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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
African-New World Studies Program
Florida International University
3000 NE 151 Street, AC1-162
North Miami, FL 33181
Phone: 305/919-5521
Fax: 305/919-5267
E-mail: africana@fiu.edu
http://www.fiu.edu/africana
Chair: Carole Boyce Davies
Graduate Director: Linda Spears-Bunton
Degrees Awarded: MA
Academic System: Semester
Enrollment (2001-2002): 10 (MA)
Financial Aid: Each academic year a limited number of gradate students are hired as teaching assistants. Assistantships are allocated on a competitive basis and typically pay a substantial portion of tuition and expenses and provide a stipend. To be considered for an assistantship, the applicant must make such a request in writing to the Graduate Director.
Program Specializations: Three options for the MA: 1) Pedagogy of the African Diaspora, 2) National and Transnational Policy Analysis, 3) Cultural Studies
The African-New World Studies Program is designed for the person who is interested in subjects as diverse as African Civilizations, Diasporic Popular Culture, Maroon communities, African Religions, Theories of International Development, Creolization, Africana Literary and Cultural Theory and New World Migration. The Program offers a wide range of courses, open to anyone interested in diversity and global concerns, historical-cultural heritage and political-economic issues. The program affords participants opportunities to sharpen many basic skills, including critical thinking, reading, writing, and research skills.
Core Faculty
BANYA, Kingley; Professor, College of Education, Educational Leadership
BECEL, Pascale; Associate Professor, Modern Languages
BERGMANN, Elizabeth; Professor, Theatre and Dance
BOODHOO, Ken; Associate Professor, International Relations
BOYCE-DAVIES, Carole; Professor of English and African-New World Studies
CADELY, Jean-Robert; Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and African New World Studies
CASTELLANOS, Isabel; Professor, Modern Languages
CLARK, John; Associate Professor, International Relations
FAROUK, Mohamed; Associate Professor, College of Education, Global Education
FJELLMAN, Steve; Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
GRIFFITH, Ivelaw L.; Associate Professor, Political Science
HOPKINS, Tometro; Associate Professor, English and Linguistics
LICHTENSTEIN, Alexander; Associate Professor, History
MAGNUS, Marcia; Associate Professor, Dietetics and Nutrition
MAINGOT, Anthony; Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
MANTELL-SEIDEL, Andrea; Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
NEUMANN, Roderick Paul; Associate Professor, International Relations
OGUNDIRAN, Akin; Assistant Professor, African History
PATTERSON, Valerie; Assistant Professor, College of Urban and Public Affairs
RAHIER, Jean; Associate Professor, Sociology/Anthropology and African New World Studies
REY, Terry; Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
SPEARS-BUNTON, Linda; Associate Professor, College of Education
STEPICK, Alex III; Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
STRONG-LEEK, Linda; Assistant Professor, English
SWEET, James; Assistant Professor, History and ANWS
TAYLOR, Clarence; Professor, History and ANWS
TORRES-POU, Juan; Assistant professor, Modern Languages
WOODS, S. Lee; Professor, College of Education.
Program in American and Florida Studies
223 Williams Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1581
Phone: 850/644-0202
Fax: 850/644-2140
E-mail: americanandfloridastudies@mailer.fsu.edu
www.fsu.edu/~ams/
Chair/Director: John Fenstermaker
Degrees Awarded: BA, MA, PhD (through Program in the Humanities)
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: In-state undergraduate $80.92 per credit, out-of-state $343.84 per credit; In-state graduate $229 per credit, out-of-state $860 per credit
Deadlines: Undergraduate admissions 3/1 (Fall), 11/1 (Spring), financial aid 2/1; graduate admissions 3/1 (Fall), 11/1 (Spring), financial aid 2/1
Financial Aid: Teaching/research assistantships, work-study, grants, loans, scholarships, fellowships
Enrollment (2001-2002): 21 undergraduate majors, 21 graduate students
Affiliations and Internships: Archival and museum internships for MA students who want to integrate such training into their thesis and writing
Program Specializations: Florida studies
American and Florida Studies is a program featuring crossdisciplinary study of American and Florida society and culture, highlighting in a pluralistic context the interrelationships among social history, cultural values, and artistic creation. Offering both the B.A. and the MA, the Program considers the United States within its own borders and as part of the Americas; additionally, it focuses on Florida itself, Florida as part of the Southern Region of the United States, and Florida and the Caribbean Basin. Majors select courses from a wide variety of disciplines, principal among them literature, history, social science, and fine arts. Each plan of study emphasizes multidisciplinary inquiry, developing various perspectives rather than focusing upon the philosophy or methodology of a particular field.
American Studies Faculty
In keeping with the breadth of disciplines and interdisciplinary interests informing American Studies, we draw from a broad range of faculty. The following colleagues are on our Program's Advisory Committee.
FENSTERMAKER, John (PhD, Ohio State Univ., 1973) University Distinguished Teaching Professor of English; American literature, Hemingway, Victorian literature
BEAROR, Karen A. (PhD, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1988) Associate Professor of Art History; nineteenth- and twentieth-century art
GREEN, Elna (PhD, Tulane Univ., 1992) Associate Professor of History; Southern social history, Southern suffragism
JUMONVILLE, Neil T. (PhD, Harvard Univ., 1987) Professor of History; American intellectual history, historiography
LHAMON, W.T., Jr. (PhD, Indiana Univ., 1973) Professor of English; American literature, American popular culture
MOORE, Dennis D. (PhD, Univ. of North Carolina, 1990) Associate Professor of English; earlier American literature and culture, eighteenth-century Anglo-American culture
ROWE, Anne E. (PhD, Univ. of North Carolina, 1973) Professor of English; American literature, Southern women authors
WEIGAND, Wayne (PhD, Southern Illinois, 1974) F. William Summers Professor
of Library and Information Studies and Professor of American Studies
Black Studies Program
A 5200 University Center
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2150
Phone: 850/644-5512
Fax: 850/644-7329
E-mail: blkstudy@mailer.fsu.edu
www.fsu.edu/~blkstudy/
Chair/Director: William R. Jones
Degrees Awarded: BA (Minor)
Our program offers an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary approach to the study of ethnicity, identity, human relations, and cultural dynamics. The curriculum provides an intellectually powerful analysis of individual achievements, cultural phenomena and paradigms, institutional behaviors, global trends, and public discourse. The curriculum also focuses on educational and social policy issues. Although the reach and mission of the program is global, our greatest strength is in the area of African American studies.
Core Faculty
JONES, William R. (PhD) Professor Emeritus of African American Studies
LOVE, Monifa (PhD) Black Studies Program
Associated Faculty
AKBAR, Na'im (PhD) Psychology
CLOSE, Billy R. (Ph.D.) School of Criminology
DICKSON-CARR, Darryl (PhD) English
FORD, W. Scott (PhD) Sociology
HAYWOOD, Chanta M. (PhD) English
JARMON, Brenda (PhD) Social Work
JONES, Maxine D. (Ph.D.) History
MASON, Patrick (PhD) Economics
MONTGOMERY, Maxine L. (PhD) English
McGREGORY, Jerrilyn M. (PhD) English
RANKINS, Jenice (Ph.D.) Nutrition & Food Science
American Studies Program
Faculty Memorial Hall 405
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718/817-4773
e-mail: swinth@fordham.edu
www.fordham.edu/facts/amer.html
Chair/Director: Kirsten Swinth
Degrees Awarded: BA
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: $31,400 per year including room and board
Deadlines: Admissions 2/1 (Fall), 11/1 (Spring); financial aid 2/15
Financial Aid: 50 Loyola Scholarships, 100 Dean's Scholarships; 63% of students receive some form of financial aid
Affiliations and Internships: The program urges majors to take advantage of New York City's considerable resources. Juniors and seniors explore the New York Public Library for sources on social history, the Schomberg Library for African American resources, Ellis Island for sources on immigration, the New York Historical Society; the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center for its collections/recordings in American music and musicology; The Museum of the City of New York for material culture collections, etc.
Program Specializations: History/literature; communications/social theory; philosophy/theology; art/music; politics/economics
The American Studies Program at Fordham College, run by a faculty committee in conjunction with the director of the program, accepts between 15 to 20 sophomores a year, requiring a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.5/4.0 and an interview with the Director. The selectivity of the Program (considered an honors major at Fordham College) helps to foster close professor-student academic guidance and discussion. The program of study focuses on the intellectual, social and material cultures of the United States. The courses offer students the opportunity to work towards a liberal arts degree that combines and integrates the fields of American literature and history, philosophy and political/social theory, art and music, and religion. The pedagogical aims and goals of the Program are broadly humanistic, in the tradition of what Jesuit education terms cura personalis (the care and development of the whole person). These goals include: an ability to analyze cultural problems from an inter-disciplinary point of view; an appreciation of the methodological problems and opportunities of interdisciplinary analysis; a strong emphasis on critical/analytical reading; and ability to identify and critique literary and methodological strategies in cultural artifacts; a serious engagement with textual classics from the U.S. literary and political past; and an ability to discuss and critique political, philosophical and religious values in U.S. culture.
American Studies Faculty
ANTUSH, John (PhD, Stanford Univ.) Associate Professor of English; American drama and modern literature
CAPO, James (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1978) Associate Professor of Communications; American public culture, communication theory
CRANE, Elaine (PhD, New York Univ., 1978) Professor of History; American Revolution, gender roles in American, US Constitution
HELENIAK, Catherine (PhD, New York Univ.) Associate Professor of Art History; American art, 19th- and 20th-century art
JONES, Judith (PhD, Emory Univ.) Associate Professor of Philosophy; Whitehead, James and American pragmatism
LATHAM, Michael (PhD, UCLA, 1996) Assistant Professor of History; Twentieth century America, foreign relations
MASSA, Mark (ThD, Harvard Univ. 1987) Associate Professor of Theology; religion in America, religion and public culture
McCARTHY, E. Doyle (PhD, Fordham Univ., 1977) Professor of Sociology; American social movements, cultural and social theory
ROWE, Joyce (PhD, Columbia Univ. 1987) Associate Professor of English; 19th-century literature, American literary Renaissance, literary and cultural theory
STEMPEL, Larry (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania) Associate Professor of Music; American concert and popular music, jazz, musical theater
STRATE, Lance (PhD, New York Univ.) Associate Professor of Communications; American film and film theory, science fiction film
SWINTH, Kirsten (PhD, Yale, 1995) Assistant Professor; American culture, gender
Latin American and Latino Studies
FMH 405G,
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: (718) 817-2676 or (718) 817-4792
E-mail: lalsi@fordham.edu
www.fordham.edu/lalsi/
Chair/Director: Héctor Lindo-Fuentes
Degrees Awarded: BA (MA program currently in planning stage)
The Latin American and Latino Studies Institute offers a major and a minor and provides an intellectual home for both students and faculty interested in Latin America and in the Latino populations in the United States.
It also acts as clearinghouse for information, organizes conferences, invites distinguished scholars to the University, sponsors film series, and advises students who are seeking to study in Latin America or who are interested in attaining internships in related fields.
The major and minor in Latin American and Latino Studies integrate a series of courses in the humanities, social sciences and the arts designed to acquaint students with Latin America and the experiences and cultural expressions of the Latino populations in the United States. The interdisciplinary approach exposes students to the methods, materials, and tools of several disciplines.
Latin American and Latino Studies Faculty
BENAVIDES, Hugo; Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BERGER, Susan; Associate Professor of Political Science
BURGALETA, Claudio, SJ; Assistant Professor of Theology
CAPELLO, Jean; Assistant Professor of Spanish
CRUZ-MALAVE, Arnaldo; Associate Professor of Spanish
DANIEL, Clive O.; Assistant Professor of Economics
del VALLE, José; Assistant Professor of Spanish
GILBERTSON, Greta; Associate Professor of Sociology
LENIS, Luz; Assistant Professor of Spanish
LINDO-FUENTES, Héctor; Director (RH), Profesor of History, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies
MACISCO, John; Professor of Sociology
McLEOD, Darryl L.; Assistant Professor of Economics
MANGUM, Claude J.; Associate Professor of African & African American Studies
MARUN, Gioconda; Professor of Spanish
MENDEZ-CLARK, Ronald S.; Associate Professor of Spanish & Latin American Studies
MUNDY, Barbara; Assistant Professor of Art History and Music
PENRY, Elizabeth; Associate Director (LC), Assistant Professor of History
RODRIGUEZ, Clara; Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
RODRIGUEZ, Orlando; Professor of Sociology
ROGLER, Lloyd; Schweitzer Professor of Humanities
SCHMIDT-NOWARA, Christopher; Assistant Professor of History
VICH, Cynthia; Assistant Professor of Spanish
WELDT-BASSON, Helene; Associate Professor of Spanish
American Studies Program
313 Stager Hall
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
Phone: 717/291-4047
Fax: 717/399-4518
E-mail: d_schuyler@acad.fandm.edu
www.fandm.edu/Departments/AmericanStudies/amstudies.html
Chair: David Schuyler
Degrees Awarded: BA
Academic System: Semester
Enrollment (1998-1999): 24 majors
Program Specializations: cultural, social, women, landscape, race and gender
Number of Courses Offered by Program: 15
Number of Courses Offered by Other Programs: 36
A major in American Studies at Franklin and Marshall consists of eleven courses, including an introduction, five core courses, and five other elective courses selected from a list of approved courses. Of these five elective courses, at least one must be in American arts and literature, and one in social science; at least three of these five must be housed in departments other than AMS, but no more than two of these five courses may be from a single department. The writing requirement in American Studies is met by completion of the normal courses required to complete the major. Majors intending to enter graduate or professional studies should see the chairperson for particular courses necessary or desirable to prepare for advanced study. Other courses, such as foreign languages and/or quantitative skills, may be required for students wishing to pursue graduate work.
American Studies Faculty
Core Faculty
SCHUYLER, David (PhD, Columbia Univ., 1979) Professor of American Studies; urban, cultural, landscape
STEVENSON, Louise L. (PhD, Boston Univ., 1981) Professor of American Studies and History; intellectual, women
WILLARD, Carla (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1995) Assistant Professor of American Studies; African American, advertising and consumerism
Affiliated Faculty
BERNARD, Patrick (PhD, Purdue Univ.) Assistant Professor of English; African American literature; Harlem Renaissance
BROWN, Robert E. (Univ. of Iowa) Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; American religion
DELLE, James (PhD, Univ. of Massachusetts) Assistant Professor of Anthropology; historical archaeology; anthropology of plantation slavery
EITZEN, Dirk (PhD, Univ. of Iowa) Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
FLAHERTY, Sean (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1981) Associate
Professor of Economics; labor
economics, work
PEARSON, Edward (PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1992) Assistant Professor of History; colonial, African American
PINSKER, Sanford S. (PhD, Univ. of Washington, 1967) Professor of English; twentieth-century literature
STEINBRINK, Jeffrey C. (PhD, Univ. of North Carolina, 1974) Professor of English; Twain
American Studies Program
501 E. Monroe St.
Franklin, IN 46131
Phone: 317/738-8221
Fax: 317/736-6030
E-mail: hunterl@franklincoll.edu
http://www.franklincollege.edu/common/learning/majorsminors/americanstudies.cfm?aud=vis
Chair/Director: Lloyd A. Hunter
Degrees Awarded: BA
Academic System: 4-1-4
Tuition: $14,750 per year
Deadlines: Rolling admisstions deadline; by 3/1 receives priority for financial aid
Financial Aid: Dean's Scholarships, President's Scholarships, Ben Franklin Scholarships, tuition remission
Affiliations and Internships: Banta Special Collections, Roger D. Branigan Papers, winter term internships in museums, libraries, historical societies, Indiana State House
Program Specializations: History, English, political science, sociology, plus 12 hours in a related field
American Studies is a lively and creative interdisciplinary field, promoting an understanding of the social, economic, cultural, and intellectual forces that have shaped the American experience. It integrates the content and perspectives of the fields of history, English, art, political science, philosophy, religion, and sociology. Its goal is to enable the student to understand America's rich and multifaceted culture. American Studies works toward an understanding of the nature and character of America and its unique heritage, writings, philosophies, and institutions. Majors are encouraged to develop writing skills, literary criticism, historical research, and social and political analysis. The program provides exposure to a variety of outstanding teachers and educational techniques.
American Studies Faculty
Core Faculty
HUNTER, Lloyd A. (PhD, St. Louis Univ., 1978) Roger D. Branigin Professor of History, Professor of History and Religion; American history, religion in America, Civil War, Southern Studies, Indiana history, ethnic studies
Affiliated Faculty
CARLSON, Kathleen D. (MA, Northern Illinois Univ., 1980) Associate Professor
of English; American
Renaissance, American Realism, American Modernism
GUENTZeL, Ralph (PhD, McGill Univ., 1999) Assistant Professor of History and Canadian Studies; American history, colonial North America, Canadian-American relations
STAUFFER, Emily A. (PhD, Univ. of Connecticut, 1983) Professor of English; literary studies, American literature
WOOD, John E. (PhD, West Virginia Univ., 1976) Professor of Political Science; national government, American politics