Sean O'Brien
Office Location
3074 FA/B
Biography
Sean O'Brien graduated with his Ph.D. in History from Wayne State University in December, 2024. His dissertation 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 and designed and taught HIS/ELR 3220 Pop Culture and Labor.
He began work as an Academic Services Officer II for Wayne State University in January, 2024 serving as the advisor for the ELR program.
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
- 2019 - Thomas Frank Mayer-Oakes Annual Memorial Scholarship
- 2018 - Thomas Frank Mayer-Oakes Annual Memorial Scholarship
- 2018 - Michael D. Patterson Memorial Award
Courses taught by Sean O'Brien
Winter Term 2025
- HIS 3000 - Historian's Craft: Work and Play
Winter Term 2024
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
Fall Term 2023
- ASN/HIS 1700 - East Asia to the 1700s
- HIS3995 - Special Topics in History (HIS/ELR 3220 Labor in Media and Pop Culture)
Spring-Summer Term 2023
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
Winter Term 2023
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
Fall Term 2022
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
Spring-Summer Term 2022
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
Winter Term 2022
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
Fall Term 2021
- ASN/HIS 1700 - East Asia to the 1700s