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The American Papers

The American Papers is the journal of the CSUF American Studies Student Association. Each year, the American Papers Editorial Board, comprised of graduate and undergraduate students, selects the very best papers written for American Studies courses that year, works with authors to edit those essays, and produces a high-quality journal featuring our students' very best scholarship.

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Volume 42, 2023-2024

Editors-in-Chief: Melissa Garrison and Kathy Loreto-Spennato

Faculty Advisor: Eric Gonzaba

Mods, Miniskirts, and the Implications of Cool: Revolution and Co-optation through Subcultural Style
Kathleen Loreto Spennato
AMST 502T: Culture and Desire
Winner of the 2024 Earl James Weaver Graduate Essay Prize

“Gusto Ko Umuwi” and Redefining Home: An Oral History
Natalie B. Vargas
AMST 324: American Immigrant Cultures

The Rise of eSports and the Ever-Present Misogyny
by Annie Mellonig
AMST 346: American Culture Through Spectator Sports

Disneyland: The Most Problematic Place on Earth?
Natalie Elizabeth Brunjes
AMST 350: Seminar in Theory and Method of American Studies

Immaculate Reception: The American Cultural Moment Surrounding Hozier’s “Take Me to Church”
Gabbi Pulasky
AMST 401T: Culture and Commerce of American Music

Rise of the Stadium Industrial Complex
Dylan Norris
AMST 401T: Suburban Culture

Eighty and Killing It: Exploring Sexuality and Age in the Horror Film X
Andrew J. Rodriguez
AMST 502T: Culture and Desire

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SUBMITTING TO THE AMERICAN PAPERS

The editorial board meets every summer to review submitted essays from the last academic year.

The editorial board will read all submissions anonymously, so please take your name off the body of the paper. Include only the paper title and the course for which it was written on the paper itself. In other words, remove your name from the header of the essay.

The American Papers does not accept previously published submissions.

Please include a separate cover sheet with:

  • Your Name
  • Your email and telephone contact information
  • The title of the paper
  • The course and the semester in which it was written
  • The prompt for the paper (if applicable and possible)

Submit your paper either to the American Studies Office (GH-313), or by emailing it to AmericanPapersCSUF@gmail.com. If submitting a hard copy to the American Studies Office, please mark your submission "Professor Alison Kanosky: American Papers." If emailing a copy, you should submit the paper and cover sheet as two separate Microsoft Word files. The subject heading of the email should say "American Papers Submission."

The submission deadline is typically the first week of June.

Authors will receive a letter notifying them of the Editorial Board's decision in August. Accepted essays must be revised and resubmitted in electronic format at the beginning of the following fall semester.

Any questions? Contact Professor Alison Kanosky.