The following list includes current and historic, individual student research projects, public presentations from conferences, symposia and exhibitions*, and peer-reviewed publications. For abstracts on each project see Students as Scholars.
*“Supported by:” on Student Conference Presentation records indicates the entity or funding mechanism that supported the student’s participation in the conference, i.e. travel expenses, poster costs, etc. For on-campus conferences, the supporting entity is usually the academic department sponsoring the event.
**“Supported by:” on Student Research Project records indicates the entity or funding mechanism that supported the student’s research costs, i.e. supplies, materials, equipment, stipends, local or international research travel, etc.
2018
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Battle | Blackness and its Many Lives Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Zachary Carson Blumenstein | The Uses of Race Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Edward Brown | Blackness and its Many Lives Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Sofia Garcia Canning | The Uses of Race Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium | Eric Vazquez |
| Sydney Brown Collins | Gendered Conflict, Conflicted Gender Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Emily Marion Hall | Blackness and its Many Lives Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Lillian Karl | The Uses of Race Time: 2- 3: 15 p.m. Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Caroline Grace Smiegal | Gendered Conflict, Conflicted Genders Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Jade Weiner | Gendered Conflict, Conflicted Genders Conference: 10th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
2017
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Erin Louise Andreassi | 'The Talented Tenth vs. 'The Precious Ten': Defining Modern Conceptions of Childhood through Class Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Claire Frances Brigham | Protected by the Turf: Rape Culture on College Campus Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Keson Torell Bullock-Brown | The Resurgence of Scientific Racism in the 1970s Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 weeks | J Cotten Seiler |
| Kellen Christopher Edmondson | Tempering Flavors for American Palates: The Legend of General Tso's and the Deterioration of Authenticity Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Caitlin Jennifer Farrell | Fashion, Feminism, and the Sartorial Power of Coco Chanel Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Mariah B Finkelstein | Steven Universe: Queering the World of Children's Media Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Katherine Schweighofer |
| Colleen Ann Frerichs | Bitch-Boss or Boss-Bitch: Representations of Postfeminist Working Women in Romantic Comedies Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Katherine Schweighofer |
| Gillian Gerli Horn | The Lens of Visual Freedom: Articulation of Freedom of Speech on Instagram Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Katherine Schweighofer |
| Isabel Anne Lang | A Radical Ticket: 'Unbought and Unbossed', Shirley Chisholm and Intersectional Politics in America Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Matthew Reuben Maitland | The War on Athletes in the Neoliberal Turn Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Hanna C Norman | Pixar's Toy Story: Longings for an American Childhood Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Lucille Ruth Richman | Quite the Doll-emma: Race and Gender Representations in American Girl Dolls of Color Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Brian Joseph Thomas | What Makes a Gay Wedding Gay?: The Reconstruction of Gender in White Wedding Rituals Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Sarah Ann Welch | Tan Like Me: Alexander Hamilton and the Spectacle of Raciality Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Matthew Wenz | "To be the man, you Gotta Beat the Man": "Othered" Bodies and Normal Masculinity in WWE Wrestling Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
| Aine Mairead Zaniewski | Whiting Up Through Satire: White Chicks, It's Funny, Isn't It? Conference: 9th Annual American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Eric Vazquez |
2016
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Harper Lindsay Clark | Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Charles Williams Conference: Sports Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Katherine Schweighofer |
| Tyler William Clauson-Wolf | It's Funny Because It's True: Social Commentary in Stand-Up Comedy Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Drew Elizabeth Crowley | Purity Balls: Virginity as a Gendered Construct Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Jason William Denaburg | 21st Century Czar: American Imagination of Russia and Vladimir Putin Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Samuel Nathan Drabkin | 'Wastin' My Life in Altered States': Death Grips and Avant-Garde Rage Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Mariah B Finkelstein | The Perfect Skin: Race, Materiality, and the Spectacular Invention of Visibility Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 6 | Jerry Philogene |
| Peter Ashbridge Hass | Declarations and Incarcerations: Race, Audibility, and Citizenship in the Postwar US Prison System Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Patricia Ann Kotrady | Consuming Authenticity: Deconstructing 'Do-It-Yourself' Punk Rock Ethics in Philadelphia Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Jahmel Martin | What Does a Broken Black Body Mean to You?: Digital Spectatorship of Police Brutality Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Angela Emer Medrano | East Loves West: Mixed Race Identity and the Filipina-American Marriage Market Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
| Catherine Merle Obrecht | Making a Celebrity: Social Media, Feminism, and the Spectacle of Kim Kardashian Conference: 8th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler,Jerry Philogene |
2015
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Leigh Bonello | Bodies, Beauty, and Gender Session: Keeping up with CoverWorld: CoverGirl, Celebrities, and the Marketing of Diversity in Consumer Culture Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Quinn Amerling Cotter | Gender in Flux Session: Fad Men: The Birth and Evolution of the Playboy Consumer in 1950's America Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Katherine Thayer Dilworth | Bodies, Beauty, and Gender Session: Elite Fitness: Fitbit and the Idealized, Monitored Body Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Samuel Nathan Drabkin | The Socially Dead and the "Improbable Citizen": Cultural Transformations of Haitian Citizenship Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 8 | Jerry Philogene |
| Tyler Martin Drbal | Politics of Representation Session: Wham! Pow! Black!: Black Superheroes as an American Studies Lens Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Melissa Ann Fallat | Bodies, Beauty, and Gender Session: Weight Watchers and the Ideology of Thin Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Johanna Marie Fleming | Gender in Flux Session: Masculinity and Vulnerability: Men's Memoirs Destigmatizing Anxiety and Expanding Representations of Masculinity Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Gregory Kaliss |
| Johanna Marie Fleming | Project One: Fat Studies Scholarship; Project Two: Girl Scouts of America Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Amy Farrell |
| Hannah Shanis Glick | Online Communities, Online Identities Session: Digitally Dating: Lusting or Loving in a Digital Age Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Fabian Alberto Hernandez | Politics of Representation Session: Meztizo Consciousness and the Liminality of Borders Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Celeste Cianna Hippolyte | Online Communities, Online Identities Session: Reconciling with Voicelessness: Black Twitter as an Emergent Cultural Practice Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Aaron Stuart Hock | Politics of Representation Session: Trans*-scending Drag: How RuPaul's Drag Race Evades the Trans* Politics of Drag Performance Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Aaron Stuart Hock | The Socially Dead and the "Dead Citizen": Cultural Contestations of Haitian Citizenship Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Jerry Philogene |
| Lawrence Xavier Jolon | Gender in Flux Session: Pretty Women and Power Tools Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Gregory Kaliss |
| Suzannah Tallman May | Online Communities, Online Identities Session: Liked: The Phenomenon of the Food Instagram Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Grace Margaret Morelli | Politics of Representation Session: Representation of Italian Americans in Film Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Meaghan Patrice Quirin | Space, Culture, and Protest Session: Anti-Vietnam Protest at Dickinson College: An Ethnography Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Sasha Parmet Reagan | Space, Culture, and Protest Session: Dams and Damnation Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Rebecca Gould Winsor | Space, Culture, and Protest Session: Tiny Houses: Is America Moving Out of the Home? Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Alexandra Elizabeth Young | Bodies, Beauty, and Gender Session: Same Position, Different Style: U.S. Women's Soccer Stars and the Gender Binary Conference: 7th Annual Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
2014
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Catherine Barrett | The Italian-American Self: A Double-Identity Struggle Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Abigail Poore Bowman | Cosmopolitan-isms: The Relationship between Gender, Class, Nationality, Universalism, and Consumerism in American and Indian Cosmopolitan Magazine Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Elizabeth Ayres Bruno | The Rise of a Female Fitness Culture in America: America's Obsession with the "toned" Female Form Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Sarah Jessica Koch | The Great American Memory Lapse: How Dr. King and Mr. Carmichael Saw Alike, 1964-66 Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Dana Kathryn Metcalf | Understanding Invisible Disability: The Gender Divide in American ADHD Culture Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Elizabeth Emily Mudge | Narrating Death in a Culture of Denial Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Alan Pederson Nick | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Invisible Wounds of War Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Marisol LeBron |
| Zara Eliza O'Brien | The Aesthetic Gaze of a Plastic Surgeon: Their influence on American Conceptions of Beauty Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Alicia Marie Reynolds | The Plus-Size Industry: A Fashion Industry Of Its Own? Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Leah Judith Shafer | A 'Delightfully Incorrigible Ham': The Popularity and Gendered Constructs of Julia Child Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Peter Oskar Shapiro | When Liberal Arts Doesn't Mean Liberal Minds: Offering LGBTQ Support to Students on a College Campus Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Maretta Rose Sonn | Project One: Fat Studies Scholarship; Project Two: Girl Scouts of America Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Amy Farrell |
| Caroline Takacs Taylor | Michelle Obama and Representations of First Ladies Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
2013
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Laura May Bartell | Who Are We?: A Critical Analysis of the Family in the Display of Bumper Stickers Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Alexandra Michaell Boorse | Miss America: Constructing the American Ideal of Womanhood Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Annina Darrahville Boyd | Large and Not in Charge: A Critical Analysis of "The Biggest Loser" and U.S. Ideas of Bodily Citizenship Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Melissa Alice Canu | From the 'Dream House' to the White House: Barbie, Femininity, and Power in the United States Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Ashley Ann Davis | Cosmopolitan Magazine: The Male Issue Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Giancarlo Daniel Duffy | Visual Cultures of Internet Islamophobia: Transnational Memes and International Politics Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Perin Gurel |
| Julie Brooke Elias | Radical Laughter?: Bridesmaids and the Limits of Gender Subversion in Film Comedy Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Nasim Fekrat | Visual Cultures of Internet Islamophobia: Transnational Memes and International Politics Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Perin Gurel |
| Samantha Emily Fertel | Challenging Rape Culture: Can Student Activism Effectively Change a College Campus? Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Laura Catherine Garbarino | Alcoholism and Binge Drinking in Hollywood Films Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Sarah Ann Gray | Queer Women Artists and the Implications of the Gaze: Activism, Sexuality, and the Body Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Ivan Gutierrez | Hegemonic Masculinity: Way of Life or Racial Boundary? Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Andrew C Hill | LeBron James & The Infrapolitics of a Working Class Athlete Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Marcy Cara Isaacson | Patriotic Fervor and the Symbol of the American Flag in a Post-9/11 America Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Alexis Ellyn Kuzma | Empowering or Subjugating?: A Feminist Analysis of the Hot Mom Trend Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Emily Bolotin Magida | Sensationalism in Cable Television News: The Blurred Line Between News and Entertainment Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Thomas M Omalley | Chinese Immigration: Chinatown in New York and San Francisco in the Early 1900s Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Brian William Schwartz | The Power of the News Media Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Connor Edwards Sheehan | The Use of Mental Illness to Safeguard Consent in the Extended 1950s (1947-1963) Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Leah A Silver | A Romanticized Reality: The Fallacy of the American Dream for African Americans in the United States Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Alison Loveland Snyder | Deviant Possession: Hoarding and its Participation in Unveiling the Processes of Capitalism, Consumerism and Citizenship Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Mary Kathryn Sullivan | Tanning Temptations in the United States Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Christopher Jacek Szymanski | Forget Fly, I Am Fashion Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Molly Elizabeth Welch | The Dissemination of Fat Discrimination in America Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department |
2012
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Juliani Acosta | Smoke: Redefining Women in the '20s through Cigarette Consumption Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Jonathan Baez | Community vs. Commodity: Gentrification and Resistance in Spanish Harlem Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Caroline Emily Dukmejian | Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em? An Analysis of the Situation Comedy Good Times and African American Representation in the 1970s Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Mary Ann Eggers | Visual Cultures of Internet Islamophobia Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | Perin Gurel |
| Alexandra Brynn Gerstley | The History of Imprisonment in Carlisle Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Melissa Kay Gurdon | Rap Musicians as Organic Intellectuals: Re-Educating America from the 1990's to the Present Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Molly McDonald Heus | The Christian Diet Industry: Sin, Morality, and the Perpetuation of Fat Stigma Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Kaitlyn Anne Hoza | Bringing the Battle Home: The Unseen Wounds of PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Laura Mariel Kassen | Oy Vey: Gertrude Berg and Representations of Jewishness on The Goldbergs Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Kathryn Wittman Mersky | Housewife Culture: A Contemporary Look into the Franchise, the Women, and the Viewer Response of Bravo TV's The Real Housewives Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Jossie Munoz | The Inclusion of Minorities in Higher Education Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| William Tyler Perry | Deconstructing the MLB: Neocolonialist Practices and Latino Baseball Players Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Leah Judith Shafer | A Difference That Makes No Difference: Making Race Not Matter in Postwar America Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | J Cotten Seiler |
| Abigail Robyn Sharaf | Dating, Dining, and Dancing: Popular Social Etiquette on College Campuses During the Great Depression Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| David Torres | Social Networking and Privacy Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Gaven Dajay Trinidad | The Millennium Approaches: Mainstream American Theater's Role in the Normalization of HIV/AIDS and Gay and Lesbian Cultures Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Abigail Israel Tufts | Jewish Whiteness: Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, and Assimilation through Sports Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Katharine Joy Weintraub | 'In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes': Andy Warhol and the Commodification of Celebrity Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department |
2011
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Perrin C Allen | The Shift from American Jazz from Low to High Culture Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Sarah Elizabeth Barr | Manuscript revision project: "Home and Other Myths: A Lexicon of Queer Inhabitation" Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 8 | Laura Grappo |
| Trey Terrell Boone | Representations of Lynching: A Visual Phenomenon Deeply Rooted in American History Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Anthony Michael Bush | Silencing an Exoerience: The Pervasive Notion of No Homo in Hip Hop Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Alyssa Jordan Constad | It's Complicated being Green: The Culture of The Muppets in Postmodernist America Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Kenya Aisha Dyer | Juxtaposition of Natural Disaster and Social Turmoil Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Lucas Truman Garrison | The Reasoning of Rape: How Masculine & Feminine Culture Contribute to the Crisis of Rape Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Helen Kiley Goldstein | Debutante Balls: Perpetuating Female Gender Roles within the Upper Class Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Anisah Khurshid Hashmi | Reclaiming American Islam: The Development of Islamic Feminism in the United States Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Leah Melanie Kaplan | The 1930s Student Movement: A Forgotten History Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Mary Elizabeth Kinman | Digesting Soul: Class Identity and Soul Food in 1940s and 1960s Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Tara Deanne Lieberman | Online Social Networking in the 21st Century: Redefining America's Social Fabric Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Demere Elizabeth Meeker | Unpaid Work: Representations of the 1950's American Housewife Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Aidan Brown O'Shea | Honoring to Control: The Public Memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. & the American Political Right Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Aidan Brown O'Shea | Norwich Humanities, (American studies) Conference: 2010 International Student Research Symposium Supported by: Center for Global Study and Engagement | |
| Amanda Elizabeth Power | Basketball as Choreography Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Timothy William Rahauser | White Power Structures involved in Division I-A College Football Coaching Jobs Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Julia Gray Rosen | Dictated by the Digital: The Dangerous Effects of Digital Manipulation on Women's Body Image Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Michelle Angelina Sanchez | Contemporary Latina Identity Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Jerry Philogene |
| Steven William Seland | The Tohono O'odham & Cultural Revitalization as a Means of Resistance to Colonial Subjugation Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Lindsey Prince Slade | The Demise of Karen Carpenter: A Cultural Analysis of Anorexia Nervosa in the 1970s Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Flosha Tejada | If not "Super[wo]man, then what?" Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Andrew Daniel Wade | Extreme Sports: The Mainstreaming of a Counter Culture Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Elvira Yanez | The Spanglish Dialect in the United States Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department |
2010
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Katharine Victoria Atkins-Pattenson | "How Much Rubber Does a Woman Need to Buy Before She's Been Bought?": Sex Toy Parties in the 21st Century Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Alison Paige Brant | Sex Toys: Accessories for Pleasure and Patriarchy Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Andrew Thomas Ciukurescu | Dear Mr. Fantasy: Fantasy Football and Masculinity in the U.S. Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Remy O'Neill Cook | Hip Hop Response to Hurricane Katrina Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Lonna Malmsheimer |
| Daron Symmes Dey | American Indian History and Memory: Primitive in the Past or Prevailing in the Present? Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Brett D Friedman | Michael Jordan: Nike's Unclassified American Ideal Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Ariel Fuchs | Historical and Contemporary Representations of African American Step Dancing Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Ryan Abel Koons | Localizing the Global: Dickinson's Mosaic Programs Conference: Oral History Association | Kim Rogers,Susan Rose |
| Samara Michele Lampert | Female Strippers: The Power Struggle Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | J Cotten Seiler |
| Tiffany Mane | The Acquisition of an African and an American Identity through Music: Dominican-Americans and Merengue Hip- Hop Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Tyler Hilton Meade | The Interplay of Christian and Capitalist Ethics at Project Share Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Lonna Malmsheimer |
| Clarissa Robinson Moorhead | Life Magazine: A Glimpse of the Definitive Gender Roles in Post World War II America Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Margaret Nicholas-Alexander | Deconstructing Fatness: Poverty and Obesity in America Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Elizabeth S Romano | The Marketing and Construction of The Jamaican Tourism Industry For Middle-Class White Americans Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Amy Farrell |
| Erin Elizabeth Schweinsburg | How the U.S. Fails African-American Students Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Lonna Malmsheimer |
| Gregory Raymond Smart | Bottled Water: Class Signifier in the U.S. Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Damaris Villafana | Looney Tunes and Post-War American Ideology Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Lonna Malmsheimer |
| Wuji Zeng | Chinese Automobility and U.S. Rhetorics of Identicality Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | J Cotten Seiler |
2009
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Frances Bradburd | Caffe Americano: Contextualizing Colonialism, Coffee Consumption and Fair Trade Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Alison Paige Brant | Hush, Hush surrounding what makes us go Oh, Oh Conference: ROWS - Research on Women by Students Supported by: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department | |
| Alyssa K Crowley | The Dove Campaign: An Attempt to Redefine Female Beauty Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Grace Leigh Daniel | Empowering Images: Media Representations of the Female Athlete Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Amanda Lynn Dodson | American Values and the Changing Face of Motherhood: A Case Study of Dickinson College's Child Care Center Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Gregg Shattls Freeburn | My Life Through Your Eyes: Facebook and the Creation of Self Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Alexis Damaris Henry | Can You See Me Now? Cultivating a Better Learning Environment for Students of Color Conference: 2009 Senior Research Symposium Supported by: Academic Affairs | Jerry Philogene |
| Justin Edward Melvin | No Corners Left Behind: An Analysis of The Wire in Comparison to Realistic Events in Baltimore Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
| Eric David Rahauser | Muhammad Ali: The Controversial Life of Today's Most Powerful Sports Icon Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Shaka Mali Tafari | Gordy's Blueprint: An Introspective Look at the Black Entrepreneur Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Christina Torres | 'Composites of Two Worlds': The exploration of Puerto Rican identity formation through the work of Judith Oritz Cofer Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department | |
| Yazmin Monet Watkins | Performance Poetry: Activism Through Spoken Word Conference: American Studies Senior Research Symposium Supported by: American Studies Department |
2008
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Martina Creme-Henry | From Silence to Pink: Deconstructing the Popular Discourse of Breast Cancer Conference: ROWS - Research on Women by Students Supported by: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department | |
| James Yarnall Watson-Krips | The Impact of Automobility on Chinese Society, 1920-Present Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 13 | J Cotten Seiler |
2007
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Martina Creme-Henry | The Politics of Pink: The Real and Imaginary Worlds of Breast Cancer Conference: ROWS - Research on Women by Students Supported by: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department |
2004
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Kemp Mielke | Fat America: A Cultural Study of Stigma, Weight Loss and the Fat Acceptance Movement Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 26 | Amy Farrell |
2003
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Jillian Audrey Smith | Republic of Drivers: Automobility and the Formation of the American Self Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 8 | J Cotten Seiler |
| Rebecca Leigh Spiering | Norton Critical Edition of "O Pioneers!" Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant Number of Weeks: 8 | Sharon O'Brien |
2002
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Elizabeth Huber | No Blame: A Mother/Daughter Story of Teenage Pregnancy and Adoption Conference: The 9th Annual Research on Women by Students Symposium (ROWS) Supported by: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department | Sharon O'Brien |
1992
| Student Name | Project | Faculty/Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| John Edward Costango | Student Co-direction of the Writing Component of the FOCUS program Supported by: A.W. Mellon Foundation Student Faculty Research Endowment Award Number of Weeks: 8 | John Bloom |
