Sean O'Brien
Department
History
Sean O'Brien is a PhD student in the History Department at Wayne State University. His dissertation is focused on creative labor in the comics industry. He has taught pre-modern and modern sections of East Asian history, as well as HIS 2050: Modern America since 1877.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Modern US History
- History of American and Japanese Pop Culture
- American Labor History
Research
Comics Labor History
Education
- B.A., History, Northern Michigan University, 2012
- M.A., History, Wayne State University, 2019
Awards and grants
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2019 - Thomas Frank Mayer-Oakes Annual Memorial Scholarship
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2018 - Thomas Frank Mayer-Oakes Annual Memorial Scholarship
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2018 - Michael D. Patterson Memorial Award