Katherine worked with the Fadiman Collection, studying how Clifton Fadiman created his literary canon “The World Treasuring of Children’s Literature.” She focused on his annotations and notes about African Americans and other non-White people to understand how Fadiman’s work represents these communities.
Brooke explored how attitudes have changed towards gender identity and expression in the public discourse from the 1970’s to the present day. She consulted the gender and sexuality periodicals to examine public attitudes over time.
This semester, I have been examining the changes in Emory Douglas’ artistic production for The Black Panther Newspaper over time, and identifying how he used his art as a vehicle to promote the ideals of the party. My work will hopefully be put toward helping create a LibGuide for Hillman Special Collections, as well as creating a didactic activity for Dr. Bender’s World Art Class next semester.
Claire has studied Pittsburgh histories of political movements, activism, and social and economic geography and used GIS software to create maps and infographics that chart and analyze these histories.
Maureen has studied the artwork of the Black Panther newspapers to see how they reflect African and African American artistic and cultural practice and determine if they share any visual commonalities with other leftist publications during the time period.
