Category Archives: Alumni achievements

Congrats to ACS Alum, Dr. Roberts!

Congratulations to ACS alum Dr. Chadwick Roberts who is the 2014 recipient of the Janet Mason Ellerby Women’s and Gender Studies Scholarly Award. Dr. Roberts is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at University of North Carolina Wilmington. … Continue reading

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ACS Alumni Accomplishments!

Congratulations to ACS graduate alumni Nate Micinski on his new job as Development Coordinator for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society!

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ACS Alumni Accomplishments!

Congratulations to ACS alumni, Dr. Debbie Ribera, who will begin as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Division of Special Education and Counseling in the Charter College of Education at California State University, Los Angeles this coming Fall! It is … Continue reading

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Filipino American Patriotism: A Radio Interview with ACS PhD, April Manalang

“Filipino American Patriotism,” on “With Good Reason,” a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. In this radio interview Dr. April Manalang briefly discuss the relationship between religion and military service and its impact on citizenship: http://withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/predicting-war/?t=00:13:00

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Chris Lezotte: ACS Ph.D, authority on women and cars

Chris Lezotte was recently quoted in the Bend Bulletin about women and their cars.

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Lunch with ACS Ph.D Joyce Barry: Standing Our Ground

Come and have lunch next Tuesday, April 21 with Joyce Barry. Lunch will be provided by ACS, and if you can only come for part of that time, that’s fine. Joyce Barry earned her Ph.D. in American Culture Studies at … Continue reading

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BGSU Conference: Electric Guitar in Popular Culture, March 27-28

The electric guitar will be the rock star at the “Electric Guitar in Popular Culture” conference at BGSU March 27-28.

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ACS Ph.D Alum: Mark Bernard’s new book on the Splat Pack

  Our own Mark Bernard published Selling the Splat Pack: The DVD Revolution and American Horror Film this summer.  Mark’s book includes an overview of the history of the American horror film from an industry studies perspective, analyses how the DVD … Continue reading

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New Book from ACS Alum Matthew Barbee

Matt Barbee’s book is out. Race and Masculinity in Southern Memory: History of Richmond, Virginia’s Monument Avenue, 1948–1996 was published by Rowan & Littlefield, and is available at all the usual (and maybe some unusual?) places.

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ACS Ph.D Christina Gerken’s New Book: Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens

ACS Ph.D Christina Gerken (2007) is the author of Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens: The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s, just released by the University of Minnesota Press. The book examines the changing debates around immigration that surrounded … Continue reading

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Peace Has No Borders: ACS Ph.D alumnus, filmmaker Denis Mueller on campus

BGSU ACS alumnus and documentary filmmaker Denis Mueller (Howard Zinn: “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train”) will be hosting a pre-screening of his newest film, “Peace Has No Borders,” on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. in the Union Theatre (room … Continue reading

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ACS Alumnus Randall Norris at BGSU 10/15-10/16

ACS alumnus Randall Norris will be meeting with ACS graduate students and speaking at BGSU.

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ACS Ph.D Alumnus Geoff Lealand to Give Brown Bag Talk

ACS is pleased to welcome American Culture Studies PhD Program Alumnus Geoff Lealand ’86 for a Brown Bag Lunch Presentation.  Geoff  is Screen and Media Studies Associate Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand will present “In Love With Shirley Temple:  Cultural Memory, … Continue reading

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BGSU Hosts Heavy Metal Conference

On April 4-7, BGSU hosted the International Conference on Heavy Metal and Popular Culture, featuring scholars and attendees from around the world.  It was organized by BGSU Popular Culture faculty member and ACS-affiliated Jeremy Wallach, and featured a performance by … Continue reading

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