Student Spotlight: Samantha Citarella
Sam is the Corporate Assistant Archivist at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where she works with the Corporate Archivist to preserve the most important records documenting the NYSE’s 228-year...
Student & Faculty Spotlight
Each week, we feature in our newsletter a current or former student or member of our faculty who is emblematic of the talent of American Studies.
Jason Steinhauer on "History Disrupted"
We sat down to speak with Jason Steinhauer, BA'02, who has just published History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past.
James Zarsadiaz is Associate Professor of History and serves as Director of the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program. His research and teaching interests include urban and suburban studies,...
Student Spotlight: Matthew Riemer
Matthew Riemer's research is on the production and use of queer history in the U.S.; tensions between radical queer resistance and neoliberal reformists; and the material realities of marginalized...
Brydie O'Connor is a graduate of GW's American Studies Department. She now works producing films, and recently produced "Going Steady," a short narrative film about a young woman's imagination of the...
Zaynab Quadri is a PhD student in the American Studies Department. She received her B.A. in History with honors from Northwestern University in 2015, where she was also a Mellon Mays Undergraduate...
Colleen Shalby is a graduate of GW's American Studies department. She now works at the Los Angeles Times as a reporter. We reached out to Colleen to feature her in our weekly alumni spotlight. Read...
Mackenzie Roberts is a graduate of GW's American Studies department. She now works an Assistant Public Defender at the Alexandria Public Defender's Office. We reached out to Mackenzie to feature...
Vyta Baselice entered the PhD program in Fall 2016. She is interested in the intersecting histories of architecture, materials, historic preservation, capitalism and labor. Her interdisciplinary...
Chelsea Halling-Nye is an M.A. graduate of GW's American Studies department. She now works at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a Program Coordinator. We reached out to...