Skip to main content
Apply Give
Menu

News

Find the latest news and information from around the department, including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

Check out our past newsletters

Featured News

American Studies

Janelle Wong Honored by American Academy of Political and Social Science

The UMD professor is one of eight scholars inducted into the prestigious academy this year.

Featured News

February 29, 2024 American Studies, English, Maryland Language Science Center

Three ARHU Faculty Win Do Good Innovator Awards

Perla M. Guerrero, Peter Mallios and Shevaun Lewis are among 57 staff and faculty from across campus who received the award.

September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.
February 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, American Studies, Communication, Philosophy, School of Music, English, History, National Foreign Language Center

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

The grants fund $30 million to UMD faculty focused on groundbreaking, impactful research that will shape the future of our community, state, nation and world.
May 19, 2022 History, American Studies

Curating Arts and Culture on Campus

History and American studies double major Marjorie Justine Antonio ’22 programmed multiple exhibitions and events while an undergraduate.

March 04, 2022 American Studies

La Marr Jurelle Bruce Wins 2022 Caribbean Philosophical Association Book Award

“How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind” explores Black radical creativity.

November 18, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies

$3M Grant to Prepare Underrepresented Arts and Humanities Faculty for Institutional Leadership

Mellon Foundation funds partnership between UMD, UMBC, Morgan State.

June 04, 2021 American Studies

In Black Radical Artists, Professor Finds Methods to the ‘Madness’

From Nina Simone to Dave Chappelle, new book explores mad undercurrent in Black expressive culture.
May 24, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, American Studies

Three ARHU Faculty Members Named Graduate Faculty Mentors of the Year

Melissa Blanco Borelli of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Naomi Feldman of the Department of Linguistics and Nancy Raquel Mirabal of the Department of American Studies are recognized.
April 26, 2021 American Studies, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

The Lakeland Digital Archive: Toward an Equitable Community/University Collaboration

Talk is part of a new series centering racism, equity and justice.

In the News

The New York Times March 03, 2022

Will Asian Americans Bolt From the Democratic Party?

Professor of American Studies Janelle Wong's research appears in the New York Times.
Maryland Today November 22, 2021

A Walk Through Indigenous Baltimore

Alum Creates Tour of Her Peoples’ History—and Continued Presence—in East Baltimore.
The Diamondback November 15, 2021

‘I wasn’t surprised’: Maryland volleyball’s Rainelle Jones unshaken by protest hecklers.

“The amount of attention that it’s been getting gives me more of a chance, and gives my teammates and the staff a chance to really show why we’re fighting for what we’re fighting for,” Jones said.

Show Articles Matching...

Showing 141 - 150 of 212 Results
UMD RIGHT NOW

Umd Receives Largest-Ever Archival Gift

October 01, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD announces AFL-CIO archival gift appraised at $25 million, establishing university as top archival repository for labor history in North America.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion And Tenure

July 17, 2013 Art, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to faculty members in ARHU who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion And Tenure

July 17, 2013 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to faculty members in ARHU who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.
The death of gender-neutral clothing: New book details the history of when blue and pink became gender synonymous

The Death Of Gender-Neutral Clothing

June 08, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

American Studies Professor's new book details the history of when blue and pink became gender synonymous.
Pop Culture with Sheri Parks: Thursday June 6, 1-2 pm

Sheri Parks Contributes To Wypr'S Midday With Dan Rodricks

June 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Associate Dean and American Studies Professor Sheri Parks contributed to the radio program which discussed the connection between poverty and unhealthy foods in Baltimore.
How Pink And Blue Became Gender-Specific

How Pink And Blue Became Gender-Specific

June 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

American Studies Professor Jo B. Paoletti has found that pink and blue designations for girls and boys didn't start until the 1940s.

2013-2014 Dr. James W. Longest Memorial Award For Social Science Research Recipient

May 30, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

An ARHU graduate student receives the 2013-2014 Dr. James W. Longest Memorial Award for Social Science Research.

2013 Undergraduate Studies Program Teaching Award

May 21, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

American Studies Assistant Professor Christina Hanhardt receives the Undergraduate Studies Program Teaching Award.

Department Of American Studies Receives 2013 Ethnic Minority Achievement Award

May 20, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The President's Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues presents the Department of American Studies with the 2013 Outstanding Instructional Unit Award.

2013-2014 Graduate All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship Recipients

May 16, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Philosophy

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Graduate All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship.