# September 2024 News

**Source**: https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/2024-09
**Parent**: https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news

### [PhD Alumni Joseph Plaster wins book awards for "Kids on the Street"](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/phd-alumni-joseph-plaster-wins-book-awards-kids-street)

September 25, 2024

American Studies PhD alumnus Joey Plaster (Ph.D. 2018), who is now Curator in Public Humanities and Director of the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center at Johns...

### [Daniel Hosang named a 2024 Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/daniel-hosang-named-2024-freedom-scholar-marguerite-casey-foundation)

September 23, 2024

American Studies faculty member Daniel Martinez Hosang has been named a 2024 Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation in recognition of his extensive record of...