Department of American Studies

AMST Alum Ray Barbosa ('09) On Life after UMBC as Head Coach

"This is the first year I kind of feel more of a coach than a player. I'm still learning and I've got a lot to learn. I'm going to keep going to coaching clinics. You have to keep learning,...

Posted: January 6, 2017, 8:32 PM

UMBC AMST alum Ngeri Nnachi Featured in The Atlantic

The latest story in the Atlantic’s reader series comes from a young woman, Ngeri Nnachi, who is “still personally working through my anger with my father for taking away my best friend”—her...

Posted: December 28, 2016, 6:28 PM

American Studies Students Visit the Library of Congress

Students from Dr. Michelle Stefano's class, AMST 345 Indigenous Heritage, visit the American Folklife Center to check out original letters between Woody Guthrie and Alan Lomax, browse the...

Posted: December 16, 2016, 8:20 PM

UMBC Approves New Minor in Asian American Studies!

UMBC’s Undergraduate Council unanimously approved a proposal from the Department of American Studies to create a Minor in Asian American Studies. The program will require 18 credits (6 courses):...

Posted: December 16, 2016, 1:55 PM

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Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The Curry School of Education at UVA would like to invite current junior students to take part in the SURP program. The 2017 SURP Application is now available! The Summer Undergraduate Research...

Posted: December 14, 2016, 2:30 PM

Professor Bhalla Publishes New Book on U of Illinois Press

"Bhalla's nuanced, sensitive analysis illuminates how nonacademic readers grapple with issues of authenticity, class, and gender as they engage with transnational South Asian literature. This...

Posted: December 12, 2016, 11:23 AM

Professor Theodore S.Gonzalves Elected President of the AAAS

Theodore S. Gonzalves (associate professor of American Studies) has been elected the next president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Click on the link for the full story.

Posted: December 7, 2016, 12:35 PM

UMBC's Asian American Faculty Council Receives Approval

It’s official, folks. The steering committee for the new Asian American Faculty Council received administration approval! The new group’s aims: to promote the recruitment and retention of faculty...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 3:46 PM

American Studies in France!

This past week, AMST's Dr. Stefano taught on a masters program in Cultural Heritage Management at St. Etienne University (France), located in a deindustrialized city outside of Lyon. The students...

Posted: November 28, 2016, 12:09 PM

Hrabowski Joins College/Univ Presidents In Support of DACA

America needs talent – and these students, who have been raised and educated in the United States, are already part of our national community. They represent what is best about America, and as...

Posted: November 22, 2016, 12:05 PM