American Culture Studies

The School of Cultural and Critical Studies was happy to see Dr. Emily Edwards, American Culture Studies PhD alum, reconnect with her dissertation chair Dr. Radhika Gajjala and department chair Dr. Rebecca Kinney.

Emily visited BGSU on Thursday and Friday to talk with current students about her recent publication and answer questions about the current academic job market.

Swifties are in luck, as BGSU welcomes Taylor Swift and fandom culture in a new summer course offering.
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Digital Islamophobia The rise of far-right communities on digital platforms is a global crisis. Digital Islamophobia tracks far-right groups where they are a virtual and vicious threat, exploring how these networks grow, develop, and circulate Islamophobic hate-speech on Twitter. Reconstructing this media ecosystem, Dig...

American Culture Studies PhD alum Emily Lynell Edwards’ book, 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈 𝘍𝘢𝘳-𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, is coming out this month with De Gruyter.

Edwards, an associate professor at St. Francis College, completed her PhD in the Fall of 2021 at BGSU. The book, based on her dissertation research, examines how far-right groups develop as online communities that circulate Islamophobic hate-speech. Edwards thanks Dr. Radhika Gajjala and Dr. Timothy Messer-Kruse, her chair and committee member respectively, as well as all the department faculty and staff who supported her work.

“Without the my experience in the ACS program I wouldn’t have been able to carry out an interdisciplinary and data-driven project like this.”

Digital Islamophobia The rise of far-right communities on digital platforms is a global crisis. Digital Islamophobia tracks far-right groups where they are a virtual and vicious threat, exploring how these networks grow, develop, and circulate Islamophobic hate-speech on Twitter. Reconstructing this media ecosystem, Dig...

Congratulations to all the ACS students who participated in the Shanklin Colloquium and were nominated for Graduate Student Senate Awards yesterday.

Rene Ayala received the award for Outstanding Research Assistant II and Judy Clemens-Smucker received the 2nd Place Charles E. Shanklin Award for Research Excellence in the area of Arts and Humanities!

Picture description: (1) Rene Ayala and Judy Clemens-Smucker stand in front of podium bearing the BGSU crest each holding their framed award. (2) Slide with the following text: "Charles E. Shanklin Awards for Research Excellence: Arts and Humanities/2nd Place: Judith Clemens-Smucker (American Culture Studies)/Title: "Smiling No Matter What: Analyzing the Suppressed Rage of Jocelyn Schitt in the Sitcom Schitt's Creek." (3) Slide with the following text: 2022-2023 Outstanding Research Assistant 2/Rene Ayala (American Culture Studies)

TOMORROW: Hip-Hop session drummer Keith LeBlanc will join us as a guest speaker on Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 PM, in the Pallister Room at the Jerome Library. Dr. Matt Donahue will interview him about his work. Join us!

Congratulations to ACS grad Taylar Dawn Stagner for the publication of her work in High Country News! Check it out here: https://loom.ly/Pz5iraI

Jackson as a safe haven in ‘The Last of Us’ is science fiction Only the extremely wealthy might survive the Apocalypse in today’s western Wyoming town.

Culture Club invites you to a talk with Dr. Kimberly Stanley on Thursday, March 30, from 1-2 PM in Shatzel Hall 242. Dr. Stanley will present "Behind Every Good Man," about the ways Black women aided in constructing idealized forms of Black masculinity. Light refreshments will be provided.

TOMORROW: CCS Grad Student Coffee Talk: Creating Cover Letters
Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 12:00-1:30PM | East Hall 103
Last day to sign up for the Cover Letter Workshop with Jolie Sheffer! Register by 5:00 pm today by emailing Beka or [email protected].
-Hear insights from the hiring committee perspective
-Learn how to tailor your cover letter “to the position ad”
-Collaborate on your cover letter draft

ACLS Opens 2023 Leading Edge Fellowship Competition for Recent PhDs Committed to Social Justice

Applicants must have a PhD that was/will be formally conferred by their university between September 1, 2018, and September 1, 2023. Applicants scheduled to graduate in Spring or Summer 2023 must be prepared to verify, with confirmation from their dissertation advisor or department chair, satisfactory progress towards degree conferral before September 2023. Applicants who do not have PhD in hand by September 1, 2023, will not be able to take up the fellowship.

More criteria for eligibility is on the website: https://loom.ly/OWzMYqQ