Alumni Stories

Alumni of our PhD program reflect on their time as graduate students and how that foundation influences what they are doing now.

Professor Gaye Johnson in front of a tree in summer

Watch the 2019 David Noble Lecture

Alumna Gaye Johnson delivered the 23rd annual David Noble Lecture in April 2019, the first one since his passing in 2018. Johnson was one of Noble's advisees and she discussed…

The Future of Radical History: Gaye Johnson Delivers David Noble Lecture in His Honor

Gaye Theresa Johnson, a former student of David Noble, American Studies alumna, and associate professor at UCLA will give the David Noble Lecture this year. Her lecture will…

Q&A with First Lieutenant Governor and CLA Alum Matthew Martinez

“I always felt part of a close community of public intellectuals, voices, and perspectives,” says PhD alumnus Matthew J. Martinez. In this interview, he reflects upon his…

Profile: Tom Sarmiento

Thomas X. Sarmiento earned his PhD in 2014 with his dissertation The Heartland of Empire: Queer Cultural Imaginaries of Filipinas/os in the Midwest. He is currently an…

Profile: Joseph Bauerkemper

Joseph Bauerkemper earned his PhD in 2008 with his dissertation Narrating Nationhood: Radical Histories in Native Fiction. He is currently a faculty member in the Department…

Profile: Jason Ruiz

Jason Ruiz is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he is affiliated faculty with the Program in Gender Studies and the Institute for…