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graduate students
Graduate Students
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Deborah Al-Najjar,
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alkamano@usc.edu
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B.A. English, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor,1987 M.A. English, Wayne State University,1990 |
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Deborah Al-Najjar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. “Around 1991: Per ... [more] |
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Maytha Alhassen,
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alhassen@usc.edu
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BA UC - Los Angeles,09/2004 MA Columbia University Graduate School,05/2008 |
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May received her BA in Political Sciences and Arabic and Islamic Studies, as well as a MA from Columbia University in Socio-Cultural Anthropology in 2 ... [more] |
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Sophia Azeb,
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asophia@usc.edu
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B.A. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York,2008 M.A. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York,2011 |
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Sophia has her BA in African & African American Studies and History from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she also received her MA i ... [more] |
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State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of African & African American Studies, Teaching Assistant/Instructor |
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Crystal Baik,
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cbaik@usc.edu
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BA Williams College,06/2002 M.A., Oral History Columbia University Graduate School,06/2010 |
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Crystal received her B.A. in history/gender studies from Williams College, and her MA in Oral History from Columbia University. Before returning to ... [more] |
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Adam Bush,
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adambush@usc.edu
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M.A. UC - Santa Cruz, B.A. Columbia University,05/2003 |
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Adam Bush has a BA from Columbia University and a MA from UC Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness program. His interests include jazz studies, alter ... [more] |
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Umayyah Cable,
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cable@usc.edu
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B.A. Smith College,2005 |
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Umayyah Cable has a BA in American studies from Smith College where she concentrated on aesthetics and identity in 20th century portrait photography i ... [more] |
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Genevieve Carpio,
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gcarpio@usc.edu
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B.A. Anthropology, Pomona College,05/2005 MA Public Policy, Management and Planning, UC - Los Angeles,06/2007 |
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Genevieve Carpio (B.A., Pomona College; M.A. UCLA; McNair Scholar; Ford Fellow) has done archival and ethnographic research on the forging of public m ... [more] |
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Jolie Chea,
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jchea@usc.edu
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MA UC - Los Angeles, BA UC - Riverside,08/2004 |
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Jih-Fei Cheng,
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jihfeich@usc.edu
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BA UC - San Diego,06/1999 MA UC - Los Angeles,05/2005 |
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Jih-Fei's research interests include the role of sexuality in US-based anti-imperialist social movements, science studies, the advent of nineteenth-ce ... [more] |
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Jih-Fei received his B.A. in Communication with minors in Chinese Studies and Literature from the University of California, San Diego, holds a M.A. in ... [more] |
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Thang Anh Dao,
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thangdao@usc.edu
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B.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, Mount Holyoke College,05/2006 CERT American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies), Mount Holyoke College,05/2006 |
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Thang Dao was born in Vietnam and grew up in Poland and Germany. She received her B.A. in American Studies at Mount Holyoke College. Thang’s scholarly ... [more] |
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Jennifer Declue,
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declue@usc.edu
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MA CSU - Los Angeles, Maste CSU - Los Angeles, BFA Art Center College of Design,04/2002 |
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Jennifer DeClue received a B.F.A in Film from Art Center College of Design and later received an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Cal State Los ... [more] |
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Robert Eap,
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reap@usc.edu
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AA General Studies, City College of San Francisco,07/2002 B.A. Ethnic Studies, UC - San Diego,06/2006 |
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Robert Eap (B.A. UCSD) is poised to do path-breaking study and work within the Cambodian-American community. Working at the intersection of the histor ... [more] |
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Treva Ellison,
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tellison@usc.edu
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MA Univ Illinois Urbana, BA Univ Illinois Urbana,05/2007 |
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Ryan Fukumori,
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fukumori@usc.edu
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BA Ethnic Studies, Columbia University,05/2009 |
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comparative ethnic studies, the history of ethnic studies in higher education, 20th-century U.S. history, Asian American/Latino interactions, Los Ange ... [more] |
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Julienne Gard,
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jgard@usc.edu
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B.A. Geography, University of Southern California,2003 M.A. Geography, California State University, Long Beach,2006 Ph.D. Geography, University of Southern California,2012 |
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Julienne Gard is a Geography PhD candidate. Her research focuses on themes related to health, spatial analysis, and urban environments. Dissertation t ... [more] |
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Jeffrey Govan,
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Kiana Green,
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kianagre@usc.edu
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Ph.D. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, PhD English, USC, B.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, Williams College,06/2007 |
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Kai M. Green is a poet, performer, musician, and filmmaker dedicated
to bringing the stories of the oppressed to forefront through their art and scho ... [more] |
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Christina Heatherton,
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heathert@usc.edu
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B.A. UC - Berkeley ,05/2004 |
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My study resituates the Mexican Revolution as a key site of global radicalism. It traces networks of radical internationalism that developed in and th ... [more] |
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Christina Heatherton is a fourth year doctoral student in USC's Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. Her dissertation traces early 20th centu ... [more] |
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Baruch College, City University of New York, Instructor |
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Jesus Hernandez,
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jesusjhe@usc.edu
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B.A. Ethnic Studies, Brown University,05/2003 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,05/2007 |
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Jesús Hernández is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. He received his B.A. in Ethnic Studies from Br ... [more] |
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Deviant Diasporas: Illegitimacy, Exile, and U.S. Cuban Cultural Politics |
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Louisa Holmes,
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lmholmes@usc.edu
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BA Seattle Univ, MPP Univ Mass - Boston, BA/BA Seattle Univ,12/1999 |
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Oh Seok Kim,
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ohseok@usc.edu
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B.A. Korea University,2005 B.S. Korea University,2005 M.A. Clark University,2008 Ph.D. Candidate Geography, University of Southern California,2013 |
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Nisha Kunte,
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kunte@usc.edu
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B.A. Columbia University,2002 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,2006 |
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Nisha Kunte is currently a doctoral candidate in American Studies and Ethnicity. She received her B.A. in Asian American Studies from Columbia Univers ... [more] |
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Narrative Incorporations: Negotiating Self, Other and Difference through the Organ Transplant |
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Su Jin Lee,
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sujinlee@usc.edu
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B.S. Hanyang Univ.,02/2000 M.S. Hanyang Univ.,02/2003 |
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Priscilla Leiva,
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pleiva@usc.edu
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BA Yale University,05/2007 |
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My research approaches stadiums as archives of social, cultural and political memory. More specifically, this research seeks to historicize stadiums ... [more] |
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Evan Lue,
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elue@usc.edu
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Master UC - Santa Barbara, MS UC - Santa Barbara, BS UC - Berkeley,05/2005 |
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Sharon Luk,
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sharonlu@usc.edu
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B.A. Brown University,2001 M.A. UC - Los Angeles,2006 |
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Sharon is from San Francisco and received B.A. degrees in Comparative Literature and Ethnic Studies from Brown University. She completed her M.A. in E ... [more] |
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Alvaro Marquez,
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admarque@usc.edu
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BA Brown University, B.A. Brown University,2003 |
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Anjali Nath,
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anjalina@usc.edu
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B.A. Anthropology, UCLA, M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies), UCLA, |
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Anjali Nath is a doctoral candidate in American Studies and Ethnicity with a designated emphasis on Visual Culture. Her areas of interest include cul ... [more] |
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Jacob Peters,
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jjpeters@usc.edu
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B.A. Univ Minnesota Minneapolis ,05/2002 |
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Jacob J. Peters is a doctoral candidate in the department of Geography. He received a B.A. with honors from the University of Minnesota’s Individual ... [more] |
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Jessi Quizar,
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quizar@usc.edu
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BA Colorado College,05/2001 MA UC - Santa Barbara,09/2006 |
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Jessi is currently doing research on food sovereignty, urban agriculture, and resistance to capitalism in communities of color. She is particularly i ... [more] |
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Nic Ramos,
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nicjohnr@usc.edu
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B.A. American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies), University of California, Irvine,2004 B.A. Political Science, University of California, Irvine,2004 |
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Nic Ramos' research looks critically at the rise of the American hospital system and emergency room in the twentieth century.
He is currently inte ... [more] |
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Emily Raymundo,
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eraymund@usc.edu
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BA Middlebury College,05/2010 |
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Queer studies, Asian American studies, American literature, narrative theory, new media, Internet culture |
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Emily received her BA from Middlebury College in 2010, where she studied English and American Literatures, with a concentration in Creative Writing. A ... [more] |
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Anthony Rodriguez,
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abrodrig@usc.edu
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B.A. American Studies and Ethnicity (African American Studies), Brown University,05/2006 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,05/2009 |
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Anthony Bayani Rodriguez's dissertation examines the critical cultural production of three decolonizing intellectuals of the late 20th and early 21st ... [more] |
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Anthony Bayani Rodriguez received his bachelor's degree from Brown University with concentrations in Africana Studies and Modern Culture & Media. He ... [more] |
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Orlando Serrano,
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oserrano@usc.edu
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B.A. Philosophy, Point Loma Nazarene University,05/2001 M.A. California State University Fullerton,06/2006 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,06/2009 |
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“Colonial Brews: Café and Power in the Américas” examines coffee trade in the Américas generally, and a coffee commodity chain between the U.S. and Ni ... [more] |
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Orlando R. Serrano, Jr. is a doctoral candidate in the department of American Studies & Ethnicity (ASE) and Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sci ... [more] |
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University of Southern California, Research Assistant, Laura Pulido |
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Sriya Shrestha,
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sshresth@usc.edu
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BA New York University, MA Univ Mich Dearborn, |
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Sriya Shrestha received a BA in Gender and Sexuality studies and Metropolitan studies from New York University. She received an MA in liberal studies ... [more] |
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Tanseem Siddiqui,
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tsiddiqu@usc.edu
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B.A. Anthropology, UC - Irvine,09/2005 M.S. Anthropology, London School of Econ and Pol Sci,10/2006 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,12/2010 |
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Margarita Smith,
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margaris@usc.edu
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B.A. Univ Oregon, |
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Margarita Smith completed her B.A. in Ethnic Studies from University of Oregon. As a McNair Scholar Ms. Smith investigated the emergence of the " ... [more] |
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Micaela Smith,
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micaelas@usc.edu
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B.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of California, San Diego,2003 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,2006 |
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Micaela Alicia Smith received her B.A. with Honors in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego in 2003.
As a 2010-2011 Mellon Dissertation Fellow at the ... [more] |
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Anthony Sparks,
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sparksa@usc.edu
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BFA Theatre, University of Southern California, M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, |
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Stephanie Sparling,
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smsparli@usc.edu
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BA Univ Colorado Boulder, BA Ethnic Studies, Univ Colorado Boulder,2010 |
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As a scholar/artist, Stephanie is drawn to work in the visual semiotics of people of African descent, especially women. More specifically, she aims to ... [more] |
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David Stein,
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davidpst@usc.edu
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B.A. Black Studies, Sociology, Wesleyan University,2006 M.A. African American Studies, American Studies, Yale University,2010 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,2010 |
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Black Studies, Working Class and Labor History, 20th Century US History, Social Movements, Environmental Justice, Growth and Abolition of the Prison I ... [more] |
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Gretel Vera Rosas,
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verarosa@usc.edu
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B.A. UC - Santa Cruz,2004 M.A. American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California,2008 |
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Gretel H. Vera-Rosas is a Ph.D. Candidate in American Studies & Ethnicity. Originally from Mexico City, she migrated to Los Angeles in the early 1990 ... [more] |
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Yushi Yamazaki,
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yushiyam@usc.edu
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B.A. Kyoto Univ.,03/2005 M.A. Kyoto Univ.,03/2007 |
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Yushi Yamazaki (B.A., Kyoto University; M.A., Kyoto University) comes to USC on a Fulbright Scholarship. He works on the African diaspora and its rela ... [more] |
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Jessica Young,
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jessicey@usc.edu
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BA Vassar College,05/2005 M.P.S. Cornell Univ,05/2009 |
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Jessica's research interests include black English, humor, sport, James Baldwin, and contemporary black music/dance/drug culture(s) in the Americas. |
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Jessica Young is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and came to the Department of American Studies & Ethnicity in 2010. Prior to enrolling at USC ... [more] |
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