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Abby Walker '23, winner of the Pearson Prize
May 10, 2023
Congratulations to Abby Walker ‘23, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for best senior project in American Studies! Abby’s project, “Finding Frankie Baker: The...
May 9, 2023
Beverly Gage, a professor of History and American Studies, received the Pulitzer Prize for her revelatory biography of the late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
May 8, 2023
Congratulations to American Studies doctoral student Max Clayton, who has been awarded the prestigious Prize Teaching Fellowship for his work in ARCH 280, “American...
April 20, 2023
“Congratulations to Professor Hazel Carby, who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy “honors the excellence and leadership of exceptional...
April 3, 2023
Crystal Feimster, a historian of African-American history, U.S. women’s history, and the American South, has been appointed the next Head of Pierson College.
March 30, 2023
Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Federal Prison- The New York Times New York Times Access the article visit: NYTimes.
March 29, 2023
The American Studies community gathered on March 28, 2023 to celebrate four new books by faculty members Matt Jacobson, Scott Herring, Jim Berger, and Ned Blackhawk. ...