Materiality in relation to identity to exhibit-making.
ASRA Past Recipients
Identity Materialized: Touching Upon Activism in Artist’s Books
Annie Abernathy
About the project:
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Alex Taylor
Faculty Department: History of Art & Architecture
Librarian / Archivist: Kate Joranson
Deliverables:
Human-Environment Relationships and the Utilization of Pittsburgh’s Rivers
Clara Weibel
About the project:
Flood water management approaches used in Pittsburgh over time.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Michael Glass
Faculty Department: Urban Studies
Librarian / Archivist: David Grinnell , Jon Klosinski
Deliverables:
Representations of Girlhood in Mid-Twentieth Century Girls’ Magazines
Caitlin Cesa
About the project:
How the construction of childhood is different for boys and young girls.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Mary Gryctko
Faculty Department: English
Librarian / Archivist: Clare Withers
Deliverables:
Pittsburgh’s Lost Chinatown
Zoe Creamer
About the project:
Pittsburgh’s China town compared to other ethnic neighborhoods
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Gregor Thum
Faculty Department: History
Librarian / Archivist: David Grinnell, Zach Brodt
Deliverables:
The Evolution of Birth Control Information from 1930-1980 as told through Historical Books and Manuals
Bethany Dubick
About the project:
Sexual and reproductive health issues before the institutionalization of sex education.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lovett
Faculty Department: History
Librarian / Archivist: David Grinnell
Deliverables:
Modernity in Marriage: Tracing Marriage Patterns from the 19th Century to the Present
Jessica Hampton
About the project:
Adolescent literature to explore how the average age of marriage shifted since the 1800’s impacting the length of childhood.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Kerstin Paine
Faculty Department: English
Librarian / Archivist: William Daw, Jeanann Haas, Ben Rubin
Deliverables: Poster
The Evolution of Representation of Girlhood in Popular Media
Madhumita Mahesh
About the project:
Childhood as gendered, raced, and classed in media.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Julie Beaulieu
Faculty Department: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Librarian / Archivist: Clare Withers
Deliverables: Research Paper
Conversations (or lack of) around intimate partner violence: Analysis of sensationalized media and feminist, student, and LGBTQ+ press
Krithika Pennathur
About the project:
Conversations around intimate partner violence.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Julie Beaulieu
Faculty Department: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Librarian / Archivist: William Daw, Jeanann Haas, Ben Rubin
Deliverables:
A Historical Analysis of Women in Pittsburgh Broadcast News
Charlotte Scurlock
About the project:
Evolution of feminine representation in Pittsburgh broadcast news reporting.
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Dana Och
Faculty Department: English
Librarian / Archivist: Miriam Meislik
Deliverables:
An art, historical, and bibliographical investigation of the Albertina Facsimile
Angelina Veneziano
About the project:
In depth study of the Albertina Facsimile
Year: 2019
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Nygren
Faculty Department: History of Art & Architecture
Librarian / Archivist: Kiana Jones
Deliverables:
