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American Studies Program News

Reut Odinak and Betsy Walters successfully defend during spring semester

Congratulations to Dr. Reut Odinak and Dr. Betsy Walters! Reut successfully defended  “Womb for Rent: The Politics of Surrogacy, Reproduction, and Motherhood… More

Genna Kane and Meghan Townes awarded BUCH prize

The BU Center for Humanities named Genevieve Kane and Meghan Townes recipients of the Graduate Student Award in recognition of their excellence… More

Sam Shupe (19) begins new position

Sam Shupe (AMNESP Ph.D. 2019) recently started a new position as a teacher in the Education Department at the Maine Correctional Center… More

Perri Meldon wins Catherine Bishir Prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum

We are pleased to share American Studies PhD candidate Perri Meldon has  won the Catherine Bishir Prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum.… More

Fallon Murphy publishes book review in Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing News

American Studies PhD student Fallon Murphy publishes book review for Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History by… More

Perri Meldon writes article on Great Dismal Swamp for Encyclopedia Virginia

AMNESP PhD Perri Meldon wrote an article for Encyclopedia Virginia on the Great Dismal Swamp: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/the-great-dismal-swamp/ Encyclopedia Virginia publishes fact-checked topical and… More

Fallon Murphy Article in Insurrect!: Radical Thinking in Early American Studies

PhD candidate Fallon Murphy has a new publication with the American Studies journal Insurrect!: Radical Thinking in Early American Studies. The article… More

Claire Bunschoten to Give Author Reading and Talk at the Institute for Art and Olfaction

Sunday, December 15 at 6-7PM EST via Zoom | Join Dr. Claire Bunschoten and the Institute for Art and Olfaction's Minetta Rogers for an… More

Anne Boyd Article Published in American Journal of Play

PhD candidate Anne Boyd had her article, "Frozen in Time: Teaching Imperialism through Lead Toys in Interwar America," published in the American… More

Genna Kane Essay Published by Environmental History Now

Congratulations to Genna Kane! Genna's essay, "Fluctuating and Fragmented: The History of Regulating the Tital Salt Marsh near Wood Island in East… More

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