American Studies Graduates

2025 Graduate Profiles

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Val Machado

Destructions and Creations of America: Parliament-Funkadelic and the Black Arts Movement
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Elyse Miller

The Making of the Modern Frankenstein: Analysis and Perspectives Throughout the Past Two Centuries in Popular Media
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Jackie Morgan

From the Closet to the Club: Safe Space and Gender Performativity within Queer and Trans Communities During the Early Twentieth Century
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Simone Nguyen

"We Gotta Find Our Own Again": Discipline, Insight, and Redemption in Parole Narratives of California Lifers
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Afton Okwu

"The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress": Race, Panic, and Gender Confusion on the Black Comic Stage
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Brittany Postle

Barriers Between Belonging: William O. Douglas and Architectural Exclusion in the Wilderness