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May 12, 2023
NPR’s Morning Edition featured Daniel HoSang, Professor Ethnicity Race & Migration and of American Studies.
Charlotte Polk '23, winner of the Pearson Prize
May 10, 2023
Congratulations to Charlotte Polk ‘23, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for best senior project in American Studies! Charlotte’s project, “are you guys mad at...
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.