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African-American Studies
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone: (703)993-1199
Fax: (703)993-2852
E-mail: jstewar4@gmu.edu
www.gmu.edu/departments/afam/Chair/Director: Jeffrey C. Stewart
Degrees Awarded: Minor
We intend, through the enterprises of pedagogy and public policy, to offer perspectives on and gain experience in the enveloping drama of American civilization. Our courses cover disciplines from philosophy to histories of eastern religions; literature, to art, to the histories of science in social change. Our aim is not to reconcile the tentacles of a multivarious heritage, but to reveal them as already reconciled and formative. Our method is not intended to show either a hierarchy of cultural reference, nor a merely hoped for equality, but to bring into display the riches hues of the confluence of influences, which sustains an underlying cultural equilibrium; the shifts and patterns of which has not only permeated, but already shaped our most intimate self conceptions. In policy terms we intend to integrate experiences within our student community, between faculty and those communities, and between both of these and the world. To these ends we have increased contact time between students and faculty. We have created links with technology companies through internships and study programs. We are developing study abroad programs in the Caribbean and South Africa. We are acquiring historical archives on slavery, colonialism, and historical personalities, such as Paul Robeson.
African-American Studies Faculty
CARTON, Ben; History
CLARK, Keith; English
DENNIS, Rutledge; Sociology
DINER, Steve; History
FUCHS, Cynthia; Film Studies/English
HALEY, Majorie Hall; Education
HORTON, Lois; Sociology/Anthropology
LEVINE, Lawrence; History
McFERSON, Hazel; Public Affairs
MILLER, E. Ethelbert; Scholar-in-Residence
MILLER, Patricia; Music
McKENZIE, Marilyn Mobley; English
MORRIS, Gilbert; English, History, Philosophy
PADEN, John; Robinson Professor / International Studies
SLADE-MARTIN, Phyllis; Associate Director/ Director of the African American Studies Research
and Resource CenterSMITH, Suzanne; History
SMITH-BERMISS, Michelle; Associate Director for Community Affairs and Outreach
STEWART, Jeffrey; History/ Director
TRAFTON, Scott; English
TRAVIS, Toni-Michelle; Public Affairs and Politics
WARNER, Keith; Foreign Languages
WILKINS, Roger; Robinson Professor / International Studies
American Studies Program
2108 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202/994-6070
Fax: 202/994-8651
E-mail: amst@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~amst
Chair: Phyllis Palmer
Graduate Director: Bernard MergenDegrees Awarded: BA, MA, PhD
Degrees Awarded (2000-2001): 15 (M); 9 (PhD)
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: Undergraduate $24,880 per year; graduate $924 per credit hour
Deadlines: PhD, January 15, MA March 1
Financial Aid: Teaching assistantships, University Fellowships, research fellowships
Affiliations and Internships: Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, internship possibilities with numerous government and private agencies
Program Specializations: public history, public culture, folklife, historic preservation, African American history and race theory, women's history and gender theory, material culture, cultural analysis, media analysis, globalization
The American Studies Department at GW combines interests drawn from a variety of perspectives and methods of inquiry: history, folklife, cultural studies, literary analysis, as well as the study of art, architecture and visual culture. However, most faculty and students find their intellectual pursuits intersecting at some point around question s of public culture and/or public history.
MA Students pursue a 30 hour program in folklife, material culture or gender studies, 36 hours in historic preservation, and PhD candidates take 48 hours beyond the MA, including the credits for dissertation research and writing.
American Studies Faculty
Core Faculty
HGUGLIELMO, Thomas (PhD, U. Michigan, 2000) Assistant Professor of American Studies (On leave 2005-2006) Immigration, ethnicity
HEAP, Chad (PhD, Chicago, 2000) Assistant Professor; Urban History, Cultural Theory, Sexuality in American Culture
HORTON, James O. (PhD, Brandeis Univ., 1973) Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Civilization; social history, African American history
KOSEK, Joseph (PhD, Yale, 2004) Assistant Professor; American religion
LONGSTRETH, Richard (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1977) Associate Professor of American Civilization; American architecture, historic preservation
MCALISTER, Melani (PhD, Brown Univ., 1996) Assistant Professor of American Civilization; cultural theory, popular culture
MILLER, James (PhD, State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, 1976) Professor of English and American Civilization; African American literature and culture
MURPHY, Teresa (PhD, Yale Univ., 1982) Associate Professor of American Civilization; women's history, cultural history
PALMER, Phyllis (PhD, Ohio State Univ., 1973) Professor of Women's Studies and American Civilization; women's studies, race studies
VLACH, John M. (PhD, Univ. of Indiana, 1975) Professor of American Civilization and Anthropology; folklife, African American folklife, vernacular architecture, folk art
Affiliated Faculty
ANBINDER, Tyler (PhD, Columbia Univ., 1990) Associate Professor of History; immigration, political history
BECKER, William (PhD, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1972) Professor of History; business history
BJELAJAC, David (PhD, Univ. of North Carolina, 1980) Associate Professor of Art; 19th-century American art
BRODY, Jennifer DeVere (PhD, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1992) Associate Professor of English; African American literature
CARSON, Barbara (MA, Univ. of Delaware, 1965) Associate Professorial Lecturer; early American decorative arts
CHU, Patricia (PhD, Cornell Univ., 1992) Associate Professor of English; Asian American literature
CRESSEY, Pamela (PhD, Univ. of Iowa, 1978) Adjunct Associate Professor; historical archaeology
FENN, Elizabeth (PhD, Yale Univ., 1999) Assistant Professor of History
HARRISON, Cynthia (PhD, Columbia Univ., 1982) Associate Professor of Women's Studies and History; U.S. women's history, women and public policy, US legal history
HARVEY, Lisa St. Clair (PhD, Univ. of Washington, 1990) Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs; media and politics
KUIPERS, Joel (PhD, Yale Univ., 1982) Professor of Anthropology; linguistics
LORNELL, Christopher (PhD, Univ. of Memphis) Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies; African American music, jazz, rock and roll
MAYO, Edith (MA, George Washington Univ., 1970) Adjunct Professor of American Civilization; US women's history, material culture, museum exhibition
RIBUFFO, Leo (PhD, Yale Univ., 1976) Professor of History; recent political and cultural history
RIDOUT, Orlando V. (BA, Univ. of Virginia, 1977) Adjunct Assistant Professor of American Civilization; documentation of historic properties
ROMINES, Ann (PhD, George Washington Univ., 1977) Professor of English; American literature, women's studies
SEAVEY, Ormond (PhD, Columbia Univ., 1976) Professor of English; American literature of the early republic
STEIN, Christopher (PhD, Indiana Univ., 1971) Professor of English; nineteenth century American literature
STOTT, Richard (PhD, Cornell Univ., 1983) Associate Professor of History; social history
TILLER, deTeel Patterson (MA, Univ. of Virginia, 1975) Adjunct Associate Professor of American Civilization; preservation planning and policy
WAGNER, Richard (PhD, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1975) Adjunct Associate Professor of American Civilization; preservation economics
WALD, Gayle (PhD, Princeton Univ., 1994) Assistant Professor of English; African American literature, cultural theory, popular culture
WALLACE, Dewey (PhD, Princeton Univ., 1965) Professor of Religion; American religious history
American Studies Program
400 East College St.
Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone: 502/863-8397
E-mail: Pamela_Warford@georgetowncollege.eduhttp://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/AcademicPrograms/AmericanStudies/
Chair/Director: Pamela Warford
Degrees Awarded: BA
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: $200 per semester hour
Deadlines: Undergraduate admissions open deadline, 4/15 recommended; undergraduate financial aid begins accepting 1/1
Financial Aid: All federal and state financial aid programs, institutional merit-based aid, institutional need-based aid
Enrollment (2001-2002): 13 majors
Affiliations and Internships: Institutional cosponsor of Border States: Journal of the Kentucky-Tennessee ASA; internships in law, historic preservation, and museum studies
Program Specializations: Political, social, intellectual, and cultural history; modern novels, drama, and film; gender and racial issues; the American South
The American Studies Program at Georgetown College offers an interdisciplinary curriculum of courses selected from a variety of departments. The major offers a comprehensive view of American culture and civilization and provides an excellent base for advanced study, either in a professional school or graduate program. Recent graduates have entered graduate schools in history, literature, law, diplomacy, social work, journalism, education, information science, ministry, and health-care management.
American Studies Faculty
APPLE, A. Lindsey (PhD, Univ. of South Carolina, 1973) Professor of History; American history, 1945-present; modern cultural history; gender and family studies; border studies
BRYANT, Robert D. (ThD, Boston Univ., 1967) Professor of Sociology; organizational theory, social ethics
CAMPBELL, Michael A. (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1992) Assistant Professor of English; modern American poetry and film, American popular culture
CHI, Keon Soo (PhD, Claremont Graduate School, 1970) Professor of Political Science; state government, state policy and management
COKE, J. Todd (PhD, Vanderbilt Univ., 1990) Assistant Professor of English; modern American novel, Southern literature, American drama
DALAGER, Jon K. (PhD, University of Illinois) American government and political theory
SNYDER, J. Robert (PhD, Univ. of Kentucky, 1962) Professor of Political Science; American foreign policy and public law; state government
TALLANT, Harold D. (PhD, Duke Univ., 1986) Associate Professor of History; American political, intellectual, and social history, 1760s-1870s, history of slavery, African American history
WARFORD, Pamela N. (PhD, St. Louis Univ., 1979) Associate Professor of American Studies; Women's Studies, 20th century America, cultural history
American Studies Program
PO Box 571131
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: 202/687-7531
Fax: 202/687-5445
E-mail: ingebree@georgetown.edu
www.georgetown.edu/departments/amer_studiesChair/Director: Edward J. Ingebretsen
Degrees Awarded: BA
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: $23,00 per year
Deadlines: Admissions and financial aid, 1/10
Enrollment: 20 students annually
Financial Aid: Scholarships, work-study, grants, loans
Affiliations and Internships: Federal and local agencies (Smithsonian, National Trust, Senate Historical Office)
Program Specializations: Interdisciplinary
The American Studies Program, begun in 1970, seeks to analyze American civilization in its origins, ideals, and historical development. Its approach is interdisciplinary, utilizing, besides history, the resources of literature, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, theology, and the fine arts. The goal of the program is an integration of knowledge that enables students to grasp the cultural patterns of American society while pursuing their own special interests concerning that culture. The structure of the program accordingly provides ample opportunity for creative diversity. Such diversity should grow out of as well as enrich the core course work that all majors do.
Special features include the Durkin Collection in American Studies (collection of important volumes related to American society and American Studies); the Durkin Prize for outstanding senior; the Mary Catherine Mita Prize for senior thesis; cohost (with the English Department) of American Quarterly, and the Center for Electronic Projects in American Cultural Studies (CEPACS), and the ASA's Crossroads project.
American Studies Faculty
All faculty members of the AMST Committee are affiliate faculty. Members of the committee participate in the program with the approval of their respective departments.
BABB, Valerie (PhD, State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, 1981) Associate Professor of English; African American literature, American literature
BASS, Randall (PhD, Brown Univ., 1991) Assistant Professor of English; 19th-century American literature and culture
BLATTNER, William (PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1990) Assistant Professor of Philosophy; American philosophy
BOWEN, Jose (PhD, Stanford Univ.) Caestecker Professor of Music; Jazz, recorded performance, opera, American musical theatre, American music and culture in the 1950s and 60s
BROWN, Dorothy (PhD, Georgetown Univ., 1962) Professor of History; 20th-century history, popular culture, women's history
CLOKE, Hubert (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1973) Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Lecturer, English Department; 19th-century literature, visual arts
CURRAN, Emmett (PhD, Yale Univ., 1974) Associate Professor of History; intellectual history, immigration, history of the South
HAYES, Diane (STD, Catholic Univ. of Louvain, 1988) Assistant Professor of Theology; liberation theology, African American and women's studies
HILTON, Alison (PhD, Columbia Univ., 1979) Associate Professor of Fine Arts; 19th- and 20th-century art, women's studies
HIRSH, John (PhD, Lehigh Univ., 1970) Professor of English; 19th- and 20th-century literature
INGEBRETSEN, Edward (PhD, Duke Univ., 1986) Associate Professor; American gothic, cultural studies, American literature
JOHNSON, Ronald (PhD, Univ. of Illinois, 1970) Professor of History; cultural and literary history, African American and urban studies
KAZIN, Michael (PhD, Stanford Univ.) Professor of History, US politics and social movements
LENGLE, James (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1978) Professor; American politics, campaigns, elections
MADDOX, Lucy (PhD, Univ. of Virginia, 1978) Professor of English; 19th- and 20th-century literature, Native American studies
McCARTIN, Joseph (PhD, SUNY Binghamton) Assistant Professor of History; 20th century US labor and politics
McDONALD, William (PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1970) Associate Professor of Sociology; criminal justice, social inequities
McKEOWN, Elizabeth (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1972) Associate Professor of Theology; history of religion
MITCHELL, Angelyn (PhD, Howard Univ., 1992) Assistant Professor; African American literature, American literature
ORTIZ, Ricardo (PhD, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1992) Assistant Professor; United States Latino studies, American critical and cultural theory, American literature
OWEN, Diana (PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1986) Assistant Professor of Government; American institutions, political parties, and media studies
PRELINGER, Elizabeth (PhD, Harvard Univ., 1987) Assistant Professor of Fine Arts; 19th-century painting
SO, Christine (PhD, Columbia, Univ, 1998) Assistant Professor; Asian American literature, American literature