Elizabeth Ault defended her dissertation, "Take Responsibility for Your Good Times: Black Sitcoms, Citizenship, and the Reinvention of Government 1972-1985." She has accepted a position as Editorial Associate to the Director of Duke University Press, which will begin in June.
Emily Smith Beitiks defended her dissertation "Building the Normal Body: Disability and the Techno-Makeover."
We are pleased to announce the incoming graduate cohort for 2012. We look forward to having Amber Annis, Sarah Atwood, Kong Pha, and Robert Smith III joining us in the fall.
Continue reading Welcome Fall 2012 Cohort.
Current graduate student, Jasmine Kar Tang, is a dance collaborator and dramaturg for Annicha Arts who will be premiering In Habit: Living Patterns at the Northern Spark Festival this summer. The free performances will be June 7-9, 2012 and will take place outdoors in the Minneapolis St. Anthony neighborhood. Click here for more info.
Current Graduate Student Tom Sarmiento was awarded a 2011-12 Schochet GLBT Studies Award for Excellence in Creativity & Scholarship in the category of Best Graduate Academic Paper for his conference paper "The Empire Sings Back: Glee's Queer Materialization of Filipina/o America."
