Department of American Studies

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

Lights of Baltimore - Documentary Film – Internship Position

Lights of Baltimore is a documentary film about the city in the aftermath of the 2015 Uprising and the relations between the communities and the police. The film asks: what has changed since the...

Posted: November 21, 2016, 11:36 AM

Apply for a 10-week summer internship

Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Univ of Virginia

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: November 10, 2016, 11:48 AM

Spring 2017 URI internships in Baltimore

Deadline: November 15

Interns develop innovative pilot projects and conduct research to support restoration of Baltimore’s urban parks, natural resources, and neighborhoods. Projects are involved in research and...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 3:35 PM

Open internship for Fall 2016

Internship Description: The H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society library is seeking undergraduate or graduate level interns to assist with the Preserve the Baltimore...

Posted: September 14, 2016, 6:49 PM