Next up in our series of sneak peeks at the American Studies Graduate Student Conference is a panel entitled "The American Dream and the Politics of Promise." This panel will feature papers on political theory and rhetoric as they relate to the American Dream.

• Curt Yowell, “The Rhetoric of Poverty and Payday Loans”
• Joe Roberto Tafoya, “Watching and Learning From the Shadows: Political Sophistication of Latina/o Young Adults”
• Jeff Birdsell, “Advancing the Student as Investor Metaphor by Reconceptualizing the 'Career Student' to Advance the American Dream”
• Duncan Moench, “How Social Democrats can Change the American Dream: A Political Communication Perspective”

This panel will take place on Friday, April 5 from 10:45a.m. – 12:15p.m. in the Texas Union, 4.206 Chicano Culture Room.