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American Studies is Graduating 7 Graduate Students this Semester!
Congratulations to:
Jose Cadena, PhD
William Garcia-Medina, PhD
Mica Mendez, MA
Marilyn Ortega, PhD
Ben Schmack, PhD
Shannon Spears, PhD
Ariane Tulloch, PhD

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Congratulations to our Majors and Double Majors who are Graduating
We are proud of graduates and all of the hard work they have done. We are graduating the following people with an American Studies major. Some have a double major!
Danielle Wolff, American Studies BA
Kelly Henning, American Studies BA/Political Science BA
Congratulations to our American Studies Minors
American Studies has had the opportunity to host the following American Studies minors in their academic careers:
Andrew Lind, American Studies Minor
Amanda Weinberg, American Studies Minor
Mary Koskovich, American Studies Minor
American Studies is Graduating 7 Graduate Students this Semester!
Congratulations to:
Jose Cadena, PhD
William Garcia-Medina, PhD
Mica Mendez, MA
Marilyn Ortega, PhD
Ben Schmack, PhD
Shannon Spears, PhD
Ariane Tulloch, PhD
Congratulations American Studies Social Justice Minors
Allison Roseberg, Social Justice Minor
Elise Gard, Social Justice Minor
Ariel Wyatt, Social Justice Minor
Gloria Gant, Social Justice Minor
Kaylah Eddy, Social Justice Minor
Leah Stein, Social Justice Minor
Jaylen Fudge, Social Justice Minor
AMS Alum Spotlight: Gretchen Cassel Eick, Ph.D
Gretchen Cassel Eick, Ph.D. American Studies 1998, won Prose Writer of 2021 and her double biography and history, They Met at Wounded Knee: The Eastmans’ Story, University of Nevada Press, 2020, won the J.
Rebekah Jo Aycock and Nguyen-Dien each awarded a 2021 Summer Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Rebekah Jo Aycock and Nguyen-Dien on each being awarded a 2021 Summer Research Scholarship through KU Graduate Studies. The award provides funding to assist graduate students with conducting their thesis and dissertation research projects during the summer session.
Bobby Cervantes awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Congratulations to American Studies' graduate student, Bobby Cervantes on being awarded a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for his dissertation Las Colonias: The Housing of Poverty in Modern Americas. This award supports PhD candidates in their final year of dissertation writ
Music & Social Justice Quaran/zine: Edition 1.2
Check out the latest edition of AUMI-KU InterArts' publication: "Music & Social Justice Quaran/zine"
Edition 1.2 features Julie Unruh and the AUMI Jam Band perform Julie's poem, "Laundry."
Ray Pence featured in "Lewis Nkosi: The Black Psychiatrist | Flying Home: Texts, Perspectives, Homage"
Congratulations to KU American Studies' Ray Pence on being featured in a chapter of "Lewis Nkosi: The Black Psychiatrist | Flying Home: Texts, Perspectives, Homage," Astrid Starck-Adler, Dag Henrichsen (eds.).
Graduate Student Appreciation Week: Elizabeth Wilhelm
Up next in our graduate student spotlights we have Elizabeth Wilhelm!