Category Archives: Ph.D Program

Surviving the Academic Job Interview

Posted on November 3, 2015 by jmurphy

Don’t forget tomorrow is the Professional Development Series on how to survive the academic job interview! Surviving the Academic Job Interview Workshop facilitated by Dr. Susana Peña, Director of the School of Cultural and Critical Studies, Monday, November 17th, 4:00 – 5:20 … Continue reading →

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Graduate Student Internship Opportunity

Posted on November 3, 2015 by jmurphy

GRAD STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY Interested in helping a BGSU alumna launch a blog? If so, please contact Dr. Cynthia Mahaffey at mahaffc@bgsu.edu.

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Critical Identity Studies

Posted on November 3, 2015 by jmurphy

  For those of you on the job market, a Tenure-Track Assistant position in Critical Identity Studies has been announced at Beloit College.   I apologize for all the “>” but I had to copy and past it from my … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 15, 2015 by A. Schocket

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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ACS Ph.D student JoAnna Murphy: “Be Ashamed, Be Very Ashamed: Responses to Fat Shaming”

Posted on October 28, 2014 by A. Schocket

Brown Bag Series at the BGSU Women’s Center “Be Ashamed, Be Very Ashamed: Responses to Fat Shaming,” featuring JoAnna Murphy, doctoral student in American Culture Studies. This presentation will be held from 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in 107 Hanna Hall. … Continue reading →

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Professional Development: Your Thesis/Dissertation Committee: Strategies for Success

Posted on October 28, 2014 by A. Schocket

Workshop facilitated by Dr. Jolie Sheffer, Associate Professor of English and American Culture Studies Monday, November 10th 4:00 – 5:20 pm Where: 314 BTSU

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Fire & Light – Reporting in from the 2014 National Storytelling Conference (10/24, 1PM)

Posted on October 13, 2014 by A. Schocket

Please come join us on Friday, Oct. 24 at 1PM in 103 East Hall for Fire & Light – Reporting in from the 2014 National Storytelling Conference Csenge Zalka (ACS Ph.D student) Through receiving the Alma Payne Summer Scholarship, Csenga … Continue reading →

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Exploring Various Career Paths with Graduate Degrees

Posted on October 1, 2014 by A. Schocket

The next installation of the CCS graduate professional development series will take place next Monday, October 13th, 4:00 – 5:20 pm, 107 Hanna Hall, Women’s Center, BGSU Exploring Various Career Paths with Graduate Degrees Are you completing an M.A. or Ph.D. in … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 2, 2014 by A. Schocket

  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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ACS Ph.D Student, Affiliated Faculty Member Publish on Augmented Reality App

Posted on March 18, 2014 by A. Schocket

ACS Ph.D student Chris Wagenheim and ACS-affiliated faculty member Ted Rippey, in cooperation with CS faculty member Joe Chao and CS MA student Tanxin Du, have published a paper on an augmented reality app they’re developing.  Here it is.

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Dissertation defense: Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw, 2/28 1:00PM

Posted on February 26, 2014 by A. Schocket

Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw will be defending her dissertation, “The Impact of Race on Perceptions of Authenticity in the Delivery and Reception of African American Gospel Music, Friday, Feb. 28, 1:00PM in the East Hall Conference Room.

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2014 Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies

Posted on February 17, 2014 by A. Schocket

The Culture Club: Cultural Studies Scholars’ Association and the Popular Culture Scholars Association are proud to present the 2014 Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, “Clash and Convergence: Explorations of Culture in an Age of Uncertainty,” being held February … Continue reading →

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New Book from ACS Alum Matthew Barbee

Posted on January 23, 2014 by A. Schocket

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 Students Curate Digital Galleries

Posted on December 16, 2013 by A. Schocket

From BGSU’s Zoom News: Graduate students in Dr. Jolie Sheffer’s interdisciplinary American Literary Realisms class are drawing on a rich trove of information and images that deepen their understanding of the pivotal historical time period they are studying, 1880-1940. Class … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 1, 2013 by A. Schocket

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

Posted on October 14, 2013 by A. Schocket

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

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Summer Graduation

Posted on August 15, 2013 by A. Schocket

Five ACS Ph.D students graduated this August: Angie Fitzpatrick, Cassandra Jones, An Tuan Nguyen, Christian Remse,  and Sudipto Sanyal.  Here’s a picture from graduation.

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ACS Ph.D An Nguyen Profiled in Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune

Posted on August 7, 2013 by A. Schocket

Read about An Nguyen, who is graduating this Saturday morning, in today’s Sentinel-Tribune: “Fulbright Scholar Escapes Vietnam Poverty to Earn Doctorate at BGSU.” An’s on the front page!  

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A pretty good year for ACS Ph.D’s

Posted on July 9, 2013 by A. Schocket

Over the past year, the following students have earned Ph.D’s in ACS at BGSU: Kelly MacDonald Weeks – August 2012-  Parrotheads, Cheeseburgers, and Paradise: Adult Music Fandom and Fan Practices Bryan McGeary – December 2012-  Houses, Hot Dogs, and ‘Hoods: … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Defense: Sudipto Sanyal

Posted on April 16, 2013 by A. Schocket

Deep Sanyal will be defending his dissertation, titled “An Uncertain Poetics of the Intoxicated Narrative: Drugs, Detection, Denouement,” 9AM, April 29 in East Hall 103.

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