University of Glasgow

From Betty Crocker to Mildred Pierce: The Representation of Female Success in Depression-era America

Academic History:

2013-2014  American Studies MLitt (with distinction)

2009-2013 MA (Hons) History – Honours of the First Class

Supervisors:

Dr Laura Rattray

Dr Daniel Scroop

Dr Marina Moskowitz

Research Interests:

• Women’s history
• African American Literature
• American Women’s Literature
• American Literature
• Race Studies
• Slavery Studies
• Interwar America

Previous Research Projects:

Women and White Supremacy in Twenty-First Century Film, 1920s American Womanhood in the Short Fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Scholarships/ Awards/ Publications:

• Greta Tweeddale Prize for History (Second year)
• Gordon Undergraduate Dissertation Prize in American Studies 
• James Ewing Prize for History
• Frances Hutchison Award
• Gordon Studentship Award
• Glasgow Educational & Marshall Trust (bursary)

Contact Details:

Email: r.dunbar.1@research.gla.ac.uk

First published: 1 October 2014