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

Get to Know Our Graduate Students!

We've been reaching out to AMST grad students to learn more about why they chose GW American Studies. Read this week's Student Spotlight below or click 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 18: Saving Afghan Women Yet Again? Decolonizing Afghan Women's Lives and Rights
  • October 18: Thomas Guglielmo - Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America's WWII Military
  • October 19 - Singing Our Way to Freedom - Screening & Director Talk
  • October 27: Loeb Institute - Introducing the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum
To view all upcoming events, click here.

Deadlines are approaching fast for:  
  • November 1: New Errands: The Undergraduate Journal of American Studies
  • November 3: 2022 DC History Conference
  • November 15: HCA Spring Academy
  • November 28: 2022 DePaul Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

    To view all calls for papers, click here.
Coming up! Deadlines for applications:   
  • October 23: Glenn Harwood Memorial Scholarship Opportunity
  • October 27: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
  • November 1: Mellon Summer Fellowships in Urban Humanities
  • November 15: The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities

     To view all fellowships and prizes, click here.



  • October 18: Program Assistant for the Mexico Program - Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas
  • November 3: Assistant Professor of Queer and/or Trans Ethnic Studies - San Fransisco State University
  • Nov 1: Assistant Professor of American Studies - Yale University
  • 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 Mallory!

Mallory is a MA student in the Department of American Studies. As an undergraduate, she attended Florida State University and received degrees in History and International Affairs. Her research interests include studying popular culture and youth culture through the lens of gender, as well as race, class, and sexuality. 

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