Research papers written for Michael Kammen's senior seminar, Art Controversies in American Culture, concerning the history of art-related controversies in the U.S. Papers include "Facing History: No Easy Task," by Siobhan Armstead; "Robert Motherwell's New England Elegy: A Misunderstanding over Blood, Bullets, and John F. Kennedy," by Karne Hukee; "'Sensation'-Seekers: An Analysis of the 'Sensation' Controversy through the Liberal and Conservative Press," by Jill Keller; Exposing the "Termites': Congressman George Dondero's Hysterical Crusade Against 'Communism' in Modern Art," by David Harrison Lloyd; "Labors of the Citizens: The Public Controversy Surrounding Kenneth Evett's Murals for the Nebraska State Capitol, by Ted Lubin; "'The Miracle' and the Fall of Catholic Motion Picture Censorship in the United States," by Michael J. Maas; "Who's Sanity: Society for Sanity in Art Searches for Rationality in Modernism," by Elizabeth Maratea; "Andrew Wyeth, American Painter: Avant-Garde or Retardataire?: Critical Opinion Versus Public Opinion, Placed in Historical Context, 1937-1967," by Charlotte Louise Nunes; "Exclusive Legacies: The Creation of the World War II Memorial and the Preservation of the National Mall," by Laura Rowntree; and "Portrait of the Bust that Was a Bust: An Examination of the George Moscone Sculpture Controversy," by Lucas Zier.