Feature Articles
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American Studies proudly welcomes David Roediger, KU Foundation Professor and Elizabeth Esch, Assistant Professor to the Department of American Studies and the KU campus.August 20, 2014 — David Roediger has joined the Departments of American Studies and History as KU’s first Foundation Professor. He comes to KU from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai
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Spring 2013 inaugural issue of Women, Gender, and Families of ColorJune 13, 2013 — The Spring 2013 inaugural issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color has been released. The issue is a collection of articles that primarily explore various elements of health for Latinas and African American women.
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Abandoned in the HeartlandAugust 30, 2011 — Jennifer F. Hamer received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin and is an Associate Professor in the African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her general area of study is the sociological study of families, especially those within the United States. Within this broad field, her primary research interests are African American fathers, mothers, and families, especially those that are urban, low-income and working class.
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Writing Yo Soy Negro: Blackness in PeruApril 28, 2011 — In the spring of 2000, I took an anthropology course on culture and power in Latin America with Marisol de la Cadena, who writes on indigenousness in Peru.
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Spotlight: Marisol CortezFebruary 24, 2011 — Last fall was my first semester as a visiting faculty member in the American Studies Department, so the past few months have been full of new and exciting challenges.
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Graduate Research Assistantships Help Students Receive PhDsFebruary 17, 2011 — In the Fall of 2010, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies worked with the American Studies Department to launch a project aimed at improving graduate student's time-to-degree.
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New Cities and Boomer FuturesFebruary 1, 2011 — In conjunction with courses in architecture and civic leadership, this studio-based colloquium, led by Professors Dennis Domer and Cheryl Lester, brings together experts from the humanities, social
