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Coffee Chat: Dr. Jordan Lovejoy Visiting Professor of American Studies and ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow

02/28/23
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UNC Folklore MA Alum Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler Receives 2022 Women’s and Independent Folklorists’ Sections Annual Meeting Award

02/17/23
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Read about Recent American Studies BA Graduate Alice Bennett’s Journey at UNC

02/17/23
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UNC Folklore MA Alum Iryna Voloshyna Awarded the Inaugural American Folklore Society Presidential Award

02/17/23
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Read about American Studies PhD Student Marissa Carmi’s Academic and Advocacy Work on the UNC Campus

02/17/23
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Read about UNC American Studies Major Britney Hong’s Oral History Project with Southeast Asian American Writers in North Carolina

02/17/23
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Department Chair Patricia Sawin Made a Fellow of the American Folklore Society

02/17/23
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Coffee Chat: Dr. Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology

01/25/23
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Department of American Studies Graduate Mock Job Talks: Katelyn Campbell, November 18, 2022

11/03/22
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Department of American Studies Graduate Mock Job Talks: John Bechtold, November 8, 2022

11/03/22
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