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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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American Studies Alums - In Their Own Words (Stephanie Stevenson)

February 20, 2014 American Studies

Hear the testimonial from Stephanie Stevenson, a past undergraduate students.

American Studies Alums - In Their Own Words (Ja'Lisa Dixon)

February 20, 2014 American Studies

Hear the testimonial from Ja'Lisa Dixon, a past undergraduate students.

American Studies Alums - In Their Own Words (Anna Yuwen)

February 20, 2014 American Studies

Hear the testimonial from Anna Yuwen, a past undergraduate students.

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson Awarded First Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative Grant.

February 18, 2014 American Studies

The Foxworth Initiative's goal is to enrich the education and scholarship of Arts and Humanities students by supporting projects that address central themes of the Arts and Humanities.

Amst Graduate Students Awarded Travel Grants!

February 18, 2014 American Studies

American Studies is proud to announce that three of our graduate students recently received the ARHU Graduate Student Travel Award

Meet The Faculty Of The Foxworth Initiative

December 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Leigh Wilson Smiley deliver Foxworth courses to serve the pressing issues of community partners.

Dr. Christina Hanhardt’s Exciting New Book Out Now!

December 03, 2013 American Studies

The Department of American Studies's own Dr. Christina Hanhardt is releasing her highly anticipated book, Safe Space: Gay Neighborhoods and the Politics of Violence.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Manifesto For Active Learning

October 16, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Assistant Professor of American Studies and Distinguished Faculty Fellow Jason Farman shares his ideas of learning in "The Chronicle of Higher Education."
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.