{"id":29777,"date":"2016-09-09T11:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=29777"},"modified":"2016-10-17T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T18:31:40","slug":"exploring-history-film-music-literature-mark-sawins-interdisciplinary-approach-challenges-student-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/exploring-history-film-music-literature-mark-sawins-interdisciplinary-approach-challenges-student-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring history through film, music, literature and more, Mark Sawin&#8217;s interdisciplinary approach challenges student-scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s students are \u201castute cultural historians who have been bombarded with media all of their lives,\u201d says 91大神 history professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/mms326\">Mark Sawin<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re immersed in film and music already, so when you talk seriously about film and music and provide a new toolset of analytic skills as a way of understanding culture, they get excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Sawin\u2019s African-American history class, students investigate how African-American music and film impact larger American culture. This exploration raises other intersections of privilege, class, economics and politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow, for example, can Louis Armstrong be the most popular performer in America at the same time that the KKK is winning elections in the South and promoting a racist agenda?\u201d Sawin says. \u201cAnd then later, we look at Blaxploitation films of the \u201870s. What does the financial and artistic success of these films, which simultaneously celebrate African-American culture but reinforce stereotypes at the same time, tell us about what is going on in the country at the time?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"> Professor Mark Sawin, who has taught at 91大神 since 2001, shares a contagious enthusiasm for American history that has spurred his undergraduate students and 91大神 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/history\/\">history program<\/a> graduates to their own academic successes in the field. <\/aside>\n<p>Sawin, who has taught at 91大神 since 2001, shares a contagious enthusiasm for American history that has spurred his undergraduate students and 91大神 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/history\/\">history program<\/a> graduates to their own academic successes in the field. Last spring, then-junior E<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/04\/in-winning-essay-junior-elisabeth-wilder-connects-conservative-activist-phyllis-schlafly-to-transgender-rights\/\">lisabeth Wilder linked conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly with today\u2019s battle for transgender rights in an essay that won<\/a> the Francis J. Ryan Undergraduate American Studies Paper Award at the Eastern American Studies Association annual conference.<\/p>\n<p>Two alumni, Holly Scott \u201802 and Peter Lehman \u201809, were encouraged to pursue doctoral work in the field. Scott, a professor and graduate writing tutor at 91大神 who recently completed her first book on US protest movements, earned a master\u2019s degree in American studies at Penn State and a PhD in history at American University in American Studies. Lehman teaches at Hesston College in Kansas while completing his doctorate in American studies at Penn State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that Dr. Sawin can inspire students to produce conference-quality original scholarship on American cultural topics is a great asset to our history program at 91大神,\u201d says department chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/sprungms\">Mary Sprunger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29797\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/09\/exploring-history-film-music-literature-mark-sawins-interdisciplinary-approach-challenges-student-scholars\/peter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29797\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29797\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/Peter-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Lehman '09 is earning his doctorate in American studies at Penn State while teaching in the English department at Hesston College. (Courtesy of Hesston College)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/Peter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/Peter.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Lehman &#8217;09 is earning his doctorate in American studies at Penn State while teaching in the English department at Hesston College. (Courtesy of Hesston College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She adds that the interdisciplinary approach to history is present in other courses as well, and that students are encouraged to gain a global perspective, offered through area studies courses, such as the history of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Sprunger, who has taught at 91大神 for 24 years, says she introduced a world history survey course to curriculum offerings \u201cbecause I think it is important for us as global citizens to have some idea of what has shaped the international context we inhabit.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;What makes America America?&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>While 91大神 doesn\u2019t have a formal American studies program, Sawin teaches all his courses with the kind of creative, interdisciplinary approach that is the hallmark of the field. Both the field and the interdisciplinary approach has gained popularity around the world: next spring, Sawin will return to teach an American studies course at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he taught classes on US culture, literature and religion as a Fulbright Scholar in 2008-09.<\/p>\n<p>A quick history lesson: The field of American studies developed during the Cold War, when the United States government wanted more academics exploring, studying and generally praising American culture and history to \u201creinforce America\u2019s superiority to the Soviets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question American studies perpetually asks is, \u2018What makes America American?\u2019\u201d Sawin says.<\/p>\n<p>By the early 1950s, most schools had responded to this initiative with at least one class on American history viewed through the lens of culture. Programs soon morphed into anything but a conservative, patriotic agenda.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"> Learn more about 91大神&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/history\/pre-law\/\">pre-law studies<\/a> within the history department. <\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time the federal government tries to do something with academics, it backfires,\u201d Sawin says with a laugh. \u201cIt became left-leaning and socially active pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holly Scott\u2019s area of specialization is social change movements: she is publishing her first book\u2014<em>Younger Than That Now: The Politics of Age in the 1960s<\/em>\u2014in June. She says her experience learning about and working in social justice issues as an undergraduate student at 91大神 was a prime influence in her focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing their passion for their subject matters,\u201d says Scott, who praises 91大神 history professors for challenging her intellectually. \u201cEnjoying the<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29802\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/09\/exploring-history-film-music-literature-mark-sawins-interdisciplinary-approach-challenges-student-scholars\/re-edited-in-sept-2016\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29802\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/20140812-Holly-Scott-personnel-portrait-001-600px-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holly Scott '02 earned her doctorate in history from American University and recently published her first book.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/20140812-Holly-Scott-personnel-portrait-001-600px-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/20140812-Holly-Scott-personnel-portrait-001-600px.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly Scott &#8217;02 earned her doctorate in history from American University and recently published her first book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>world of ideas definitely put the idea of graduate study in my mind. I went to a large high school and never really saw myself as someone who might go into academic work. I think without the small classes and individual attention at 91大神, I probably never would have gone on to graduate school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott says she came to 91大神 from a home where \u201clively political discussions\u201d flourished. \u201cAnd my dad has a great collection of 1960s record albums. As I dived deeper into the records, I started to see the connections between music, culture and politics\u2014a combination that fits well in the American Studies world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That kind of cultural engagement is an experience that current students bring with them into the 91大神 history classes, Sawin says. \u201cOften, their experience with high school history is thin, mostly politics and economics with a little social culture. So when we look at film, music and literature, and when we take the religious, scientific and social movements of the country seriously, it helps create a more complete picture of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Research inspires careers<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29784\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/09\/exploring-history-film-music-literature-mark-sawins-interdisciplinary-approach-challenges-student-scholars\/students-768x432\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29784\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/students-768x432-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Wilder, Derrick Turner, Lorraine Armstrong and Christian Parks were invited to present research papers at the Eastern American Studies Association annual conference in April. (Courtesy photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/students-768x432-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/students-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth Wilder, Derrick Turner, Lorraine Armstrong and Christian Parks were invited to present research papers at the Eastern American Studies Association annual conference in April. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opportunities for independent research projects, often with an ethnographic slant, encourage students to look critically at the world and culture they live in. This spring, four students who had written research papers in Sawin\u2019s \u201cHistory of Recent America\u201d class were invited to present at the American Studies Association\u2019s Eastern Region conference (Sawin has served on the region\u2019s executive committee since 2003, including two years as president and 91大神 hosted the regional conference in 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Peter Lehman took two courses with Sawin\u2014\u201cReading 19th Century America\u201d and \u201cThe History We Tell Ourselves,\u201d which prompted the pursuit of American studies in his graduate work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was interested in the histories of many different regions, but often felt like as Americans, we have the extra responsibility to have a clear-eyed view of our own history. It so greatly affects our self-perceptions,\u201d Lehman says. \u201cI have always enjoyed literature, as well, so American studies seemed like a great way to combine those two fields in a useful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His time at 91大神, he added, also brought a faith lens and \u201csense of mission\u201d to his studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be interesting and fun studying U.S. culture,\u201d he says, \u201cbut we as Christians must also understand where we should fit, how we can serve others, resist and otherwise relate to culture, while remaining sensitive to the impact of our own actions, narratives and traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sawin hopes painting the tapestry of history with broad brushstrokes continues to inspire new learners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents like having things made relevant, and cultural pieces are ones they resonate well with,\u201d Sawin says. \u201cYou see how people lived day to day. 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