Posted on 07/26/10
Here are the instructions for applying to the MA in American Studies Program. The next admission deadline is October 1, 2010, for entering in the spring semester.
Please call Cherie Miller at 678-797-2504 or email: cmille72@kennesaw.edu for more information.
Posted on 07/21/10
To facilitate your scheduling, please find the two year course schedule here:
Posted on 06/17/10
MA in American Studies
GRA POSITION DESCRIPTIONS, 2010-11
Gullah Culture and History Research Project - Dr. Jesse Benjamin
This phase of the project is intended to manifest in a year-long KSU program of events on and involving Gullah culture, history, and people. This will include guest speakers, films, book clubs, art exhibits, culture demonstrations and other activities.
The Graduate Research Assistant will:
• Conduct library and web research, inter‐library loan procurements of materials, identify relevant documentaries, and communicate with area museums and archives to identify additional materials.
• Develop comprehensive bibliographies of the subject, identifying researchers in this area as well as books, articles, films, and archives relevant to Gullah culture.
• Meet with the faculty advisor would be on a regular basis to allow sharing of materials learned from the reading and analysis of the literature.
• Prepare bibliographies, annotations, and formatting for distribution on the AADS Website, possibly the MAST and AMST websites, if relevant, as well as to specialized academic and cultural websites to be determined.
Field trips to coastal Georgia would be possible, but not required.
This position is for fall 2010 and spring 2011 and carries a $3000/semester stipend and a tuition waiver for 6 to 9 credit hours for fall and spring semesters. Only MA in American Studies students are eligible for this position. Other GRA policies are available at http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/research_assistantships.shtml. To apply, complete and then print the online application form found at http://www.jobs.kennesaw.edu. Then, send (1) the application, (2) a cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position, and (3) a current resume to Cherie Miller (cmille72@kennesaw.edu) by 12 noon, June 25th. You may be contacted to interview for the position. Applicants will be notified of hiring decision the week of July 12th.
Poe & 20th Century Spanish Fiction - Dr. Emron Esplin
This project is a comparative analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s literary relationship with three important twentieth-century writers from the Río de la Plata region of South America—Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, and Julio Cortázar. The project sets out to not only trace Poe’s influence on these authors, but more importantly, to demonstrate how Quiroga, Borges, and Cortázar influence Poe by serving as the primary filters through which Poe is read and understood in the Río de la Plata region and throughout Spanish America in the twentieth century.
The Graduate Research Assistant will:
• Conduct broad and specific searches (e.g. MLA Bibliography, JSTOR, Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism, etc.) for relevant titles dealing with Horacio Quiroga’s fiction, his literary criticism, and his relationship with Poe.
• Conduct research via the websites of several Río de la Plata region newspapers (e.g. La Nación) for past and contemporary articles on Poe and/or Quiroga.
• Order via Interlibrary Loan any titles found in the searches above plus material whose bibliographical information I find during my upcoming research trips in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011; making photocopies of relevant sources; creating a document that keeps a running tally of all articles, books, and other sources we find, order, and copy during the project.
• Run citation checks on and copy edit 2-3 articles and a lengthy annotated bibliography that are parts of the project.
This position is for fall 2010 and spring 2011 and carries a $3000/semester stipend and a tuition waiver for 6 to 9 credit hours for fall and spring semesters. Only MA in American Studies students are eligible for this position. Other GRA policies are available at http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/research_assistantships.shtml. To apply, complete and then print the online application form found at http://www.jobs.kennesaw.edu. Then, send (1) the application, (2) a cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position, and (3) a current resume to Cherie Miller (cmille72@kennesaw.edu) by 12 noon, June 25th. You may be contacted to interview for the position. Applicants will be notified of hiring decision the week of July 12th.
South to a Queer Place (Book Project) - Dr. Ugena Whitlock
South to a Queer Place is a collection of essays exploring gender, race, class, place, and sexuality. It is currently under contract in the Landscapes of Education Series with Information Age Publishing. This collection, when completed, will be appropriate to use in a variety of American Studies courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Graduate Research Assistant will:
• Create and send emails for communications with project contributors.
• Assemble essay submissions.
• Forward essays to developmental editors.
• Assist in organizing submissions based on content, style, theme, etc., for the collection.
• Proofread essays for usage and mechanics.
• Order via Interlibrary Loan any titles found in the searches above plus research current scholarship on gender, race, class, place and sexuality
• Make photocopies of relevant sources, creating a document that keeps a running tally of all articles, books, and other sources we find, order, and copy during the project.
• Read and offer feedback to project coordinator regarding content of submissions.
• Prepare a description of the project for publication on the American Studies website.
This position is for fall 2010 and spring 2011 and carries a $3000/semester stipend and a tuition waiver for 6 to 9 credit hours for fall and spring semesters. Only MA in American Studies students are eligible for this position. Other GRA policies are available at http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/research_assistantships.shtml. To apply, complete and then print the online application form found at http://www.jobs.kennesaw.edu. Then, send (1) the application, (2) a cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position, and (3) a current resume to Cherie Miller (cmille72@kennesaw.edu) by 12 noon, June 25th. You may be contacted to interview for the position. Applicants will be notified of hiring decision the week of July 12th.
MAST Program Office
Kennesaw State University
Social Science Building, Suite 2015
Kennesaw, GA 30144
678-797-2504 – http://amst.kennesaw.edu
Posted on 06/17/10
College of Humanities and Social Services
Award Winners – 2010-2011
Elizabeth Giddens Abstract: Environmental Book Project
This project explores the uses and consequences of metaphors of growth in the context of the rhetoric surrounding the establishment, development, and maintenance of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since the beginning of the twentieth century. Growth is both a key term and a concept to human society and to efforts to protect the natural world; however, the metaphor is often employed to ends that do not support the sustainability of natural resources or even of local communities. Because the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on settled land that had to be purchased by state governments and because it is one of the most diverse ecosystems of the US as well as the most visited park in the country, it provides an excellent example of how and why growth metaphors are complex, intertwined, and key to preserving the environment. The project follows a critical methodology, pioneered by preeminent ecocritics, of examining the ways in which growth is encoded in important literary, rhetorical and historical texts. The work outlined in this proposal begins a book-length study that builds on my recently published scholarship; my teaching focus in environmental writing and rhetoric; and my participant in KSU’s environmental studies program and in the university’s Going Public leadership development program, which begins in the 2010 spring semester. The proposal requests support for travel to archives in libraries in North Carolina and Tennessee, travel to an important international conference on the relationship between environmental and cultural change, and a course release for fall 2010 to allow for sufficient time to research and write two articles and/or book chapters and a book proposal, and to explore subsequent external support for the project.
LeeAnn Lands Abstract: The Peoplestown Documentation Project
The Peoplestown Documentation Project is devoted to studying and interpreting the history and evolution of the Peoplestown neighborhood (central Atlanta) and its community-based organizations as centers of resident empowerment within the context of the social and cultural history of the area and Atlanta since 1960. Phase I (2010-11) will focus on:
1. The collection of oral histories of residents and others involved in community development, and
2. The creation of a website that will be designed, built, and uploaded with transcribed oral histories, scanned primary resources, and interpretive projects developed by me and my students.
This request for $5,000 in HSS support is specifically to employ a graduate research assistant for Fall 2010 who will help in the collection, documentation, and management of primary materials and interpretive projects for the website, and support communication with community partners and oral history participants ($2,000) and to support the professional transcription of the oral histories in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 ($3,000).
Kenneth Maffitt Abstract: Book Project: Metropolitan Workers: Popular Identity and Citizenship in Mexico City’s Industrial Suburbs
I am seeking support from the CHSS Faculty Scholarship Program to fund travel to Mexico in July 2010 and student assistance during Fall 2010 for research related to my book manuscript, Metropolitan Workers: Popular Identity and Citizenship in Mexico City’s Industrial Suburbs, 1945-1985. The summer research will enable me to complete the portions of the manuscript that I will submit to academic presses by the end of 2010 in anticipation of a publication date of 2011 or 2012. Findings will also serve as the basis for an article-length study of one neighborhood where conflict over urban problems was particularly intense. Funding would enable me to complete fieldwork on a long-term project that integrates the theoretical concerns and methodological goals of my two fields, History and American Studies, and accentuates the College’s stress on globally engaged, relevant research. In addition, the project would provide a bilingual (English-Spanish) student assistant with an excellent opportunity for research experience that would carry over into a variety of academic or community projects here in Georgia.
Posted on 05/11/10
The newly revised MAST Course schedule for Summer 2010 through Summer 2012 is now available for review.
Posted on 05/04/10
Guidelines for Application Materials. M.A. in American Studies, Kennesaw State University
Follow the procedures available at: http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/admissions/howtoapply.html
The following items must be included in your application:
• Formal letter of application
• Writing sample consistent with program content and student goals
The following items must be sent from the degree-granting institution or the testing agency:
• Transcripts for universities attended, with focus on degree-granting institution(s). ALL official transcripts must be submitted as a part of your application packet to the Office of Graduate Admissions in a sealed envelope from the sending institution or agency.
• GRE scores
• TOFEL scores for international applicants
Letter of Application: The letter of application should be in the form of a narrative which describes your educational and/or professional background, your future goals, and how admission into the American Studies M.A. program at Kennesaw State University will help you accomplish these goals. The letter should be specific to the program and should be 3-5 double-spaced pages in length.
Writing Sample: The writing sample should demonstrate the writing skills you have developed as a student and/or professional. The sample should be relevant to the field of American Studies broadly defined, and it should be refined and revised to fit within 5-7 double-spaced pages.
GRE Scores: The program minimum is 900, but we expect the class will average well above that score.
GPA: The program minimum is 2.75 for all undergraduate courses from the degree-granting institution, but we expect the incoming class will average above 3.0.
C.V./Résumé (Optional): No C.V. or resume is required. However, you may submit a current copy of your student and/or professional curriculum vitae or resume that does not exceed 6 pages.
Letter(s) of Recommendation (Optional): No letters of recommendation are required. However, you may submit up to 2 letters of recommendation concerning your academic and/or professional preparation for the M.A. program in American Studies at KSU.
Admissions Deadline: June 1, 2010
Final Admission Deadline For Fall 2010 Start Date
Admissions Deadline: October 1, 2010
Final Admission Deadline For Spring 2011 Start Date
Posted on 04/13/10
Registration for Fall, 2010 semester begins on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Please review the NEWLY REVISED course listing available here to help you choose your fall courses:
Posted on 07/26/10
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