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A Year in Review

Members of the WCSA have been actively participating in conferences throughout the past academic year, including the American Studies Association, the Modern Language Association, the Southeastern American Studies Association, and the Labor and Working-Class History Association.  This week will feature a number of images of folks in action.

Southeastern American Studies Association ~ March 2019

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Students presenting works in progress at the Southeastern American Studies Association March 2019 conference: (front row) Castiel Dixon, University of North Georgia, “Falling Down, Falling Apart, and Finding Home in Reservation Blues;” Robyn McNeil, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, “Blues, Body, and South: The Representation of African-American Women Blues Entertainers in Poetry;” (back row) Asia Muhammad, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, “The Walking Dead: Michonne, Tropes, and Exploitation;” Crystal Hester, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, “The Modern Epic: Comics and Working-Class Literature;” and William Adam Hollis IV, University of North Georgia, “‘The expression of a thousand present miseries’: Stephen Crane and Class.”
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The panel, “Talking Back through Working-Class Literature,” at the Southeastern American Studies Association March 2019 conference: Asia Muhammad, Crystal Hester, Castiel Dixon, Robyn McNeil, William Adam Hollis IV, and Michele Fazio.
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Michele Fazio, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and Terry Easton, University of North Georgia, presenting with their students at the Southeastern American Studies Association March 2019 conference.

 

 

 

Meet the 2018 WCSA Young Scholars and Activists Fellows

The Young Scholars and Activists Fellowship of the Working-Class Studies Association began in 2014.  Its intent is to support and encourage scholars, activists, and organizers early in their careers whose work has the potential for advancing Working-Class Studies as a field.  We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this year’s fellows!

 

Eric Kennedy, Ph.D. candidate in English at Louisiana State University

Jessica Femiani, Ph.D. candidate in Creative Writing at Binghamton University

Morgan Shahan, Ph.D. candidate in History at Johns Hopkins University

Matti Ron, Ph.D. candidate in Literature at the University of East Anglia

Crystal Hester, M.A.T. candidate in Literature at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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2018 YSAF Recipients