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The American Papers

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The American Papers is the journal of the CSUF American Studies Student Association. Each year, the American Papers Editorial Board, comprised of graduate and undergraduate students, selects the very best papers written for American Studies courses that year, works with authors to edit those essays, and produces a high-quality journal featuring our students' very best scholarship.

Volume 43, 2024-2025

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Volume 43, 2024-2025

Editors-in-Chief: Markus Albihn and Sky Randle

Layout Editor: Sasha Westerfield

Editorial Board: Alli Dubin, Melissa Garrison, Teddy Hogerhuis, Ayza Martinez, Leah Mathews, Sasha Westerfield

Faculty Advisor: Alison Kanosky

HAILEY BIEBER: THE MODERN MYTH OF AUTHENTICITY
Amanda Endres
AMST 350: Seminar in Theory & Method of American Studies

SELENA POR SIEMPRE:MOURNING AND MEMORY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE LATINX
COMMUNITY
Eva Amarillas Diaz
AMST 502T: Graduate Research Seminar on Public Memory

QUEERING THE MALE VOICE: ‘70S STRATEGIES OF GENDER TRANSGRESSION
Teddy Hogerhuis
AMST 320: Women in American Society

HARDCORE PUNK AS A HETEROTOPIAN PLACE
Jesse Lai
AMST 501: Graduate Seminar in Theory and Methods of American Studies

TRIVIA NIGHT: AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF BREWERY CULTURE
Markus Albihn
AMST 408: Gaming and American Culture

DESTRUCTION, HEALING, AND GODZILLA (1954): A FILM THAT REPRESENTS THE ERA OF NUCLEAR TRAUMA
Alexander Alvarado Martinez
AMST 401T: Research Seminar, War in American Culture

THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LEWIS HINE: ILLUMINATING THE REALITIES OF CHILD LABOR
Melissa B. Garrison
AMST 439: American Photographs as Cultural Evidence

“FROM THE MODERATES TO THE MILITANTS”: COMPETING PHOTOGRAPHIC NARRATIVES OF THE SELMA MARCHES
Melissa B. Garrison
AMST 439: American Photographs as Cultural Evidence 

EVE AND EMPIRICISM
Sasha Westerfield
AMST 332: Science and Modern America

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS: HOW CULTURE CAN LEAD PEOPLE ASTRAY
Carmella Pacillas
AMST 332: Science and Modern America 

DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION ON THE U.S. HOME FRONT IN WWII AND THE SHIFT OF THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
Alexis-Fisher Davis
AMST 401T: Research Seminar, War in American Culture 

A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME: AN ORAL HISTORY OF SAMUEL’S LIFE
Josephine Rusli
AMST 324: American Immigrant Cultures

ADY BARKAN: THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
Jamie Blanke
AMST 390: Disability and American Culture 

THE END OF THE TRAIL: HOW A GENOCIDAL WAR PRIZE BECAME AN AMERICAN STAPLE
Vyvyana Woolridge
AMST 502T: Graduate Research Seminar on Public Memory 

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SUBMITTING TO THE AMERICAN PAPERS

The editorial board meets every summer to review submitted essays from the last academic year.

The editorial board will read all submissions anonymously, so please take your name off the body of the paper. Include only the paper title and the course for which it was written on the paper itself. In other words, remove your name from the header of the essay.

The American Papers does not accept previously published submissions.

Please include a separate cover sheet with:

  • Your Name
  • Your email and telephone contact information
  • The title of the paper
  • The course and the semester in which it was written
  • The prompt for the paper (if applicable and possible)

Submit your paper either to the American Studies Office (GH-313), or by emailing it to AmericanPapersCSUF@gmail.com. If submitting a hard copy to the American Studies Office, please mark your submission "Professor Alison Kanosky: American Papers." If emailing a copy, you should submit the paper and cover sheet as two separate Microsoft Word files. The subject heading of the email should say "American Papers Submission."

The submission deadline is typically the first week of June.

Authors will receive a letter notifying them of the Editorial Board's decision in August. Accepted essays must be revised and resubmitted in electronic format at the beginning of the following fall semester.

Any questions? Contact Professor Alison Kanosky.

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