Research: Lifewriting Project

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Research & Projects Collaborative Projects Early American Seminar Lifewriting Project Material Culture/ Visual Culture Working Group Project on Religion, Culture, and Globalization Virtual Greenbelt Reference Projects Bibliography of Web Metasites in American Studies Cultural Landscapes Bibliography Serial Bibliography Vernacular Architecture Forum Database Centers Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture & Society Resources Internal Review Board (IRB) Information and Resources	The Life Writing Project Founded in 1998 and co-directed by Professors Susan Leonardi (English) and John Caughey (American Studies), the Life Writing Project brings together graduate students and faculty from programs across the campus (including Anthropology, Journalism, Human Development, Comparative Literature, English, and American Studies) and beyond who are interested in the cultural study of individual lives. We are exploring issues in our different yet often parallel work doing cultural biography, memoir, life history, person-centered ethnography, and oral history. We are particularly concerned with how to better research and represent the ways our individual subjects negotiate the complexities of their cultural locations, including the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, and other dimensions of difference. We are also interested in how the iindividual researcher's own social and cultural locations influence the research process and how to represent this aspect of our research in the cultural portraits we create. 2001-2002 Activities "Dares to Stares: Disabled Women Performance Artists and the Dynamics of Staring," a lecture and discussion led by Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Emory University. "From Memory to Memoir: A Life Writing Workshop" a workshop directed by Dr. Sharon O'Brien, Dickinson College. Meetings to discuss members' work in progress. Participants John Caughey, American Studies Susan Leonardi, English Maurine Beasley, Journalism Lynn Bolles, Women's Studies Erve Chambers, Anthropology John Daves, American Studies David Eubanks, English Judith Freidenberg, Anthropology Beth Graybill, American Studies Judith Hallett, Classics Michael Hummel, American Studies Bruce Johansen American Studies Seung-kyung Kim, Women's Studies Judi Moore Latta, Howard University Raymond Martin Saundra Murray Nettles, Human Development Judith Paterson, Journalism Carla Peterson, English Rebecca Pope, Georgetown University Claudia Rector, American Studies Donna Rowe, American Studies Catherine Schuler, Theatre Debbie Shaller, Towson University Martha Nell Smith, English Nikki Stewart, Women's Studies Dabrina Taylor, UMBC Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Emory University Sarah Tillery, Women's Studies Nancy Traubitz, Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies Judith Tydings, American Studies Neela Vaswani, American Studies Mary Helen Washington, English Joshua Woodfork, American Studies Back to Top