Learn about fascinating American lives, communities and ideas! Earn a B.A. in American Studies at UW in the College of Arts and Sciences. In 4 years, you’ll learn about fascinating American lives, ...

The Mellema Program in Western American Studies was endowed by Dirk and JoAnn Mellema in 1993. Calvin University hired William Katerberg as its director in 1999. The program is housed in the ...

When English Professor Emeritus Carl Smith founded the American Studies program in 1974, he envisioned an interdisciplinary honors program hinged on field-based learning and a senior thesis. The ...

The African and African American Studies (AAAS) program will become its own department in January, after 50 years of student advocacy. The AAAS program was the first ethnic studies program implemented ...

After the 36-hour sit-in, the University pledged to create four to seven new professorships and to increase its library holdings and course offerings in the two areas of study. Thirteen years later, ...

Work toward an M.A. in American Studies at UW in the Department of American Cultural Studies. Our 2 year program offers students professional development in interdisciplinary cultural studies. Through ...

The object of inquiry in American studies is culture—usefully defined as a society’s “whole way of life”—the sum of the ways a society and its subjects at once understand and remake the world. Taking ...