8 American Studies Majors Receive UROP Grants

Author: Arts and Letters

Congratulations to our American Studies majors who received UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) grants this fall.

Eight majors who are writing their Senior Thesis this year and are enrolled in our new course, "Senior Thesis Capstone," received UROP grants to conduct research related to their projects.

Here are their names and their Senior Thesis projects:

 

Bilma Canales

Bilma Canales

Salvadorean Immigration: Perspectives from the Two Homelands

Amanda Johnson

Amanda Johnson


Omaha's 1898 World's Fair

Anna Katter

Anna Katter

Mourning Mothers: Private Memorialization in War-Torn American Families

Catherine Scallen

Catherine Scallen

Contemporary Feminism in US Pop Culture

Sierra Skelton

Sierra Skelton

California's San Buenaventura Mission

Francesca Swalwell

Francesca Swalwell

Irish-American Identity and Pub Culture

Matt Swanson

Matt Swanson

Aaron Copeland's America

Sam Werner


Sam Werner

ESPN and Sports Blogging