Sara Babcox First

Contact

• firstsb@muohio.edu
• Office: Room 116D Upham Hall, Oxford Campus
• 513-529-5131
• Office hours: M 9-10:30, W 1-2:30

Titles

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History and American Studies

Education

• PhD 2009, University of Michigan
• BA, Wellesley College

Teaching and Research Interests

• U.S. print culture
• Celebrity

Recently taught courses

• AMS 205 Introduction to American Studies
• HST/AMS 360.1 History of Celebrity in the U.S.

Selected Publications

• Dissertation: "The Mechanics of Renown; or, the Rise of a Celebrity Culture in Early America," 2009

Selected Grants and Awards

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 2006-07