The Program in American Studies offers an interdisciplinary study of the United States and the many ways to interpret the American experience. The program explores the themes, trends and patterns that characterize the American past and present using multiple perspectives and methodologies. You create your own path through the major, which includes courses in history, politics, popular culture, visual studies, law, literature, race and ethnic studies, etc.
Department Faculty
- Glenn Altschuler
- Edward E. Baptist
- David Alexander Bateman
- Richard F Bensel
- Kendra Bischoff
- Adrienne Bitar
- Jonathan Aaron Boyarin
- Jeremy Braddock
- Mary Pat Brady
- Derek Chang
- Eric Cheyfitz
- Ella Maria Diaz
- Corey Ryan Earle
- Peter K. Enns
- Jerel Ezell
- Cheryl Finley
- Jason Frank
- J. Ellen Gainor
- Maria Cristina Garcia
- Bill Gaskins
- Frederic Wright Gleach
- Lawrence B. Glickman
- Tao Leigh Goffe
- Sabine Haenni
- George Hutchinson
- Louis Hyman
- Karen Jaime
- Kurt Jordan
- Karim-Aly Kassam
- Jonathan David Kirshner
- Ronald R. Kline
- Julilly Kohler-Hausmann
- Oneka LaBennett
- Alexander Livingston
- Alejandro L. Madrid
- Joseph Margulies
- Kate McCullough
- Suzanne Mettler
- Jamila Michener
- Andrew Moisey
- Viranjini P Munasinghe
- Jon W. Parmenter
- Judith A. Peraino
- Benjamin D. Piekut
- Steven Pond
- Riché Richardson
- Jolene K. Rickard
- Russell Rickford
- Noliwe Rooks
- Diane S. Rubenstein
