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American Studies is an Interdisciplinary Program at Stanford blending courses in history, literature, social sciences and the arts, in which students learn to analyze and interpret America's past and present, forging fresh and creative syntheses along the way.

To hear more from our students, visit "We the People" -- a blog for undergraduates in American Studies at Stanford.

Annie Kramer, American Studies Senior, wins the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award

Congratulations to Annie Kramer!

The J. E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement is one of our most selective academic awards since its inception in 2006. It is based on overall academic performance and is presented to the top 25 students of each year’s graduating senior class in the School of Humanities and Sciences.

In the photo: Left Richard Gillam, center Annie Kramer, and Ken Sklar, one of Annie's high school teachers