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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.

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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.

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Today On Midday With Dan Rodricks Wypr-Npr: Amst Alum David Swartz Talks About His Senior Thesis!

January 05, 2012 American Studies

Listen in to Midday with Dan Rodricks on WYPR on 88.1FM from 12pm-2pm today!

Dr. Sheri Parks Gives The Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation Address At Loyola University

January 03, 2012 American Studies

Dr. Parks will speak on the theme of Martin Luther King's Projection of Black Womanhood.

Amst Faculty Rasa And Qrig Research Awards

December 13, 2011 American Studies

Several AMST faculty projects have been recognized with RASA and QRIG awards for next year.

Faculty Search In Transnational American Studies

November 03, 2011 American Studies

The Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland invites applications for a fulltime, tenure-track position focused on transnational studies at the rank of Assistant Professor.

Latino Heritage Month: Latino/A Contributions Across Campus

October 14, 2011 American Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

An interview with Associate Professor Ana Patricia Rodriguez as Latino Heritage Month comes to an end. 
The Washington Post

"Modern Family" Vs. "The Cosby Show"

September 19, 2011 American Studies

UMD's Sheri Parks, associate professor of American Studies, weighs-in on "normal" TV families.

From ARHU To The World Of Work: Graduate Student Job Placements

September 08, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies

AMST celebrates graduate job placements in academic and non-academic orgs, all helping minority students along the education pipeline. Tamara Wilds Lawson, Director, Posse D.C. 

American Studies Celebrates Summer 2011 Ph.D. Graduate Placements

August 12, 2011 American Studies

This summer the Department of American Studies proudly celebrates recent placements for graduates of our Ph.D. program:
Housatonic Times

Color-Coded Kids

July 21, 2011 American Studies

ARHU's Jo B. Paoletti addresses the use of advertising in defining pink as a feminine color and blue as a masculine color.

Featured Profile: Jo Paoletti

June 02, 2011 American Studies

Read about the recent attention in the press about Paoletti's forthcoming book, Pink and Blue: Telling the Girls from the Boys in America.