Dissertations and M.A. Theses in American Studies

MA theses in American Studies:

2007

• Anthony Kolenic III, (Re)making sacred ground: American national memory and the memorialization of 9/11.
  Director: Ann Larabee
• Denise Blair Leach, In Place of Memory: Museums and Historic Resources as
  Distinct Place Types.
  Director: Kristine Morrissey

2006

2005

• Yael Epstein, European Jewish refugee chemists in the United States: Adjustment, achievements and Jewish identity.
  Director: Kenneth Waltzer
• Charlotte Louise Quinney, Wisconsin Death Trip: An excursion into the Midwestern Gothic
  Director: Gary Hoppenstand
• Reina Tanaka, United States occupation and recontextualization of American culture in Japan: Japanization of Tokya Disneyland.
  Director: Ann Larabee

2004

• Puspa Lal Damai, Narratives of the uncanny: A study of Asian/American fiction.
  Director: David Stowe

2003

• Joseph Richard Hardwick, The colony in the radical mind: Settlement patterns, the Chartist Land Plan and the American West, 1790—1850.
  Director: Edward Watts
• Todd William Wahlstrom, Defeated and colonized: The psychology of the planter and ex-Confederate class in the postwar South.
  Director: Robert F. Bonner

2002

2001

2000

• Mark Krasovich, Poverty and culture: Postwar affluence and the origins of Head Start.
  Director: David T. Bailey

1999

• Juan Antonio Sanchez, The Portrayal of the Chicago Experience in the Novels of Alejandro Morales.
• Joshua Carter Woodfork, (Dis)claiming whiteness: Homer Plessy, Tiger Woods, and racially transformed parents.

1998

• Mary Alice Gebhart, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: Building a lesbian community.

1997

1996

• Emi Minemura, Asian Pacific Islander lesbian and bisexual women in North America: Activism and politics.

1995

1994

• Fred J. Mayer, The jazz process: Brass bands to swing bands. Music in Detroit, 1850-1930. Director: Harry Reed