John Aboud

Class of 1995, America
Producer and screenwriter

Thesis Title: “My Wealth in Ivy Island”: The Use of Fantasy and Fable in the Works of P.T. Barnum... Read more about John Aboud

Melissa Ader

Class of 2009, America
Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society

Thesis Title: “Walled In”: Race, Motherhood, and Labor in Ann Petry’s The Street... Read more about Melissa Ader

Angela S. Allan

Associate Director of Studies
Lecturer on History & Literature

PhD, English (Brown University)
American literature and culture; 1865-present

allan [at] fas.harvard.edu

Jennifer Alpert

Lecturer on History & Literature

PhD, Film & Media (University of California, Berkeley)
Film & Media, Latin America and US; 1930s-present

jalpert [at] fas.harvard.edu

Erin Aoyama

Class of 2015, America
Ph.D. student in American Studies, Brown University

Thesis Title: Separate and Unequal: The Impact of Jim Crow on Japanese American Internment and Postwar Identity... Read more about Erin Aoyama

Abigail Crutchfield Arzoumanov

Class of 2010, Modern Europe
Producer, CNN

Thesis Title: Mirror to a City: A Reinterpretation of George Balanchine's "Abstract" Ballet Agon as a Reflection of 1950s New York City... Read more about Abigail Crutchfield Arzoumanov

Emily Simon Bernard

Class of 2007, Modern Europe
Co-founder and Head of Product, PlacePass.com

Thesis Title: "The Whole City Whispers Mutiny": Cook Tours and British Imperial Memory, 1873-1913... Read more about Emily Simon Bernard

Zachary Bernstein

Class of 2013, America
J.D. Candidate, Duke University School of Law

Thesis Title: Monument or Memorial? Art and Automobiles in Diego Rivera’s "Detroit Industry" Murals... Read more about Zachary Bernstein

Steven Biel

Senior Lecturer on History & Literature
Executive Director, Mahindra Humanities Center

PhD, History (Harvard University)
US history; 20th century

biel [at] fas.harvard.edu

Anne Bloomer

Peer Adviser
Class of 2023, American Studies
Quincy House

Ask Me About: American Studies, why I chose Hist & Lit, French citation, Psychology secondary, managing academics and varsity athletics, the Cold War, Chicago, Widener Library, restaurants in Harvard Square, podcasts... Read more about Anne Bloomer

annebloomer [at] college.harvard.edu