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Esther Arnold's Dissertation Recognized for Excellence

May 2, 2014

The English Department congratulates Esther Arnold, one of two graduating PhD students in the Humanities this year whose dissertations received official Commendations for excellence from the University's College of Arts and Sciences. Arnold's dissertation, "Entertaining Reformers: Social Reform and Recreation in American Literature and Silent Film, 1840-1915," was written under the direction of Professor John Michael.