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Illuminating untold stories about the American South

May 12, 2023

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in May, senior Sophie Hass will attend Columbia University to study historic preservation through a storytelling lens and a focus on the American South. Click Here to Read the Article

Undergraduate Spotlight: Fields Utz

May 9, 2023

We caught up with AMST/FOLK senior Fields Utz, who recently completed a senior honors thesis titled “Beyond the Rainbow Cake: Queer Food as Care: An Ethnographic Exploration of The Intersections Between Queerness, Food, And Identity.”

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