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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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DC Queer Studies Symposium October 25th

September 08, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English

Save the Date - October 25th "The Queer Limit of Black Memory, Ten Years Later: A Celebration of the Scholarship of Matt Richardson"
LA Times

Opinion: Affirmative Action Isn’t Hurting Asian Americans. Here’s why that myth survives.

June 14, 2023 American Studies

Read Professor of American Studies Janelle Wong's piece in the LA Times.

Psyche A. Williams-Forson Wins 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award

June 08, 2023 American Studies

Psyche A. Williams-Forson Wins 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award

Controversial 1970s "Crying Indian" ad donated to the National Congress of American Indians

March 10, 2023 American Studies

Controversial 1970s "Crying Indian" ad donated to the National Congress of American Indians

Alumni named University Historian at Rice University

March 10, 2023 American Studies

Alumni named University Historian at Rice University

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

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

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.

ARHU Bookends features two American Studies Faculty Members

January 09, 2023 American Studies

ARHU Bookends features two American Studies Faculty Members
New York Times

Help Black Farmers, Who Know Hyperlocal Doesn’t Mean Fancy

November 29, 2022 American Studies

Professor of American Studies Psyche Williams-Forson's research is featured in The New York Times.

ARHU 2022 Service Award Winners Announced

October 12, 2022 American Studies, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication

Six exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.

Breaking The M.O.L.D. Initiative Launches with In-Depth Discussion of Leadership in Academia

September 07, 2022 American Studies, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication

The initiative seeks to prepare underrepresented arts and humanities faculty for institutional leadership.