Chair/Director: Una M. Cadegan

Degrees Awarded: BA

Degrees Awarded (2000-2001): 5

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: $15,500 per year (plus room & board)

Deadlines: Admissions 8/20 (for early acceptance notification), rolling after 11/1; financial aid 1/15

Financial Aid: Scholarships, loans, grants, student employment

Enrollment: 25 majors

American Studies majors take three courses within the Program--a junior-level sequence in American Studies theory and method; AMS 300, American Cultures; and AMS 301, Interpretations of American Culture. In the senior year, majors complete a three-credit supervised independent research project, AMS 400. The other 39 upper-level hours in the major are taken from among approved courses in eleven participating departments.

The programs particular strengths are individualized advising, extensive experience with original research, and excellent teaching.

American Studies Faculty

Core Faculty

CADEGAN, Una M. (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1987) Assistant Professor; American history, American culture history, American Catholic history, American Catholic literary culture

Affiliated Faculty

Courses rather than faculty are affiliated with the Program. The Program has an advisory committee composed of faculty from the Departments of Economics; English; Music; Philosophy; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology; Anthropology; Social Work; and Visual Arts.

DENISON UNIVERSITY

Black Studies Program
Denison University, Granville
104 Knapp Hall
Granville, OH 43023
Phone: 740/587/6594
Fax: 740/587-5759
E-mail: jackson@denison.edu
kingt@denison.edu
ellis@denison.edu

Director: John L. Jackson
Acting Director (Fall, 2002): Toni C. King

Degrees Awarded: BA (Black Studies major and minor)

The Black Studies Program invites students to investigate the Black experience as it manifests itself in Africa, North America, and the Caribbean, and in other parts of the African Diaspora. While the Program's primary focus sis the study of the Black experience in North America, fundamental to this enterprise is recognition of the triangular relationship between Africa, the Caribbean and the United States. The Program seeks to serve the general needs of the college by providing course offerings across the full range of academic divisions. At the same time, it is designed to meet the specialized interests of students through an interdisciplinary major and minor. A faculty committee and the director of the Center administer the Black Studies curriculum for the program. The committee reviews and approves the educational plans developed by majors in consultation with the Director of the Center for Black Studies. Students wishing to major or minor in Black Studies should contact the director of the program.The major requires 32 credit hours, including three core courses and one Women's Studies course, and the completion of a senior project. The minor requires 24 credits, including three core course, one Women's Studies course, and one non-U.S. focused Black Studies course.

Black Studies Faculty

JACKSON, John L. (PhD, Ohio State Univ.) Black Religion and Black Theology, Cults and Sects, Sociology of Religion, Multicultural Course Design, Social Movements

KING, Toni C. (PhD, Case Western Reserve Univ.) Black Women and Organizational Leadership, Issues in Feminism, Career Dynamics of Women and African Americans, Critical Race Theory, Womanist Leadership, Feminist Pedagogy, Qualitative Research Methods.

Affiliated Faculty

DIDUK, Susan E. (PhD, Indiana Univ.) Social Organization, Political Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Gender and Envelopment, Cross-Cultural Study of Art, People, and Culture of Sub-Saharan Africa, Hunger in Africa

DIGGS, Rhunette (PhD, Ohio State Univ.) Interpersonal Communications, Rhetoric and Family Relations, Small Group Communication

GRABSKI, Joanna (PhD, Indiana Univ.) Power and Politics in African Art, Representing African on Film, Introduction to the Arts of Africa, South Pacific, and the Americas.

GRAHAM, Herman (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania) African-American History, African-American Soldiers During the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement

HAMLET, Desmond (PhD, Univ. of Illinois) Ethnic Literature, Post-Colonial Literature and Criticism, Harlem Renaissance, 17uth Century Literature, Modernism

KRUMHOZ, "Linda (PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin) African American Women's Novel, Ethnic Literature, Roots in Blues and Jazz, Rituals in African-American and Native American Women's Novels, Narratives and Slavery.

RUNZO, Sandra (PhD, Indiana Univ.) The Narrative of Black America

SCHILLING, Donald (PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin) History of South Africa, German History, Origins and History of World War II, Educational Policy in colonial an contemporary Africa. The Transformation of Politics in Northern Bavaria, 1880-1933

SCULLY, Pamela (PhD, Univ. of Michigan) Pre-Colonial African History, Introduction to Modern Africa

SNAY, Mitchell (PhD, Brandeis Univ.) History of the American South, Slavery

WATERS, Anita (PhD, Columbia Univ.) Race and Ethnicity and Cultural Identity and Politics in Caribbean Society, Political Sociology, Popular MusicWISE, Raymond (PhD Candidate, Ohio State Univ.) Gospel Choir, Gospel Music Production

American Studies Program
990 Fullerton Ave., Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773/325-2488
Fax: 773/325-7303
E-mail: american@condor.depaul.edu
www.depaul.edu/~american

Chair/Director: John Burton

Degrees Awarded: BA

Enrollment (2000-2001): 35 majors

Degrees Awarded (2000-2001): 8

Academic System: Quarter

Tuition: $16,500 per academic year

Deadlines: Admissions and financial aid 2/1

Financial Aid: DePaul University Grants

Affiliations and Internships: Over 30 internship opportunities in labor organizations, museums, community organizations, community development projects, libraries, corporate employers

Program Specializations: Domestic Studies (travel courses); Cultural History and Literature; Nature, Environment, and Culture; Politics, Institutions, and Values; Popular Culture; Race and Ethnicity; and Work, Technology, and Society

American Studies is an inter- and multi-disciplinary program that asks the question: "What does it mean to be an American?" To answer that question, students examine the values, patterns, and institutions that inform American culture and experience. American Studies brings together courses from throughout DePaul's curriculum under a well-defined, yet flexible, structure to consider the complexities of the American world. The Program integrates the study of American art, culture, economics, geography, history, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, and society.

The American Studies Program sponsors the annual Richard de Cordova Prize for an undergraduate paper or project in American Studies, in memory of our late, beloved colleague, film scholar Richard de Cordova.

The undergraduate major requires 13 courses as well as prerequisite coursework in U.S. history: a 2 course interdisciplinary core, an internship or a "domestic studies" (study/travel) experience, 6 courses in a concentration, 3 elective courses, and a senior research seminar. Courses for the concentration and electives may draw from AMS interdisciplinary courses or American topic courses from the academic departments. Every other year, the Program sponsors a "theme quarter" with a lecture series, films, panels, performances, exhibits, and a set of special courses. The events, receptions, and small group meetings with visiting lecturers, faculty, and panelists allow students to experience a variety of perspectives on American Studies. The topic of the fall 2000 theme quarter was "Pursuits of Happiness."

American Studies Faculty

The program is governed by a thirteen member Program Committee and administered by the Program Director. In addition, the Program draws on faculty from almost all academic departments.

Program Committee

CYGANOWSKI, Carol Kimick (PhD, Univ. of Chicago) Associate Professor of English and Director, American Studies Program; American publishing history, American drama, American women's fiction

BAXTER, Jane (PhD, Univ. of Michigan) Assistant Professor of Anthropology; historical archaeology, archaeology of North America, material culture studies

BLOCK, Jim (PhD, Univ. of Chicago) Lecturer in Political Science; American social character

BURTON, John (PhD, College of William and Mary) Lecturer in History; Work in American society, history of education, three cultures of early America

ESLINGER, Ellen (PhD, Univ. of Chicago) Associate Professor of History; Colonial to pre-industrial America, community formation, frontiers, African-American communities

INGRASCI, Hugh J. (PhD, Univ. of Michigan) Associate Professor of English; American dream

KACKMAN, Michael (PhD. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) Assistant Professor of Communication; media & cultural studies, U.S. Cold War cultural history

MOFFITT, Kimberly (PhD, Howard University) Assistant Professor of Communication; media criticism, intercultural communication, images of marginalized groups in mass media, images of social movements in the press

OWEN, Laura J. (PhD, Yale Univ.) Associate Professor of Economics; American economic history, labor economics

POHLAD, Mark (PhD, Univ. of Delaware) Assistant Professor of Art History; modernism, photography

RINEHART, Lucy (PhD, Columbia Univ.) Assistant Professor of English; early American theater, American national identity and racial identity

SELINGER, Eric Murphy (PhD, Univ. of California, Los Angeles) Associate Professor of English; American poetry, Jewish-American culture

Affiliated Faculty

BILL, Kenneth (MA, New Mexico Highlands Univ.) Adjunct Instructor of American Studies; American novel

FAIRHALL, Jim (PhD, SUNY, Stony Brook) Associate Professor of English; environmental issues in American literature

GARCIA, Alesia (PhD, University of Arizona) Assistant Professor of English; Latina/o, women's, contemporary American literature

JASKOT, Paul (PhD, Northwestern Univ.) Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Art and Art History; national socialist architecture, architecture and politics in Chicago

LEWIS, Timothy Adrian (MA, DePaul University) Adjunct Instructor in English and American Studies; American literature, First World War literature

SCOTT, Gregg (PhD, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Assistant Professor of Sociology; Street gangs, punishment and corrections, urban policing, social change and social movements, applied social science

STOREY, Margaret (PhD, Emory University) Assistant Professor of History; US Civil War

SUOZZO, Andrew G. (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania) Professor of Modern Languages; gay and lesbian America

WHITE, David A. (PhD, Univ. of Toronto) Adjunct Professor of American Studies; American philosophy

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Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
2320 Kenmore Ave.
DePaul University
Chicago, IL 60614
773/325-7840
dgitomer@depaul.edu
http://condor.depaul.edu/~mals/

Chair: David Gitomer

Degrees Awarded: MA

Deadlines: Rolling admissions

Financial Aid: Partial tuition assistance is available for qualified students

Program Specializations: Women's Studies concentration; Executive concentration, American Studies "paths"

The Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed especially for part-time adult learners. This flexible and challenging program allows students to take courses in multiple fields of knowledge. MALS curriculum has three components: 1) core classes 2) electives chosen by the student in consultation with an advisor 3) a capstone experience which is called the final integrating project.

Faculty

CALLAHAN, Pat, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Courses taught: Nationalism and International Conflict.Teaching Specialties: US foreign policy, war and peace, and international ethics

CHADEN, Caryn, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Courses taught: Visions of the Self. Teaching specialties: Eighteenth Century British Literature.

FURMAN, Frida Kerner, Ph.D., University of Southern California. Courses taught: Feminist Ethics; Representations of the Body. Teaching specialties: Religion/Social Ethics and Women's Studies.

GITOMER, David, Ph.D., Columbia University. Director, MALS. Courses taught: Exploring Other Cultures: India; Cultural Perspectives on Health and Disease. Teaching specialties: South Asian Civilizations and Cultural Analysis.

HINGA, Teresia M., Ph.D., University of Lancaster, UK. Courses taught: Feminist Theologies.

HOWLAND, Doug, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Courses taught: Self and Society in Contemporary Japan; Scholars and Samurai. Teaching specialties: Asian Studies.

JACKSON, Sandra, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Courses taught: Women Across Cultures; Women, Self and Society. Teaching specialties: Women in Higher Education and Gender Issues.

JASKOT, Paul, Ph.D., Northwestern University. Courses taught: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism. Teaching Specialties: modern art and architecture, history of architecture, Nazi art and architecture, Chicago architecture and urban planning, and art historical methodology.

KOVAL, John, Ph.D.,University of Oregon, Eugene. Courses taught: Work and Leisure in the 21st Century; Work, Leisure and the Quality of Life.

LADUKE, Jeanne, Ph.D., University of Oregon. Courses taught: Perceptions of Reality; Evolution in Science and Society. Teaching specialties: History of Mathematics and Women Mathematicians.

LILLEHOJ, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Columbia University. Courses taught: Special topics in Japanese Art; Japanese Art and Architecture. Teaching specialties: Asian art history and cultural history.

LUDWIG, Robert, Ph.D., Aquinas Institute of Theology. Courses taught: Ecology, Spirituality and Ethics. Teaching Specialties: Religious Studies and Catholic Studies.

MCQUADE, Paula. Ph.D., University of Chicago. Courses taught: Visions of the Self. Teaching specialties: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Gender, early modern English religious prose.

MIRITELLO, Mary, M.A., DePaul University. Associate Director, MALS. Teaching specialties: American Literature and Composition.

NAST, Heidi, Ph.D., McGill University. Courses taught: The City. Teaching specialties: Cultural Geography and Gender Studies.

POHLAD, Mark, Ph.D., University of Delaware. Courses taught: American Art and Art from 1900-1950. Teaching Specialties: modern and American art and the history of photography.

RINEHART, Lucy, Ph.D., Columbia University. Courses taught: Studies in American Authors: Herman Melville; The American Experience.

ROTENBERG, Robert, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Courses taught: Community and the City. Teaching specialty: Urban Culture and International Studies.

SCHULTZ, Warren, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Courses Taught: Exploring Other Cultures: Classics of Islamic Civilization in Translation.

SCOTT, Karen Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Courses taught: Perceptions of Reality; Medieval Mystics. Teaching specialties: Medieval History and Medieval Women.

SELINGER, Eric, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Courses Taught: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry; Jewish American Literature. Teaching Specialties: Modern and Contemporary American Poetry and Jewish American Literature.

SPEICHER, Barbara, Ph.D., Northwestern University. Courses taught: Multicultural Communication; Women Across Cultures. Teaching specialties: Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis.

STEINBERG, Naomi, Ph.D., Columbia University. Courses taught: Women Across Cultures. Teaching specialties: World Religions and Women's Studies.

STRAIN, Charles, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Courses taught: The American Experience; Zen Mind. Teaching specialties: American Religions and Buddhism.

TAYLOR, Jacqueline, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. Courses taught: Gendered Communication.

VANDENBERG, Peter, Ph.D., Texas Christian University. Courses taught: Autobiography. Teaching specialties: Contemporary rhetorical theory, Theories of Autobiography, Composition Pedagogy.

WILSON, Midge, Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Courses taught: Advanced Psychology of Women; Divided Sisters. Teaching specialties: Gender, Race and Culture.

WRAY, Harry, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Courses taught: Politics, Media, and Everyday Life; The American Experience. Teaching specialties: Politics and Culture

Chair/Director: Lourdes Torres

Degrees Awarded: BA

The Latin American and Latino Studies Program explores the cultural contributions of Latin America to the global community and highlights perspectives and traditions that have developed in the region. It analyzes the multicultural character of the peoples of Latin America by calling attention to the complex interplay between Indigenous, European and African societies in the region.  It explores the profound linkages that have emerged between Latin America and the United States, particularly through the construction of Latino communities in the US.

This program does not use traditional geographical boundaries to define the Latin American region. A significant part of Latin America's population lives outside the formal borders of Latin America; an estimated 25 million Latin Americans and their descendants live in the United States. Both Latin Americans and their descendants abroad draw upon and contribute to the dynamic development of Latin American cultural identity.

Faculty

CARMAN, Glen; Department of Modern Languages

CHESELKA, Paul; Department of Modern Languages

GONZALES, Mirza; Department of Modern Languages

GOERGEN, Juana Q.; Department of Modern Languages

MASUD-PILOTO, Felix; Department of History

RUMOLD, Inca; Department of Modern Languages

SOLTERO, Jose; Department of Sociology/Anthropology

TORRES, Lourdes; Department of Modern Languages
 

American Studies Department
Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone: 717/245-1519
Fax: 717/245-1479
E-mail: obrien@dickinson.edu
www.dickinson.edu/departments/amst/

Chair/Director: Sharon O'Brien

Degrees Awarded: BA, BS

Academic System: Semester

Tuition: $21,450 per year

Deadlines: Admissions 2/15 (Fall), 12/1 (Spring, transfers)

Financial Aid: Need-blind admissions; financial aid package is provided to meet calculated need by a combination of
scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study

Affiliations and Internships: East Anglia in Norwich, Washington Center for Internships, the Appalachian Semester

The American Studies Department at Dickinson seeks to provide an innovative and coherent approach to the study of American culture. Students are expected to develop a broad comprehension of the American experience, to think systematically about the nature of social and cultural analysis, and to analyze a topic of their choice from different disciplinary perspectives. The major consists of ten courses, including a core sequence in American Studies, a sequence in American literature, history, and either sociology or anthropology, and a thematic concentration in at least three courses from relevant disciplines.

American Studies Faculty

BARONE, Charles E. (PhD, The American Univ.) Associate Professor of Economics; U.S. political economy with special emphasis on race, class, and gender issues, women's studies, U.S. economic decline

FARRELL, Amy Erdman (PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, 1991) Coordinator of Women's Studies and Assistant Professor of American Studies; 20th-century U.S. culture, mass media, feminist theory

KEMP, Amanda D, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies

MALMSHEIMER, Lonna M. (PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, 1973) Professor of American Studies; interdisciplinary methods, photography, ethnography

O'BRIEN, Sharon (PhD, Harvard Univ., 1975) Professor of English and American Studies; 19th- and 20th-century American literature, feminist theory

ROGERS, Kim Lacy (PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, 1982) Associate Professor of History; recent U.S. history, urban America, gender and family history

SELDON, Tyra L., Instructor in English and American Studies

WINSTON, Robert P. (PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979) Associate Professor of English; American literature before 1914, early American novel

Contributing Faculty

HIRSH, Sharon, Professor of Fine Arts

JARVIS, Charles A., Professor of History

ROSE, Susan, Professor of Sociology

SCHUBERT, J. Daniel, Assistant Professor of Sociology