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Ianna Hawkins Owen Awarded Honorable Mention for Best LGBTQ Studies Article
Ianna Hawkins Owen's (English) essay "More: Cake, Feedism, and Asexuality" from Social Text (Vol. 40, No. 2) has received honorable mention for the Crompton-Noll Prize… More
Emma Newcombe now Associate Director of PhD Programs at Northeastern University College of Science
AMNESP alum Emma Newcombe (PhD '18) has started a new position as Associate Director of PhD Programs at the Northeastern University College… More
Liv Jacobs Responding at Emerging Scholars Symposium
AMNESP PhD student Liv Jacobs will be taking part in BU Anthropology's Emerging Scholars Symposium on Wednesday, March 20th! Congratulations, Liv! More
Perri Meldon to Participate in Roundtable at NCPH-UHS 2024
AMNESP PhD candidate Perri Meldon will be participating in the “All Water Has a Perfect Memory”: Waterways, Ritual, and Commemoration roundtable at the… More
MaryKate Smolenski and Marina Wells to Present at the Americanist Forum
AMNESP PhD student MaryKate Smolenski and candidate Marina Wells will be presenting at the Americanist Forum. The Forum will be held via… More
Christine Hult-Lewis Assumes Position of Curator of Pictorial Collections at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
AMNESP alum Christine Hult-Lewis (PhD ’11) has officially assumed the position of Curator of Pictorial Collections at The Bancroft Library at UC… More
Alyssa Kreikemeier Accepts Faculty Appointment at the University of Idaho
Recent AMNESP graduate Alyssa Kreikemeier (PhD ’23) has accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Idaho. Kreikemeier will join the History… More
Marina Wells to Present at 2024 Deerfield/Wellesley Symposium
AMNESP PhD Candidate Marina Wells will be presenting “‘He was a female’: Scrimshaw Pirates and Non-Binary Viewing,” on the 18th & 19th… More
Takeo Rivera’s Book Wins Honorable Mention at 2024 Association of Asian American Studies Book Awards
Professor Takeo Rivera‘s book Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity (Oxford University Press, 2022) won Honorable Mention… More
Anne Boyd Accepted and to Attend Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy
AMNESP PhD candidate Anne Boyd has been accepted into and will be attending the Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy in Heidelberg,… More