C.Phil. History (U.S.), 2008
M.A. History (U.S.), UCLA, 2007
B.A. History, UC-Berkeley, 2004 |
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| E-mail: samerian@ucla.edu |
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| Subfield |
Consumerism, Gender history, Fashion history, Women in business
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| Research |
Tentative Dissertation Title: "Fifth Avenue's First Lady": Dorothy Shaver and the Business of American Style, 1893-1959
Dorothy Shaver was a pioneering female executive who was the president of Lord & Taylor department store in New York from 1945 to 1959.
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| Publications |
Book review: Brent Shannon, The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in
Britain, 1860-1914, to be published in Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History (2010).
Education Research Study: Silk, Y., Silver, D., Amerian, S., Nishimura, C., Boscardin, C.K. (2009). Using Classroom Artifacts to Measure the Efficacy of Professional Development. CRESST Report 761. National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R761.pdf
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| Grants and Awards |
Appleby Memorial Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, 2008-2009
UCLA Graduate Student Summer Research Mentorship, 2007
Carey McWilliams History Department Research Travel Grant, Fall 2008
UCLA Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant, Fall 2008
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| Advisors |
Jan Reiff
Kathryn Norberg
Ellen Dubois
Eleanor Kaufman (Comparative Literature)
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