Dr. Mariah Kupfner was featured in Penn State News this week for her innovative use of virtual reality and 3D scanning to train students in designing museum exhibitions!
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A hearty congratulations to Scott J. Moser (Ph.D. 2023) on the upcoming publication of his book The Bell Picturephone: Tomorrow's Telephoning Before Its Time!
Opening night at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting and Penn State Harrisburg is already well represented! Faculty Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Jeffrey Tolbert, and Simon J. Bronner were joined by alumni Amy Milligan, Mary Sellers, and Susan Asbury, and PhD candidate Steven Lee.
Anthony Bak BuccitelliInto Fairy Tales? This spring, I'm offering a course on folktales and legends in American literature at Penn State. All undergraduate and graduate students welcome! Sign up today!
A shoutout to AMST PhD Candidate Jack Daly, who recently published a new book on the supernatural legends of his native Colorado!
There’s a lot to celebrate in American Studies this week! Today we learned of the promotion of Dr. Charles Kupfer to Professor of American Studies and History, and the tenure and promotions of Dr. Mary Zaborskis to Associate Professor of American Studies and Gender Studies and Dr. Jeffrey Tolbert to Associate Professor of American Studies and Folklore.
Today, Dr. Mariah Kupfner, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Public Heritage, delivered a lecture to our graduating class of 2025. Dr. Kupfner received this year’s award for teaching excellence. Congratulations to her on a wonderful honor and a wonderful speech!
Anna Wei Marshall (PhD '20) has a new article out in the Pacific Historical Review! Congratulations to Dr. Marshall on this wonderful work! https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2025.94.2.138
Congratulations to the new Dr. David Giles, who successfully defended his dissertation "Ourcraft: Folk Learning in Minecraft" yesterday!
Dr. Mariah Kupfner and PhD candidate Sean Dixon presented their in-progress research yesterday at the inaugural American Studies Brown Bag series. Join us again on April 18 for the next installment!