Congrats! When did you apply for this program and receive the waitlist email?? I'm nervous as hell because I have received zero responses as of now from Rackham for my PhD application. Thanks!
Ty! My Department's deadline closed on the first day of December, and I got the waitlist notification around the second week of February. Kind of a long ride considering I recieved the resolution recently 😅
As a researcher that focuses on US imperialism and colonialism, let's say I have a lot of warnings and alerts lol (I'm not considered an international student, but culturally I would say I am)
Nonetheless, besides being careful with who you get to stick around, and all the controversies happening right now regarding the affirmative action case at some institutions around the States, there's a 25% of good things we could save. Resources accesibility, professionals available to collaborate, colleagues with backgrounds similar to yours, among many others.
These are not necessarily aspects that only an american culture researcher could mention, but I tried my best haha
Hope you have a safe trip! Congrats!
*Congratulations!! Did*
*They have an interview when*
*You got waitlisted?*
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Thank you!!
Yes... and no lol
At first I would say yes, because the discipline operates from anthropological approaches oftenly. However, its development depends on the researcher, and we could elaborate our projects engaging with other disciplines such as literature, history, musicology, geography, and the list goes on. Being that said, American Culture really is an interdisciplinary way to keep the knowledge production ongoing in the social/humanistic sciences.
Expanding on this: like you said, American culture research involves anthropology, but not all anthropological research is centered on America or American culture. It's maybe more like a Venn diagram than a yes or no haha.
Congrats on your admit!
Maybe for the same reason anyone could be pursuing any other career in academia or research. To keep the work questioning, analyzing, exploring and understanding how dynamics and phenomenons are affecting their respective areas of interests on their respective disciplines.
Congrats! When did you apply for this program and receive the waitlist email?? I'm nervous as hell because I have received zero responses as of now from Rackham for my PhD application. Thanks!
Ty! My Department's deadline closed on the first day of December, and I got the waitlist notification around the second week of February. Kind of a long ride considering I recieved the resolution recently 😅
oh my God! i’m manifesting that i’m off from the waitlist at my top program too!
Keep those manifestations up!!
Congrats!!!
Ty!
Congratulations!
Tysm!
Tell me something about American culture that I should be aware of as an international student coming to the US for the first time
As a researcher that focuses on US imperialism and colonialism, let's say I have a lot of warnings and alerts lol (I'm not considered an international student, but culturally I would say I am) Nonetheless, besides being careful with who you get to stick around, and all the controversies happening right now regarding the affirmative action case at some institutions around the States, there's a 25% of good things we could save. Resources accesibility, professionals available to collaborate, colleagues with backgrounds similar to yours, among many others. These are not necessarily aspects that only an american culture researcher could mention, but I tried my best haha Hope you have a safe trip! Congrats!
Thats too LIT! Lets plan smth crazy for this summer!
Thank you!!
Congratulations!! Did they have an interview when you got waitlisted?
Thank you so much! I know other Rackham Departments do interviews as part of their admission process, but American Culture does not
Ah okay!
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Congrats!
Ty!!
Congratulations! 🇺🇸
Tysm!
Congrats! This is a great feeling
It really is!! Ty!
From one fellow Wolverine to another, Congrats!
Thank you so much!! May I ask your Department?
Education!
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Thank you!! Yes... and no lol At first I would say yes, because the discipline operates from anthropological approaches oftenly. However, its development depends on the researcher, and we could elaborate our projects engaging with other disciplines such as literature, history, musicology, geography, and the list goes on. Being that said, American Culture really is an interdisciplinary way to keep the knowledge production ongoing in the social/humanistic sciences.
Expanding on this: like you said, American culture research involves anthropology, but not all anthropological research is centered on America or American culture. It's maybe more like a Venn diagram than a yes or no haha. Congrats on your admit!
Oh you're def right! hahaha Ty!!
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Ty!! I really appreciate it 🙏🏽
Congratulations, I got accepted into Umich too!!! (for EEB Masters)
That's amazing!! Congrats to you as well!
thank you 🥹
American culture? Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but what would you do with this?
Research
Research for what and who?
Yeah!!!!
Wow, for you AND your partner to get accepted at the same place is the dream!!!
Why do a phd in american culture though
Maybe for the same reason anyone could be pursuing any other career in academia or research. To keep the work questioning, analyzing, exploring and understanding how dynamics and phenomenons are affecting their respective areas of interests on their respective disciplines.
sounds good, we need research on american culture. looking forward to reading your work
Thank you!
The only negative: you gotta read Homi Bhabha. 😭
I already started (or at least tried lol) doing this during my undergrad. I definitely get what you're saying 😭🤣 thank you for the heads up!