Image: Congratulations to doctoral student Ben Prostine! Ben was awarded the 2026 Alice Kessler-Harris Dissertation Prospectus Award from the Labor and Working-Class History Association for his dissertation project, "Milked: Land, Labor, and Livestock in the Twentieth Century Dairy Industry." " The Alice Kessler-Harris Dissertation Prospectus Award is awarded to “the best dissertation prospectus about working people, their lives, workplaces, communities, organizations, cultures, activism, and societal context in any period and place."
