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AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS

The Guide to American Studies Resources includes a directory of domestic American Studies and American Ethnic Studies programs. During the fall and winter of 2001/2002 the ASA contacted all listed programs and requested updated program information. The ASA sought and continues to actively seek new programs for inclusion in the Guide. If any program information in the 2002 Guide was excluded or inaccurate, the correct information was not provided to the ASA by the time of publication. Please consult the online Guide for the most recent and up-to-date information. Updates to the online edition may be made at any time. Please visit the publications section at http://www.theasa.net for further information.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM

American Studies Program
401 Ullman Building
1212 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-3350
Phone: 205/934-5634
Fax: 205/975-8360
E-mail: amillard@uab.edu

Chair/Director: Andre J. Millard

Degrees Awarded: BA (Minor in American Studies)

Academic System: Semester

Deadlines: Undergraduate admissions September and March, financial aid 5/1; graduate admissions 6 weeks prior to start of classes, financial aid 5/1

Affiliations and Internships: Birmingham Museum of Art, the Birmingham Public Library, and the Birmingham Historical Society, the Red Mountain Museum, Arlington Historic House, and Sloss Furnace

Program Specializations: popular culture, film, African American studies, and Civil Rights history

The American Studies Program is a new interdisciplinary minor at UAB. It offers students the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of American culture and society, as well as the skill of interdisciplinary thinking so valuable in a variety of careers. Students will examine a wide range of "texts" on American life, including books, films, slides, photographs, drama, art, music, architecture, and industrial and technological developments. The minor requires 21 hours of coursework, including two core courses, a senior seminar, and 12 hours of electives.

American Studies Faculty

COLLINS, Robert (PhD, Ohio State Univ.) Associate Professor; American literature, poetry

DAVIS, Jack E. (PhD, Brandeis Univ., 1994) Environmental and Native American History

ELIAS, Amy (PhD, Pennsylvania State Univ.) Assistant Professor of English

FROST, Linda (PhD, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook) Assistant Professor of English and Women's
Studies

LAGORY, Mark (PhD, Univ. of Cincinnati) Professor of Sociology; urban studies

LONG, Ada W. (PhD, State Univ. of New York) Associate Professor of Literature

McCONNELL, Michael N. (PhD, College of William & Mary) Associate Professor; colonial history

MILLARD, Andre J. (PhD, Emory Univ.) Associate Professor; history of technology, popular culture

QUINAN, Kieran (PhD, Vanderbilt Univ.) Associate Professor; Southern literature

WEBB, Samuel (PhD, Univ. of Arkansas) Assistant Professor; Southern history & culture

WHARTON, Lawrence G. (PhD, Univ. of Utah) Associate Professor; film, modern novel

WHATLEY-SMITH, Virginia (PhD, Boston Univ.) Assistant Professor; African American studies

WILSON, Michelle (PhD, Univ. of Connecticut) Associate Professor; sociology

Department of American Studies
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
101 Ten Hoor Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0214
Phone: 205/348-5940
Fax: 205/348-9766
E-mail: jsalem@tenhoor.as.ua.edu
www.as.ua.edu/american_studies

Chair: James Salem

Degrees Awarded: BA, MA

Enrollment (2000-2001): 32 (B); 14 (M)

Degrees Awarded (2000-2001): 6 (B); 7 (M)

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: $3,014/year (in state); $8,162/year (out-of-state)

Deadlines: Undergraduate admissions, none, financial aid 3/1; graduate admissions 7/1 and 11/1, financial aid 3/1

Financial Aid: Teaching assistantships, research assistantships, Tate Memorial Scholarships, Graduate Council Fellowships

Affiliations and Internships: Internships available at the Alabama Heritage magazine, and in the Bryant Sports Museum, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Moundville Native American Museum, Civil Rights Institute (in Birmingham), Center for Rural Services and Research, Central High School American Studies Center (Tuscaloosa), and in historic preservations

Program Specializations: 19th- and 20th-century social, cultural, and intellectual studies, Southern culture, music, African American culture, gender studies, popular culture

Number of Courses Given by Program: 25 (B); 17 (M)

All undergraduate AMS majors can expect to acquire a basic knowledge of American institutional structures, collective and group behavior, creative expression, demographic composition, regional identity, and characteristic attitudes and values. Students (graduate as well as undergrad) may also focus their studies on an area of special interest (the South, gender, popular culture, African American culture, artistic expression, etc.) through selection of relevant offerings from the University at large as well as from within the department. Graduates have pursued successful careers in the media, government service, business, publishing, and the professions. Many have continued their academic work at the graduate level in American Studies, history, English, communications, and law. A memorandum entitled "What Can You Do with an American Studies Major?" is available upon request. The Master of Arts Program is designed to serve students interested in careers as researcher/teachers for whom the MA is preparatory to doctoral studies as well as those who wish to begin their professional life after completing their Masters. The MA program is deliberately small and selective. We recruit students nationally, accepting each fall an entering class of from six to nine students (we have set the upper limit for the total number of MA students at fifteen). We do not permit our own undergraduate majors to enter the MA program.

American Studies Faculty

ADRIAN, Lynne (PhD, Univ. of Iowa, 1984) Associate Professor; subcultures, women's history, turn-of-the-century social and intellectual history

GLADNEY, Rose (PhD, Univ. of New Mexico, 1974) Professor Emeritus; the South, gender/sexuality, liberation movements

MEGRAW, Rich (PhD, Louisiana State University, 1990) Associate Professor; the West, social history, sports

MCELYA, Micki (PhD, New York University) Assisstant Professor; Cultural History, History of Women and Gender, History of Sexuality, Race and Culture, the U.S. South, Feminist Theory

MORGAN, Stacy (PhD, Emory University, 1999) Assistant Professor; visual arts and film, African American literature and art history, folklore, popular culture

SALEM, James (PhD, Louisiana State Univ., 1965) Professor; American drama, American popular music, mass culture

SHABAZZ, Amilcar (PhD, Univ. of Houston, 1996) Associate Professor and Director of African American Studies; African American history, African diaspora, media

TANG, Edward (PhD, New York Univ., 1996) Associate Professor; American intellectual and cultural history, Asian American studies, African American studies

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African American Studies Program
P. O. Box 870214
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0214
Phone: 205-348-2532
Fax: 205-348-9766
www.as.ua.edu/american_studies/aasthome.htm
E-mail: amilcar@bama.ua.edu

Director: Amilcar Shabazz

Degrees Awarded: Minor

Faculty

BOLDEN, Tony; Assistant Professor of American Literature and African-American Literature

CARTER, Cornelius; Assistant Professor of Dance

DAILEADER, Celia; Associate Professor of English, Renaissance Literature

DRESSLER, William W.; Professor of Anthropology & of Social Work (joint appointment)

GLADNEY, M. Rose; Associate Professor of American Studies

GORDON, Dexter; Assistant Professor of Speech Communication

HOLT, Wythe; University Research Professor of Law

HOUSTON, Marsha; Professor and Chair of Communication Studies

JOHNSON Ida; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

MILLS, Gary; Professor of History and African American History

MORGAN, Stacy; Assistant Professor of American Studies

OTHS, Kathryn S.; Associate Professor of Anthropology

SALEM, James M.; Professor and Chair of American Studies

SHABAZZ, Amilcar; Assistant Professor of American Studies and African American Studies

SIMON, Cassandra; Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

WINTER, Marcia; Instructor, School of Social Work

YOUNG, Robert; Assistant Professor of American Literature and African-American Literature

The American Studies Program
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20016
Phone: 202/885-1834
E-mail: amstds@american.edu
http://www.american.edu/cas/amstud/

Chair/Director: Edward C. Smith

Degrees Awarded: BA

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: $6,753 per semester

Deadlines: Admissions 2/1 (early decision 11/15) and 12/1 (Spring); financial aid 3/1

Financial Aid: Perkins loans, SEOG, work-study

Enrollment (1991-1992): 13 majors

Affiliations and Internships: U.S. Congress, Common Cause, Woodrow Wilson House, Women's Equity Action League, Urban League, American Institute for Architects, White House

Program Specializations: ethnography, popular culture, folklore

The American Studies Program offers students the opportunity to create an individualized program by drawing together the perspectives of several disciplines. Through an exploration of America's past, its intellectual traditions, creative arts, folk traditions, social structure, and social change, students come to better understand the complex society of the United States. Moreover, by studying ways in which race, gender, and class intersect with these topics, American Studies graduates discover ways in which Americans build community through shared concepts and examine how they differ and diverge.

The American Studies Program helps students develop an area of expertise and build their interdisciplinary skills while learning to think critically and write clearly.  American Studies graduates work in journalism, broadcasting, government, foreign service, education, museum administration, private business, historical research, and social services. Many students also go on to graduate study and law school.

By learning to use both traditional and nontraditional resources, students become familiar with many of the major cultural collections of Washington, DC These include such organizations as the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress, Dumbarton Oaks, the Hillwood Museum, and many more.

American Studies Faculty

BURKHART, Geoffrey  (PhD, ) Professor of Anthropology; Family & Gender Studies

KRAUT, Alan  (PhD, Cornell Univ.) Professor of History; immigrant history, ethnic history, history of medicine, 19th-century American social history

LEAP, William (PhD, Southern Methodist Univ.) Associate Professor of Anthropology; tribal traditions

McNETT, Charles (PhD ) Professor of Anthropology; Southern Traditions

MUSSELL, Kay (PhD, Univ. of Iowa) Professor of Literature; popular culture, gender, literature

RADNER, Jo (PhD, Harvard Univ.) Professor Women's & Gender Studies; folklore and gender

SMITH, Edward (MA) Assistant Professor of American Studies; minority affairs, Washington history, Civil War

 TESCONI, Charles (PhD, Univ. of Cincinnati) Professor and Dean of School of Education; Schools & Society

TURAJ, Frank (PhD, Brown Univ.) Professor of Literature; American Conservatism

WILLIAMS, Brett (PhD, Univ. of Illinois) Professor of Anthropology; race & class, urban life, popular folk culture

WILLOUGHBY, John (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Economics; political economy, imperialism

American Studies
102 Morgan Hall
Box 2225
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
Phone: 413/542-2246
e-mail: amstuds@amherst.edu
www.amherst.edu/~amstuds/menu.html

Chair/Director: Martha A. Sandweiss

Degrees Awarded: BA

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: $32,400 per year (including room and board)

Financial Aid: Provided to all needy students

Enrollment (2000-2001): 18 majors

A student who chooses to concentrate in American Studies makes a commitment to study American culture and society from as many perspectives as possible. Institutions, ideas, artifacts, literature, politics, ethnic and racial groups, everyday life, and the relationship among these are subjects of study at Amherst. The student should finish a course of study with an awareness of a personal and historical connection to those peoples and forces that constitute American culture and society. Work in European, American, and African American history, in social theory and sociology, philosophy and religion, political institutions and theory, economics, literature, music, art, and architecture are possible approaches to the subject. Each student, on the basis of personal and intellectual interests, will define a coherent program of study drawing on at least some of these disciplines. In addition to taking 12 courses, each student submits an interdisciplinary essay to the department near the end of the senior year.

American Studies Faculty

CLARK, Carol (PhD, Case Western Reserve Univ., 1981) Professor of Fine Arts and American Studies; art history

COUVARES, Frank G (PhD, Univ. of Michigan, 1980) Professor of History and American Studies; labor history, media history

DIZARD, Jan E. (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1967) Charles Hamilton Houston Professor in American Culture (Sociology) and Professor of American Studies; sociology of family, environmental sociology

FERGUSON, Jeffrey B (PhD, Harvard Univ., 1999) Assistant Professor of Black Studies and American Studies;
African American literature and history

GUTTMANN, Allen (PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, 1961) Professor of English and American Studies; literature, sports studies

HAWKINS, Hugh D (PhD, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1954) Anson D. Morse Professor of History and American Studies; educational history, Southern history

LEVIN, N. Gordon, Jr. (PhD, Harvard Univ., 1967) Dwight Morrow Professor of History and American Studies; diplomatic history, history of Israel

SANCHEZ-EPPLER, Karen (PhD, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1989) Associate Professor of American Studies and English; literature, women's studies

SANDWEISS, Martha A (PhD, Yale Univ., 1985) Associate Professor of American Studies and History; history of photography, history of the West

SWEENEY, Kevin (PhD, Yale Univ., 1986) Associate Professor of American Studies and History; early American history, material culture

WEYLAND, Karin (PhD, New School for Social Research, 1998) Assistant Professor of American Studies and Anthropology and Sociology; sociology, immigration and gender

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Department of Black Studies
Campus Box 2251
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
Phone: 413/542-5800
Fax: 413/542-2133
https://cms.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/black_studies
E-mail: blackstudies@amherst.edu

Degrees Awarded: BA

The Black Studies Department at Amherst was founded in the early 1970s in response to the demand from students and concerned faculty for a space within the academy in which issues of race and the cultural connections between Africa and the Black Diaspora could be explored. From the outset, the faculty members who implemented the Department's program saw their work as cross-cultural and interdisciplinary. This emphasis remains a central feature of the Department today.

Many of the thematic and disciplinary questions raised in the introductory course are expanded upon in other courses. Majors must take at least two courses on African, African-American and Caribbean/Latin American themes. Majors must also ensure that these courses are drawn from at least three distinct disciplines. Perhaps most importantly, all majors take at least one course that requires them to examine the links among various Black cultures.

Black Studies Faculty

ABIODUN, Rowland O.;  John C. Newton Professor of Fine Arts and Black Studies

BLIGHT, David W.; Class of 1959 Professor of History and Black Studies

COBHAM-SANDER, Rhonda; Professor of English and Black Studies at Amherst College

FERGUSON, Jeffrey B.; Assistant Professor of Black Studies and American Studies

RUSHING, Andrea B.; Professor of English and Black Studies

WILLS, David W.; Professor of Religion and Black Studies

American Studies Program
Cade Center for Fine Arts
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, MD 21012-1895
Phone: 410/315-7229
E-mail: gjsegreti@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

Chair/Director: Gregory J. Segreti

Degrees Awarded: AA

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: In-state $60 per credit hour, out-of-state $204 per credit hour

Financial Aid: Grants, work-study

The Associate of Arts degree program in American Studies is designed to encourage and assist students in developing an understanding and appreciation of the social structures and cultural values of American experience from a variety of historical and contemporary perspectives. The program makes use of materials and methodologies from various disciplines in the exploration of multidisciplinary approaches to the study of American society and culture. The program offers 12 introductory and special topics courses and will readily transfer to most four-year colleges and universities.

American Studies Faculty

The program is coordinated by one core faculty member who holds an appointment in American Studies; in addition the program has engaged several affiliated faculty from a variety of other academic departments, including film studies, history, philosophy, and political science.

SEGRETI, Gregory J. (ABD, University of Maryland, College Park) Professor of American Studies; popular culture, material culture studies, historic preservation
 

American Studies
FAB N220
4701 W. Thunderbird Road, P.O. Box 37100
Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100
Phone: 602/543-6090
Fax: 602/543-6004
E-mail: ams@asu.edu
http://newcollege.asu.edu/programs/amer_studies/

Chair/Director: Thomas W. Cutrer

Degrees Awarded: BA American Studies and History with minor available in Ethnic Studies, and a Writing Certificate Program

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: Instate $2,488; out-of-state $10,354 (tuition and fees only)

Deadlines: Undergraduate admissions at least 30 days prior to beginning of classes; graduate admissions as soon as possible prior to beginning of classes

Enrollment: 34 majors

Program Specializations: Cultures of the American Southwest; religion in America; professional writing

The American experience is shaped by an endless variety of life patterns. The American Studies Program at ASU West allows students to view this cultural kaleidoscope from many different perspectives, while they prepare themselves for career fields as diverse as banking, journalism, and law. Three tracks comprise the American Studies Program: American Cultures, American Lives, writing the exit project. The program also offers an emphasis on professional writing. Overall, the program provides the educational equivalent to degrees in English, history, or Spanish, while also offering introductions to a variety of other disciplines, such as anthropology, art history, political science, sociology, and communication, as well as the multidisciplinary fields of family studies, gender studies, and ethnic studies. The major requires 30 hours of American Studies courses.

American Studies Faculty

ALESHIRE, Peter (MA, Stanford Univ., 1974) Lecturer of Writing; professional writing

ANOKYE, Akua Duku (PhD, City Univ. of New York) Visiting Professor of Language and Literature

BONAKDARIAN, Mansour (PhD, Univ. of Iowa) Visiting Assistant Professor of History; British,
colonial/post-colonial, and comparative history

BREDBENNER, Candice (PhD, Univ. of Virginia, 1990) Associate Professor of History; legal history, women's history

BROADDUS, Dorothy (PhD, Univ. of Louisville, 1989) Associate Professor of Rhetoric; rhetoric and composition

BUTTES, Barbara (PhD, Univ. of California, Los Angeles) Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Native American history, literature, culture

CÁRDENAS, Lupe (PhD, Arizona State Univ., 1983) Associate Professor of Spanish

CORRIGAN, John (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1982) Professor of Religious Studies; American religion, history of emotion

CÚADRAZ, Gloria (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1993) Assistant Professor of Sociology; social history, ethnic studies

CUTRER, Emily F. (PhD, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1986) Associate Professor of American Civilization; visual culture, feminism, regular expression of culture

CUTRER, Thomas W. (PhD, Univ. of Texas, 1980) Professor American Civilization; Southern history and military history

GILKESON, John S., Jr. (PhD, Brown Univ., 1981) Associate Professor History; community studies, social history

HATTENHAUER, Darryl (PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, 1984) Associate Professor of American literature; American novels, American romanticism, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville

HAY, M. Victoria (PhD, Arizona State Univ., 1979) Lecturer of English literature; professional writing, nonfiction

MOULTON, Ian (PhD, Columbia Univ.) Assistant Professor of English; English literature, Shakespeare, European Studies

NILAN, Kathleen (PhD, Yale Univ., 1989) Assistant Professor of History; European Studies, history and literature of women, children, and work

PULIDO, Alberto (PhD, Univ. of Notre Dame, 1989) Associate Professor of Sociology; religion, ethnic studies

TOTH, Stephen (PhD, Indiana Univ., 2000) Assistant Professor of history; Modern Europe, crime and punishment

UKPANAH, Ime (PhD, Univ. of Houston, 1993) Assistant Professor of history; Africa and the African diaspora

WERTHEIMER, Eric (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1994) Assistant Professor of American Literature; empire in early American literature, especially regarding the Incas and Aztecs

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African American Studies
Arizona State University (Main Campus)
Box 873802
Tempe, AZ, 85287-3802
Phone: (480) 965-4399
Fax: (480) 965-7229
E-mail: AFRAMSTU@ASU.EDU
http://www.asu.edu/clas/aframstu/faculty/Iheduru.htm

Director: Leanor Boulin-Johnson

Degrees Awarded: BA, Minor, Certificate

Academic System: Semester

Enrollment: 20

Tuition: Instate $2,488; out-of-state $10,354 (tuition and fees only)

African American Studies (AAS) is a multi-disciplinary program focusing on people of African descent throughout the world. Drawing on the pre-colonial African culture, primary focus is given to the diversity of Black experiences in the Western Hemisphere. While the program is dedicated to scholarly research, teaching, and creative activities, it also seeks to build partnerships with the community and utilize channels for informing policies which affect the life of Blacks in the Diaspora.

Faculty

ANDERSON, Lisa M.; Assistant Professor

BARNES, Andrew E.; Associate Professor

BERNSTEIN, Mary; Assistant Professor

BONTEMPS, Arna A.; Associate Professor

BOULIN-JOHNSON, Leanor, Director

BRAMLETT-SOLOMON, Sharon; Associate Professor

CHANCY, Myriam; Associate Professor

COBAS, Jose A.; Professor

COX, Ronnie; Associate Professor

DAVEY, William G.; Director

DAVIS, Olga; Assistant Professor

DeLAMOTTE, Eugenia; Assistant Professor

EDWARDS, Gus; Associate Professor

FUSE, Montye; Assistant Professor

GRAVES, Joseph; Associate Professor

JAIN, Nemi C.; Professor

JURIK, Nancy C.; Professor

KEITH, Verna; Associate Professor

LEONG, Karen; Assistant Professor

LESTER, Neil

LUND, Giuliana E.; Assistant Professor

McGOWAN, Patrick J.; Professor

MILLER, Keith; Associate Professor

MITCHELL, Michael J.; Associate Professor

MOORE, Moses; Associate Professor

OLIVERIO, Annamarie; Faculty Associate

PILAFIAN, J. Samuel; Professor

ROMERO, Mary; Professor

ROSA, John P.; Assistant Professor

SMITH, Donald S.; Faculty Associate

SUNKETT, Mark; Professor

TEYE, Victor; Associate Professor

TIBBS, Donald F.; Faculty Associate

UMBERGER, Emily; Associate Professor

USMAN, Desi; Visiting Associate Professor

WHITAKER, Matthew; Assistant Professor

WILLIAMS, Stephanie A.; Academic Assc.

WILSON, Patricia; Associate Professor

WINKELMAN, Michael; Lecturer

YOUNG, Bernard; Professor