
Faculty Book Event: Charles Kronengold in Conversation w/ Eric Porter
RSVP for Charles Kronengold's book talk on May 16 at noon!

"Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [WKL]." Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States...
Why American Studies?
“To me, the American Studies major captures the struggle to understand and create a 'more perfect union.'" - Allison Gold '15

Fall Course Enrollment Now Open!
Check out our fall course offerings, including our gateway course, Starstuff, and introducing a new course on the American Frontier in pop culture and fiction.
An interdisciplinary major for independent thinkers
American Studies provides students with a multifaceted understanding of the United States in all its complexity and diversity. Rooted in courses in history and social sciences, literature and the arts, and race and ethnicity, it invites students to develop fresh, insightful interpretations of America’s past and present, while also preparing them for the future as deft critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers.