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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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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.
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)

Dr. Sies Receives Best Edited Prize By International Planning History Society

June 02, 2020 American Studies

Drs. Mary Corbin Sies, Isabelle Gournay, and Robert Freestone's Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change has been selected to receive the best edited prize for 2020.
Allure Magazine

Amst Alum Melissa (Mia Chae) Reddy Featured In Allure Magazine

April 29, 2020 American Studies

UMD American Studies alum Melissa (Mia Chae) Reddy was recently featured in inaugural Global Beauty issue of Allure Magazine for her cosmetics line, Dehiya Beauty

Featured Profile: Janelle Wong

January 01, 2020 American Studies

Janelle Wong conducted her groundbreaking study of Asian Americans in eight different languages with six different Asian national origin groups.

New Book: Tiffany King's The Black Shoals

January 01, 2020 American Studies

AMST alum Tiffany King's new book, The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, is available now on Duke University Press!
Maryland Today

New Insights Into American Diversity

October 23, 2019 American Studies

Researchers aim to paint a more accurate picture of ethnic, racial groups across the nation.