2002 MA Final Projects in American Studies

Changing Attitudes to Family Life of Vietnamese: American Women in the Boston Area by Hoa Nguyen. Advisor: Jean Humez

Cleaning Under the Rug: Brazilian Housecleaner Immigrant Women in Boston, 1980-2000 by Sonia Melo de Jesus. Advisor: Jean Humez

Crafting a New Threat: The Creation and Dissemination of Reagan's Welfare Queen by Rikke Siersbaek. Advisor: Ann Holder

Foreclosing the Farm: New Deal Reform and Representations of the Rural West, 1939-1940 by Amanda Bird. Advisor: Judith Smith, James Green

Imperialist Images: Hollywood Depictions of Native Hawaiians, 1927-1959 by Nicole Currier. Advisor: Jonathan Chu

Live Free or Die: Lao American Refugees Negotiate Identity ,Race and Citizenship in Southeastern New Hampshire: An Oral History by Sing Vivathana. Advisor: Shirley Tang

Not So Popular Front: The Progressive Party of Massachusetts and the 1948 Elections by James P. Whitters, III. Advisor: Judith Smith

The Streets of My Youth: Photography and Memory in Brockton, 1974-1980 by K. Vincent Roth. Advisor: Judith Smith