Dr. Christina Hanhardt Wins Best LGBT Studies in 2014 Lambda Literary Awards!
26th Annual Lammys honor Dr. Hanhardt for Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence
Read MoreUSLT Speaker Series: Historian Andrew Friedman
On New Book: Covert Capital: Landscapes of Denial and the Making of U.S. Empire in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia
Maryland Room, 0100 Marie Mount Hall
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 @ 4pm
Read MoreCongratulation to Dr. Geurrero!
Dr. Perla Guerrero has received a Ford Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship for the 2014-15 academic year. Dr. Guerrero will be working on her book manuscript, Latinas/os and Asians Remaking Arkansas, and working with Professor Paul Ortiz and the Samuel...
Read MoreAmerican Studies Alums – In their Own Words
Hear testimonials from past undergraduate students.
Read MoreDr. Psyche Williams-Forson Awarded First Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative Grant.
The Foxworth Initiative's goal is to enrich the education and scholarship of Arts and Humanities students by supporting projects that address central themes of the Arts and Humanities. The Foxworths want to encourage faculty to enrich the classroom experience,...
Read MoreAMST Graduate Students Awarded Travel Grants!
American Studies is proud to announce that three of our graduate students recently received the ARHU Graduate Student Travel Award in support of their presentations of papers at various upcoming conferences! All three will be travelling to the...
Read MoreDr. Christina Hanhardt’s Exciting New Book Out Now!
The Department of American Studies’ own Dr. Christina Hanhardt is releasing her highly anticipated book, Safe Space: Gay Neighborhoods and the Politics of Violence on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 as part of the Perverse Modernities series from Duke University...
Read MoreDepartment Launches New Journal
AMST's new online journal will feature undergraduate, graduate, and faculty contributions and will seek to promote discussion about important topics in today's society.
Read MoreAmerican Studies Welcomes Jan Padios
The Department of American Studies is proud to introduce Professor Jan Padios, our latest addition to our nationally recognized faculty.
Read MoreAmerican Studies Welcomes Janelle Wong
Please join us in welcoming Professor Janelle Wong, the new Direc-tor of the Asian American Studies Program (AAST) who is also jointly appointed in the Department of American Studies.
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