Check out what's new in American Studies!
Check out what's new in American Studies!

Happy Halloween!

GW Late Night is hosting its annual Halloween party, Boo Bash, on October 30th! Check it out 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 25: Three Points of Democratic Crisis
  • October 27: Occupied Territory: A History of Racist Policing in America
  • October 27: Loeb Institute - Introducing the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum
  • November 4: Can Religious Schools Educate Students for the 21st Century?
To view all upcoming events, click here.

Deadlines are approaching fast for:  
  • October 31: Legacies of Trauma: The Tragedy of Before and After
  • November 1: New Errands: The Undergraduate Journal of American Studies
  • November 3: 2022 DC History Conference
  • November 5: Bodies of Water in African American Fiction & Film

    To view all calls for papers, click here.
Coming up! Deadlines for applications:   
  • October 27: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
  • November 1: Mellon Summer Fellowships in Urban Humanities
  • November 1: Project Grants - Dumbarton Oaks
  • November 19: Beinecke Scholarship Program

     To view all fellowships and prizes, click here.



  • October 29: Professor of Asian American Studies and the Built Environment - UCLA
  • October 31: Professor of Geography and Africana Studies - University of Richmond
  • November 1: Assistant Professor of Transgender Studies - University of Maryland
  • November 15: Assistant Professor of American Studies - GWU

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

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Meet Abby!

Abby Schulte is an American Studies MA student with a concentration in Museums and Material Culture. Her research areas of interest include gender, politics, and history, with a specific focus on American women's involvement with political campaigns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Abby is originally from Keota, Iowa, and graduated with a BA in history and political science from Simpson College in May 2020. 

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