TEACHING SUMMARY

Courses taught regularly include: Tulsa's Public Cultures; The Future of Work; American Studies Senior Seminar; Readings in the American Experience; U.S. as Business Culture; The Tulsa Race Massacre: History and Legacies

TEACHING

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    Globalization and American Culture
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Transmission, reception, and influence of American culture in one or more of the following: Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East. The cultural history of globalization and American culture. Same course as AMST 3253.
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    Globalization and American Culture (H)
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Transmission, reception, and influence of American culture in one or more of the following: Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East. The cultural history of globalization and American culture. Same course as HIST 4113.
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    Inquiry in American Studies
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    For students interested in pursuing a research or reading project. Open to honors students in American Studies and to others by permission of the program head.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    13 Oct 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    The History and Future of Work (H)
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    What will work be like in the future? This course explores recent developments in work and the workplace. It draws on an array of. sources such as scholarship, journalism, memoirs, popular films, TV shows, and writings on the effects of technology on the labor market, workplace culture, and identity. Through these sources, the course will provide you with a roadmap to the future of work as well as a rich lens into ideas, cultural values, experience, and aesthetics relating to work.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    Dystopian America (DH)
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Special topics in American culture and society with an emphasis on race, class, gender, sexuality and other forms of diversity. Topics will vary, but all courses will emphasize both historical and contemporary examples and include analytical research and writing.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.3 credit course, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Senior Seminar in American Studies
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Writing of senior thesis based on original research and its analysis and evaluation or completion of independent project based on practical community experience.Prerequisite(s): AMST 3223.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    Arts and American Society: Tulsa's Public Cultures
    11 Mar 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Interdisciplinary study of major figures, trends, themes, periods, and modes of representation in American thought and cultural expression. Emphasis on the relationship between the arts and social, political, and historical context. Examples include Realism, American Modernism, Regionalism, American Postmodernism, the City and the Country, the Other, Nationalism, Time, and Space. Topics vary by semester.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Senior Seminar in American Studies
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Writing of senior thesis based on original research and its analysis and evaluation or completion of independent project based on practical community experience.Prerequisite(s): AMST 3223.
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    Special Topics: The Future of Work (DH)
    16 Jan 2024 - 3 May 2024
    Special topics in American culture and society with an emphasis on race, class, gender, sexuality and other forms of diversity. Topics will vary, but all courses will emphasize both historical and contemporary examples and include analytical research and writing.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.3 credit course, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Special Topics: The Tulsa Race Massacre (DH)
    16 Oct 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Special topics in American culture and society with an emphasis on race, class, gender, sexuality and other forms of diversity. Topics will vary, but all courses will emphasize both historical and contemporary examples and include analytical research and writing.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.3 credit course, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Readings in the American Experience (DH)
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Life in the New World from the colonial to the postmodern era using a multiplicity of interdisciplinary texts that demonstrate the emergence and ongoing evolution of distinctive American identities. Same course as ENGL 3813.
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    Readings in the American Experience (DH)
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Life in the New World from the colonial to the postmodern era using a multiplicity of interdisciplinary texts that demonstrate the emergence and ongoing evolution of distinctive American identities. Same course as AMST 3813.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    Tulsa's Public Cultures: Arts and American Society
    13 Mar 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Interdisciplinary study of major figures, trends, themes, periods, and modes of representation in American thought and cultural expression. Emphasis on the relationship between the arts and social, political, and historical context. Examples include Realism, American Modernism, Regionalism, American Postmodernism, the City and the Country, the Other, Nationalism, Time, and Space. Topics vary by semester.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Senior Seminar in American Studies
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Writing of senior thesis based on original research and its analysis and evaluation or completion of independent project based on practical community experience.Prerequisite(s): AMST 3223.
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    The Future of Work: Special Topics in American Studies (DH)
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Special topics in American culture and society with an emphasis on race, class, gender, sexuality and other forms of diversity. Topics will vary, but all courses will emphasize both historical and contemporary examples and include analytical research and writing.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.3 credit course, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Readings in the American Experience (DH)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Life in the New World from the colonial to the postmodern era using a multiplicity of interdisciplinary texts that demonstrate the emergence and ongoing evolution of distinctive American identities. Same course as ENGL 3813.
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    Theories and Methods of American Studies
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    In-depth introduction to the history, theories and methods of analysis used in American Studies scholarship.
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    U.S. as Business Culture (DH)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Examines American business in relation to political, social and cultural phenomena, emphasizing the implications of business for race, class, gender and nation. Themes considered may include business literature, advertising, film, documentary, and other forms of popular and visual culture. The course examines changes in business and business culture over time, and offers students opportunities to synthesize sources that are not usually considered together.
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    American Period Seminar: 1960s
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    In-depth study of a particular period or era in American historical experience. Examples include The Ragtime Era, The Jazz Age, The Great Depression, The Postwar Era, The Civil Rights Movement, and Post Modern America. Topics vary by semester. Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.
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    Senior Seminar in American Studies
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    Writing of senior thesis based on original research and its analysis and evaluation or completion of independent project based on practical community experience.Prerequisite(s): AMST 3223.