The Department of American Studies will host as series of research presentations by a faculty member, recent Department PhD, or American Studies graduate students. As experts and emerging scholars in fields devoted to the study of American culture in the U.S. and globally, we invite students and scholars, at any stage of research, to attend and participate in discussions of the core issues and challenges of our time.

Role-Play as a Midcentury Social Technology

Peter Mcdonald will share work from his book "The Impossible Reversal." This talk will address how role-play emerged as a practice from therapy, espionage training, education, and protest contexts.