The 2018 Southern Foodways Alliance Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to recently retired American Studies professor, Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris. Marcie Cohen Ferris, a native of Blytheville, Arkansas, who has done transformative work at the Museum of … Read more

Congratulations to AMST Student, Elijah Gaddis, who received the GEAB Impact Award for his work on digital community history projects “Digital Loray,” and “Locating Lynching.” Read more here.

Sara Camp Milam (Folklore MA ’12) was recently honored by Southern Living magazine as one of many “Innovators Changing the South.” Milam, the managing editor for the Southern Foodways Alliance, was spotlighted for her work on the SFA’s quarterly, Gravy. … Read more

Emily Wallace (Folklore MA ’12) was recently named a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award in Humor for her essay, “Ham to Ham Combat: The Tale of Two Smithfields,” published in the Southern Foodway Alliance’s Gravy quarterly, fall 2015. … Read more

Dr. Michelle Robinson, Assistant Professor of American Studies, has received the prestigious Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The University Committee on Teaching Awards selects instructors who “promote the value of undergraduate teaching by example; demonstrate concern for students through interaction and … Read more

Professor Emerita Joy Kasson has received the UNC General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award in recognition of outstanding service for the University. The Carolina Alumni Review wrote comprehensively of Dr. Kasson’s many achievements and pioneering vision for American Studies at … Read more

Second-year Ph.D. Student, Kimber Thomas, was recently awarded the second annual Luther Brown Prize for her paper and presentation, “Black Characterization in the Southern Soul-Blues,” at the International Conference on the Blues hosted by Delta State University in October. The … Read more

Dr. Bill Andrews, esteemed Americanist colleague in the English Department, with an adjunct appointment in American Studies, has been honored with UNC’s Thomas Jefferson Award, presented annually to “that member of the academic community who through personal influence and performance … Read more

Ellen Saunders Duncan is one of several American Studies undergraduate students to receive a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the Office of Undergraduate Research for Summer 2015. Duncan’s project, “The Human Ecology of Honeybees” is focused on documenting the … Read more