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American Studies, Douglass Center

Teaching Dissent: Summer Humanities Institute Returns to UMD

The daylong program is designed for teachers, scholars and community leaders.

Featured News

May 12, 2026 American Studies, Arts for All, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture

Digital Revival of a Displaced Community

New exhibit tells story of nearby Lakeland with help from UMD students and faculty.
April 04, 2026 American Studies

American Studies Professor Probes the Hidden Risks of ‘Easy’ Tech in new Slate Magazine Article

“We Made Technology Easy to Use — That Was a Mistake”

November 03, 2025 American Studies

"We Will Not Be Silent" Exhibition Now Showing at Stamp Gallery

PhD student Hannah Brancato curates an art exhibition on sexual violence that promotes "the ingenuity of resistance."
October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.
April 07, 2025 American Studies, English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A New Generation of Doctoral Scholars Goes Beyond the Page

From video games to VR, ARHU doctoral students are expanding dissertation scholarship through digital and experimental work.

April 08, 2024 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.
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 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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

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.

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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Three ARHU Faculty Members Named Graduate Faculty Mentors of the Year

May 24, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, American Studies

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.

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

April 26, 2021 American Studies, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

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

Asian American Life and Death

April 08, 2021 American Studies

Stay Tuned with Preet features Viet Thanh Nguyen and Janelle Wong.
Deeply Human Podcast

The Standing Line

April 04, 2021 American Studies

Jason Farman feature in BBC's Deeply Human
Maryland Today

UMD Expert: Shootings Followed ‘Intensified Feeling of Anxiety’ in Asian American Communities

March 22, 2021 American Studies

Professor explains history of anti-Asian bias, impact of political and economic instability, and importance of reaching across racial lines.

Beauty, Conscious

January 26, 2021 American Studies

Owner of skin-care company celebrates diversity—and burst in growth.
The New York Times

Dr. Janelle Wong Mentioned In The New York Times

January 07, 2021 American Studies

"Democrats need to stop obsessing about white rural voters and white suburban moms,‚ said Janelle Wong, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland."

Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King Wins The Lora Romero First Book Prize

January 04, 2021 American Studies

The selection committee for the Lora Romero First Book Prize for the ASA is delighted to recognize TIFFANY LETHABO KING's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (Duke University Press, 2019)
New York Times

Asian-American Voters Can Help Decide Elections. But for Which Party?

January 03, 2021 American Studies

They surged to the polls in 2020 and could help swing the Georgia Senate runoffs. Activists and experts say it is long past time for both Democrats and Republicans to pursue them.

Entrepreneur Rising

December 15, 2020 American Studies

Nazea Khan ’20 sharpened her skills at the intersection of critical thinking and meaningful experience.