GLS eNews May 4, 2020
GLS Weekly Update - May 4, 2020
Please note that GLS House is closed until further notice. GLS staff are working remotely and may be reached via email. Join us for some virtual porch sitting every Thursday from 5-6 PM through June via Zoom.
Please join us this Thursday, May 7, as we celebrate our Exemplary Master's Project awardees. Details below.
In this edition:
- Message from Team GLS
- GLS Celebrates 2019-2020 Graduates
- Eight Receive Exemplary Master's Project Designation
- Exemplary Porch Sitting Thursday
- GLS Fall Application Deadline Extended
- Tom Brothers Discusses Musical Collaboration
- Moving Your Career Forward in Uncertain Times (online Q&A)
- Online Coronovirus Resources for Graduate Students
- GLS Bulletin Board: Upcoming Application and Proposal Deadlines
Message from Team GLS
Anne, Dink, Kent, and Lisa offer some parting words to our graduates.
GLS Celebrates Our 2019-2020 Graduates
Please join Anne, Kent, Dink, and Lisa in extending a hearty congratulations to our 2019-2020 graduates. While we wish we could celebrate with you in person, we're determined to send you off well-feted via Zoom.
We invite all in the GLS community to join us in celebrating our newest graduates! To participate, join our Zoom meeting this Saturday, May 9, at 1 PM.
The agenda will be as follows:
- Opening remarks - Dr. Anne Whisnant, Director of Graduate Liberal Studies
- Faculty Speaker - Dr. Robert Healy, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences and Policy
- Student Speaker - MALS graduate Tiffany Farr
- Recognition of our 2019-2020 graduates - Dr. Kent Wicker, Assistant Director of Graduate Liberal Studies
- Conclusion
We have also created a special website to mark the occasion. A recording of the celebration will be posted following the event.
December Graduates
Nikki Baskin
The Quiet Strength of Hope in Disquieting Times
Supervisor: Susan Thorne, History
Shawnee Becker
Loving Viola
Mark Olson, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Latoya Fladger
Life-or-death Crisis: Examining Why Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women are on the Rise
Supervisor: M. Kathy Rudy, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Sara Stevens
Community Bonding: Rebuilding Duke University and Durham, North Carolina to Promote Sexual Autonomy
Supervisor: Peter Sigal, History
May Graduates
Mav Block
The Federal System of Hannah Arendt: A Structure Built Upon Participation
Supervisor: Robert Mitchell, English
Kayla Bloodgood
Multiple Archives, Multiple Futures: Reexamining the Socialism of “The Combahee River Collective Statement”
Supervisor: Robyn Wiegman, Literature
Jeremy Cash
Divided We Stand, United We Kneel
Supervisor: Amy Laura Hall, Divinity School
Stacy Dalton
Swiping Right: Online Dating Over the Past 15 Years
Supervisor: Amy Laura Hall, Divinity School
Dirck de Kleer
Negative Campaigning in the Digital Age: Comparing Cost-Benefit Structures Across Parties, Issues and Communication Channels
Supervisor: Herbert Kitschelt, Political Science
Tiffany Farr
How Parents’ Perceptions of Public Schools Influence School Choice
Supervisor: Kristen Stephens, Education
Jiahui Gu
From Co-Production to Broken Relationship: Agencies, Idols, and Fans in the Making of K-pop
Supervisor: Leo Ching, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Judith Heyhoe
Trollope’s Irish Eyes
Supervisor: Susan Thorne, History
Eli Keimach
The Glass Ceiling of African American Assistant Football Coaches
Supervisor: Amy Laura Hall, Divinity School
Shingho Luk
Victims and Victimizers: A Microhistory of Chinese Settlers in Africa
Supervisor: Leo Ching, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Seneca Modest
Exploring Disappeared Histories at Stagville Plantation: Fiction, Fact, and Reflections Through Documentary Filmmaking
Supervisor: Charles Thompson, Cultural Anthropology
Martha Citlaly Mora Hernandez
Luchadoras del Sur: Immigrant Women Organizers in North Carolina
Supervisor: Charles Thompson, Cultural Anthropology
Sharon Riley
The Lure of the Northwest Passage: From Heroic Explorers to Modern Cruise Tourists
Supervisor: Robert Healy, Nicholas School of the Environment
Laura Ritchie
Durham, North Carolina: A 21st Century Case Study on Gentrification, Artists, and the Creative Economy
Supervisor: Pedro Lasch, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Yong Zhou
Chinese Social Media and Convergence Culture: Women’s Solidarity in the Digital Community
Supervisor: Negar Mottahedeh, Literature
Eight Graduates Receive Exemplary Master's Project Designation
Each year, Graduate Liberal Studies awards a handful of Exemplary Master’s Project designations to publicly acknowledge outstanding student scholarship or creative work. Exemplary projects represent particularly accomplished models of graduate-level interdisciplinary work. In order to be considered for this honor, a master’s project must:
- Be nominated by the faculty supervisor.
- Be notably clear, well written and well organized.
- Be of particularly high academic quality. It should demonstrate a notable measure of the following characteristics, as appropriate to the project’s particular interdisciplinary combination of disciplines and methods.
The following GLS graduates have been awarded the Exemplary Master’s Project designation for 2019-2020:
Nikki Baskin
The Quiet Strength of Hope in Disquieting Times
Supervisor: Susan Thorne, History
Mav Block
The Federal System of Hannah Arendt: A Structure Built Upon Participation
Supervisor: Robert Mitchell, English
Kayla Bloodgood
Multiple Archives, Multiple Futures: Reexamining the Socialism of “The Combahee River Collective Statement”
Supervisor: Robyn Wiegman, Literature
Dirck de Kleer
Negative Campaigning in the Digital Age: Comparing Cost-Benefit Structures Across Parties, Issues and Communication Channels
Supervisor: Herbert Kitschelt, Political Science
Jiahui Gu
From Co-Production to Broken Relationship: Agencies, Idols, and Fans in the Making of K-pop
Supervisor: Leo Ching, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Judith Heyhoe
Trollope’s Irish Eyes
Supervisor: Susan Thorne, History
Sharon Riley
The Lure of the Northwest Passage: From Heroic Explorers to Modern Cruise Tourists
Supervisor: Robert Healy, Nicholas School of the Environment
Laura Ritchie
Durham, North Carolina: A 21st Century Case Study on Gentrification, Artists, and the Creative Economy
Supervisor: Pedro Lasch, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Congratulations, all, on this well-deserved honor.
Exemplary Porch Sitting This Thursday
Please join us this Thursday at 5 PM to celebrate our Exemplary Master's Project awardees and to hear a bit about their work. Zoom with us here.
GLS Fall Application Deadline Extended
Just a reminder to everyone that we have re-opened our application process for Fall 2020 admissions with a new deadline of May 15th. If you know of people who’ve thought about doing a MALS degree, send them our way. Admissions criteria and the application portal can be found on the GLS website. We are also happy to schedule time via email or phone (919-684-3222) to speak with applicants over the phone or via Zoom.
Professor Tom Brothers Discusses Musical Collaboration
Professor Tom Brothers is featured in a video lecture and Q&A discussing musical collaborations, hosted by publisher W.W. Norton.
Dr. Brothers is the author of Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration (W.W. Norton, 2018). He has published three books on Louis Armstrong, most recently Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism (W.W. Norton, 2014). In addition to African American music, Professor Brothers also teaches music of the medieval and renaissance periods.
Moving Your Career Forward in Uncertain Times (Online Q&A)
Join the Career Center for a three-week series focusing on steps and techniques to make a personal blueprint to navigate your search during COVID-19. We encourage students to commit to participating all three weeks, but we will also welcome students to join later in the program. We'll help you focus on the factors within your control and celebrate your successes (big and small) along the way.
We will discuss tactics for your job or internship search including current employer and industry information, how to set professional goals during this time, and best practices for connecting with professionals. Each Monday we'll kick off with a 30-minute live topic discussion where you'll also receive some activities to help boost your progress during the week. Each Friday we'll finish the week with an hour-long live Q&A session. This series will be helpful to all students, but especially those feeling like they need to jumpstart their search or adapt plans.
Visit The Graduate School's website to register for this and other professional development opprtunities.
Online Resources for Graduate Students
- The Duke Student Assistance Fund was established better support master's students who may be experiencing difficulty providing for their basic needs during this extraordinary time.
- Blue Devils Care is a new mental telehealth service that can provide support wherever you may be located currently. You can access the service by using the key DUKE2020.
- COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
- Graduate School-specific COVID-19 updates are posted here. TGS has also created a FAQ for continuing and incoming international students.
- The Career Center now offers online drop-in advising for graduate students on Wednesdays and Fridays. View the schedule here.
EVERY THURSDAY THROUGH MAY 7:
Opportunities Around Campus and Beyond
Visit the GLS Bulletin Board for a list of funding, volunteer, and other opportunities beyond GLS.
Important Dates for GLS Students
- Exemplary Master's Project "Porch" Celebration - Thursday, May 7, 5 PM
- Virtual Grad Celebration - Saturday, May 9, 1 PM