Macalester/American Studies

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American Studies was established in 2003 both as a new department and a merge of the Comparative Native American Studies Program and the African-American Studies Program. Three professors are appointed at the department and a Steering Committee supports the curriculum. The new Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Jane Rhodes started her appointment in the Fall of 2005.

American Studies has close ties to WGS, Political Science, English, History and Sociology

• Website: http://macalester.edu/americanstudies/
• Catalog: http://macalester.edu/academic/catalog/program/amr_m.html

[edit] Faculty

Core Faculty

• Jane Rhodes (Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity)
• Duchess Harris (Chair)
• Karin Aguilar-San Juan
• Cynthia Wu

Advisory Committee

• Kendrick Brown (Psychology)
• Maria Elena Cepeda (Hispanic Studies)
• Marceline DuBose (Educational Studies)
• Daylanne English (English)
• Diane Glancy (English)
• Galo González (Hispanic Studies)
• Leola Johnson (Humanities and Cultural Studies)
• Mahnaz Kousha (Sociology)
• Scott Morgensen (Women's & Gender Studies)
• Sarah Pradt (Japanese)
• Peter Rachleff (History)
• Clay Steinman (Humanities and Cultural Studies)
• David Sunderland (Hispanic Studies)
• Michelle M. Wright (English)

[edit] Mission Statement

The Department of American Studies serves as the academic focal point for the study of race. By amalgamating the resources, methods, and perspectives of African American Studies and Comparative North American Studies at Macalester College, the Department underscores the central significance of race in shaping every aspect of U.S. history and contemporary life. The Department provides an interdisciplinary approach to the construction of racial categories and racialized experiences in the United States by encouraging close and systematic examination of a wide range of cultural and political narratives, and by creating structured opportunities to apply theoretical concepts in concrete settings of civic engagement.