American Studies, MA

Arizona State University - Kaplan International

Professors have strengths in areas including critical ethnic studies, indigeneity studies, gender studies, Black studies, immigration studies, justice studies, disability studies, transborder studies, Asian American studies. The Master of Arts program in American studies trains students in interdisciplinary approaches aimed at understanding the American experience in local and global contexts. The array of disciplines spans the arts, humanities and social sciences, and faculty expertise covers a wide variety of ethnographic, historical, literary and media studies as well as interdisciplinary and community-based approaches. Given its geographical location in the American Southwest, the program values an exploration of diasporic and transnational influences in U.S. cultures and social and political history. The American studies faculty have strengths and expertise in the areas of critical ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, gender studies, Black studies, immigration studies, justice studies, disability studies, queer studies, Latino studies, transborder studies, Asian American studies, cultural studies, environmental humanities and sports studies, enabling students to focus their education around these areas.

Arizona State University, Main campus