Understanding “American culture” as the interplay of material practices and the realm of ideas
The Undergraduate degree program in American Studies considers technology, economy, urbanism, and ecology, as well as literature, the arts, and political and geographic history. American Studies takes a particular interest in cultural hybridity, cultural layering, and in American culture exported abroad.
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Oddyard, interdisciplinary student journal, published with support from American Studies
May 14 2024Above: The cover of the third issue of the undergraduate journal, Oddyard. Oddyard, an interdisciplinary student journal, has published its third issue, "Third Places," with support from the Interdisciplinary Program in ...
May 14, 2024 UGIS Commencement Ceremony will be live streamed and recorded
May 10 2024The UGIS Commencement ceremony on May 14, 7-9pm, at Zellerbach Hall, will be live streamed with captioning at the link below. And on Thursday, May 16, a recorded video of the ceremony will be available ...
American Studies Major Brittany Postle Wins 2024 Haas Scholarship
Mar 27 2024Brittany is a junior with a concentration in Disability and Human Rights in America. Her Haas project is called "William O. Douglas and Fight for Pristine Wilderness in a Damaged World: How Ableism in the ...
American Studies Major Cat Stoehr Wins 2024 Haas Scholarship
Mar 27 2024Cat is researching the history of strikes and unionization drives among American ballet companies from the 1930s to the present.
Spotlight on American Studies Graduates
Roya Chagnon
Cartography of Fear: Environmental Design and Women’s Emotional Geographies
Tyana Cullen
Visual Aid or Visual Distraction?: Multimodality and Classroom Theming as Methods of Immersion
Elsie Wiley
Homelessness in Oakland, California, 2015 to Early 2019
