Thesis Topics

Recent M.A. thesis topics by Graduate School of American Studies students include:

M.A. Thesis Topics of 2006

Changing Definition of American Masculinity in the Early 1980s: Hollywood Representations of the Male Feminization through Role Reversal

The Identities of Japanese Women in New York City: A Case Study of Haruko Kimura and Hisako Cunningham

The Stage of Nostalgia: "Kento's" as a Space to Play with the American Past in Japan

Slaves of Gender and Race: Slavery and the Interaction of Gender and Racial Ideologies in the Diaries of Frances Kemble and Mary Chesnut

Paradigm Change in American Nursing Theories and Cultural Experiences of Nurse Theorists,1952-2001

Why Immigration Reform Failed: "Home Style," Diversity and the 109th Congress

Interest Group Influence in the Making of US-China Trade Policy: The 2000 Debate over Permanent Normal Trade Relations

Seminar Paper Topics of 2006

The Autumn Days of the Rev. Takie Okumura