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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.

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.

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2016-17 Ronald E. Mcnair Graduate Fellowship Recipient

July 07, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

American studies student receives a 2016-17 Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship.
UMD Right Now

Researchers Awarded $500K Nsf Grant To Study Experiences, Attitudes & Barriers To Integration And Success Of Asian Americans

May 31, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Multi-campus team of researchers, including UMD, to analyze the nation’s fastest-growing racial group.

Terrance Wooten Awarded Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship

May 31, 2016 American Studies

The fellowship will fund Wooten as he continues his research on homelessness and writes his doctoral dissertation.
Terp Magazine

The Waiting Gain

May 16, 2016 American Studies

How the time we don’t think about shapes our lives.
The Diamondback

Umd Latinx Students Get A Cultural Room, Set Sights On Cultural Center

March 06, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The U.S. Latina/Latino studies program has a new room in Tawes Hall that is set aside as a space for Latinx students.
The Diamondback

Tawes Hall Is Now Home To American Studies Department, More Classrooms

January 28, 2016 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

There are six new classrooms and more office space for the American studies department.

University Of Maryland Dedicates Frederick Douglass Square To Honor Maryland’S Native Son

November 18, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

7 1/2-foot-tall bronze Douglass statue to be unveiled, memorializing Douglass as an enduring role model for social justice.
Atlas Obscura

The Forgotten Kaleidoscope Craze In Victorian England

November 09, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor Jason Farman researches the rise and evolution of the kaleidoscope in the 1800s, and its similarity with the iPhone today.
The Diamondback

Umd Unveils Frederick Douglass Statue On Hornbake Plaza

November 08, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

A new statue of Frederick Douglass stands in Hornbake Plaza.
The Diamondback

Black Lives Matter Hashtag Co-Creater Speaks Of Racial Inequality At Umd Talk

October 20, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, stimulates discussion about racial inequalities and stereotypes.