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Hello! My name is Rachel C. Kirby and I am a PhD Candidate in the American & New England Studies Program at Boston University. I recently defended my dissertation, and will graduate this May (2022). My research focuses on visual and material cultu...
Home page · 2022-03-31
Unenslaved through Art: Rice Culture Paintings by Jonathan Green
This article was published in Panorama's Spring 2020 issue as part of an "In the Round" discussion of southern art titled: "Little of Artistic Merit?": The Art of the American South," edited by Naomi Slipp.
In the essay, I examine contemporary a...
Publication · 2022-03-17
Writing, Research, and Inquiry with Digital/Multimedia Expression
Spring 2022
This course (WR 152) is a topic-based seminar in critical reading, research, writing, and digital/multimedia communication. Students practice sustained inquiry, scholarly research, and the communication of findings to different audie...
Page · 2022-02-26
Introduction to American Studies
Summer 2020
Baseball is often referred to as America's Pastime, and Boston is home to one of the most storied teams and to the oldest Major League ballpark in the country. This course used the Boston Red Sox as a case study for introducing studen...
Page · 2021-07-30
The Life and Times of Mr. Peanut
"Having gathered to mourn his seeming demise, Wesley Snipes, Matt Walsh, Mr. Clean, the Kool-Aid Man, and ten or so unidentified people huddled around the legume-shaped mound of dirt marking Mr. Peanut’s burial site. A flower wreath encircled a fr...
Publication · 2021-07-29
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