Sean O'Brien
Office Location
3074 FA/B
Biography
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
- 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 2024 (future)
- ASN1710 - History of Modern East Asia
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
- HIS1710 - History of Modern East Asia
Fall Term 2023 (current)
- ASN1700 - East Asia to the 1700s
- HIS1700 - East Asia to the 1700s
- HIS3995 - Special Topics in History
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
- ASN1700 - East Asia to the 1700s
- HIS1700 - East Asia to the 1700s