American Studies
Beering Hall, Room 1289
100 North University St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 496-9629
dkgraham@purdue.edu
Recent Graduates
- Shawn E. Bennion, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professor Susan Curtis)
- Sherrema A. Bower, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professors Susan Curtis and Valentine Moghadam)
- Michelle E. Carreon, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professor Richard Hogan)
- Alexandra Hill, Master of Arts, December 2008. (Professors Christhoper Lukasik and Kristina Bross)
- Jay Hopler, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2010. Dissertation: "Designated Hitters: The Contract Killer in Twentieth-Century American Short Fiction." (Professor Robert Lamb)
- Arslan Jumaniyazov, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professor Bill Mullen)
- Andrew K. Koch, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2008. Dissertation: "Rage Against the Machine: The University-Military-Industrial Complex and Contemporary American Culture and Democracy." (Professor A.G. Rud)
- Heidi R. Lewis, Doctor of Philosophy, August 2011. Dissertation: "'She still missed her daddy sometimes': Black Women's Post-Civil Rights Father-Daughter Narratives." (Professor Venetria K. Patton)
- Jennifer M. Lindquist, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professor Bill Mullen)
- Kera N. Lovell, Master of Arts, May 2011. (Professors Nancy Gabin and Susan Curtis)
- Megan L. MacDonald, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2009. Dissertation: "Indigenous American Two Spirit Women and Urban Citizenship in the Late Twentieth Century." (Professor Susan Curtis)
- Carlos Macias Prieto, Master of Arts, May 2011. (Professors Charles Cutter and Susan Curtis)
- Heather C. Moore, Master of Arts, May 2010. (Professor Bill Mullen)
- Rachel M. Smederovac, Master of Arts, May 2010. (Professor Richard Hogan)
- Karen N. Salt, Doctor of Philosophy, May 2011. Dissertation: "The Haitian Question." (Professor P. Ryan Schneider)
- Kevin J. Smith, Master of Arts, May 2008. (Professors Bill Mullen and Susan Curtis)
- Jeffrey Spanke, Master of Arts, May 2008. (Professor P. Ryan Schneider)
- Courtney Thompson, Doctor of Philosophy, May 2011. Dissertation: "Capturing Democracy: Black Women Activists & the Struggle for Equal Rights, 1920s-1970s." (Professor Venetria Patton)
- Jae Truesdell, Master of Arts, May 2009. (Professor Evie Blackwood)
- Erik C. Wade, Doctor of Philosophy, August 2011. Dissertation: "Constituting Whiteness: The National Horse Thief Detective Association & Racial Mores in Indiana, 1850-1930." (Professor Susan Curtis)
- Brett M. Werenski, Master of Arts, May 2010. (Professor John Duvall)
- Jeanine Wood, Master of Arts, May 2008. (Professor Susan Curtis)
- Annagul Yaryeva, Master of Arts, May 2011. (Professor Nathalia Jaramillo)