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Past Defenses
Tainui Neilson - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
The Labor of Digital Journalism in New Zealand and the US
Major Professor: Paul Smith, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
Lisa Daily - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Ethical Capitalism, Commodities, and the Consumerist Gaze
Major Professor: Paul Smith, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
Michele Krugh - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Etsy, Inc.: Crafting a Living in a Capitalist Economy
Major Professor: Mark D Jacobs, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Kimberly Klinger - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
The Birth of Morbopolitics: Pittsburgh and the Normalization of Organ Transfer
Major Professor: Roger N Lancaster, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
Daniel Anderson - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
What is Enlightenment?: Mindfulness in the Moment of Stress
Major Professor: Denise Albanese, PhD, Department of English
Mika’il Petin - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
"I’m Not an American": Sovereign Masculinity and Images of Black Muslim Men during the War on Terror
Major Professor: Jessica Scarlata, PhD, Department of English
Gavin Mueller - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
The Pirate Mode of Production: Intellectual Property and Labor under Neoliberal Restructuring
Major Professor: Paul Smith, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
Richard Otten - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Manufacturing Charm City: The Socio-Semiotics of Baltimore's Decline
Major Professor: Roger N Lancaster, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
Ariella Horwitz - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Celebrity Politics and the Cultivation of Affect in the Public Sphere
Major Professor: Alison Landsberg, PhD, Department of History and Art History
Michael Goebel - Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Beached White Male: Imperiled Masculinity in the Great Recession
Major Professor: Roger N Lancaster, PhD, Cultural Studies Program
