MA American Studies

We, in American Studies, understand that applying to graduate school is a significant life decision.  We appreciate that individual and familial sacrifices may be necessary to earn an advanced degree.  In this regard, we take your interest in our program very seriously.

We talk about the American Studies program as our program.  What this means is that we can only do meaningful intellectual, social, and political work as a collective.  From the moment graduate students enter our program, you are seen as a colleague and not as a student who needs to be "taught" by faculty.  We are excited that you will bring new knowledge and experiences to our collective work.  In many ways, our program embraces the ideals posited by Pierre Lévy in his work on collective intelligence.  We believe that all of our work is better because we are all here together.