The following American Studies Seminar research papers were written by students in the 2004 seminar, "Communication in the Early Nation: Literacy and Print in America, 1750-1840," under the supervision Catherine A. Corman.

• "The National Identity of Independent Parts: A Study of Newspapers in 1826," by Cristine Delaney
• "Commonplace to Diary: A Young Girl's Literary Appreciation," by Sarah Gower
• "Freemasonry Membership Certificates and the Evolution of Early American Literacy," by Katrina Hildebrand
• "Beyond the Calendar Pages: Almanacs and the Construction of Gender in the Early 19th Century," by Jessica Myers
• "Newspaper Coverage of the Women's strike at the Lowell Factories in 1836: Different Viewpoints for Different Audiences," by Megan Osborne
• "Vicissitudes: Women Preachers in Print, 1820-1840," by Guinevere Robin Petrousky
• "Defining Insanity in the Early Nation," by Daniel Ricciardi
• "Theatric Elements of Indian Treaty Documents," by Laurie Rodrigues
• "Moral Disorder: The Betrayal of the American Revolution in History Textbooks of the 1820s and '30s," by Deirdre Sweeney