Kara Butler is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences double majoring in Communication & Anthropology. A Philadelphia native, she is particularly interested in the intersection of wartime propaganda and childhood, which is the focus of her Senior Thesis and Wolf Humanities Center research project. She recently had the opportunity to conduct research while taking classes abroad in London. Outside of the fellowship, she enjoys arts and crafts projects.
Kara Butler
Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
2025—2026 Forum on Truth
Kara Butler
Communication and Anthropology; History
CAS, 2026
Play Fighting: The Role of Childhood in Wartime Propaganda
This project aims to both identify and explain how the relationship between childhood and propaganda works. With a particular focus on propaganda from 20th century wars and other conflicts, it will shed light on the ways in which childhood and propaganda interact. Specifically, it will work toward understanding how childhood is a subject of propaganda, how it is a target for propaganda, and how there might be differences in propaganda from different societies.