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Check out what's new in American Studies!

Happy October!

Need a study break? Check out spots in the DMV with fall foliage here!


Department Leadership

Prof. Tom Guglielmo | Department Chair 
Prof. Melani McAlister | Director of Undergraduate Studies
Prof. Jamie Cohen-Cole | Director of Graduate Studies
Prof. Elaine Peña | M.A. Adviser
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     UPCOMING EVENTS 


  • October 4: Black Feminist Leadership for Reproductive Rights
  • October 14: The Colonizing Self, Or Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine
  • October 15: Forum: Race and Immigration in Ethnic American Comics
  • October 21: Toward Black Environmental Imaginations with Dumbarton Oaks
To view all upcoming events, click here.

Deadlines are approaching fast for:  
  • October 8: 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference
  • October 15: Lincoln University - Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad in the Mid-Atlantic
  • October 15: Rutgers Art Review
  • November 1: New Errands: The Undergraduate Journal of American Studies

    To view all calls for papers, click here.
Coming up! Deadlines for applications:   
  • October 5:  2022-24 SIFK Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor
  • October 7: NEH Residential Fellowships
  • October 12: Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program
  • October 23: Glenn Harwood Memorial Scholarship Opportunity
  • October 27: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

     To view all fellowships and prizes, click here.



  • October 5: 2022-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor | University of Chicago
  • October 11: Assistant Professor in ContemporaryAfrican American Literature and Culture - Binghamton University
  • October 15: Assistant or Associate Professor, Asian American Studies - Ithaca College
  • November 3: Assistant Professor of Queer and/or Trans Ethnic Studies - San Fransisco State University

    To view jobs and internships, click here.
    To view undergrad jobs and internships, click here

Student Spotlight!


Sneeha Bose is a combined BA/MA student in the American Studies department at George Washington University, and is currently completing the MA portion of the program as of Fall '21. Her research interests include science and culture, publics and placemaking, and affect theory.

We sat down to interview Sneeha, which you can view here!
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