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Duke (Hans van Miegroet). UMD (Richard Spear). Jeff Smith at UT is a great man and good scholar, but he is not a good intellectual adviser and his methodology is very traditional.

Look at UT. Susan Rather is an excellent scholar and an even better adviser. She is a real up-and-comer in her field and one of few in research universities. UT has one of the strongest MA programs in the country, Austin is amazing, and the program often accepts students from non-prestigious universities. UT has a strong American Studies program as well.