michael Parsons for recording her demos, along with Andrew Isbell and Andrew Van […]
Perks of getting your graduate degree in American Studies
The opportunity to create and teach your own class. Featured above is graduate student, Alex Peeples, delivering his lecture Thursday in his Themes in Country Music class affectionately titled “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?”. If you are interested in pursuing graduate education at UA, consider joining us in American Studies and see where your interests take you next. One of our most popular undergraduate courses, AMS 203 Intro. to Southern Studies, had the fortunate pleasure of a […]
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The Department of American Studies congratulates alum Jeff Jones (M.A. 2020) on two significant recent awards.
UA’s Capstone Alliance and the LGBTQ Alumni Association have awarded Jeff the Elliot Jackson Jones Memorial Endowed Scholarship, which recognizes a UA student, at any level, who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to LGBTQ activism and improving the campus climate for diversity. Jeff also received the Service Leadership Endowed Scholarship from UA’s Women and Gender Resource Center in recognition of their service and leadership in campus activism for gender equity and diversity. They have maintained these commitments to improving campus life […]
The Department of American Studies is proud to recognize the winners of its latest round of scholarship awards
These awards also were included in the College of Arts & Sciences’ recent Honors Day event on April 8. Lucy Barrow of Gulf Breeze, Florida is this year’s recipient of the Louise B. Tate Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Lucy will continue toward completion of her M.A. degree in American Studies this fall through UA’s Accelerated Masters Program. Caroline Keating of Lexington, Kentucky is this year’s recipient of the Olecia Robbin White Memorial Scholarship. Caroline will begin law school at the University […]
Recipients of American Studies Scholarship Awards
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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Recipients of Louise B. Tate Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2020-2021
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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