American Studies

Jennifer Denetdale, Chairperson
Humanities 430
MSC03 2110
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-3929
https://americanstudies.unm.edu/

Professors
David Correia, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Jennifer Denetdale, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
Alyosha Goldstein, Ph.D., New York University
Rebecca Schreiber, Ph.D., Yale University

Associate Professors
Amy Brandzel, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Kathleen Holscher, Ph.D., Princeton University
Michael Trujillo, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Assistant Professors
Francisco Galarte, Ph.D., University of Illinois

Lecturers
Andrea Mays, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Professors Emeriti
Vera Norwood, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Gerald Vizenor, Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley
M. Jane Young, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania


Introduction

American Studies is an interdisciplinary program which brings together literature, popular culture, history, law, cultural studies, and more to offer a critical analysis of the United States and U.S empire. Students in American Studies are given flexibility while creating their own path through the program with the assistance of faculty.

While American Studies encompasses a wide-range of topics, faculty in the program specialize in the following focus areas: 

  • Environmental and Social Justice
  • Feminist, Queer and Transgender Studies
  • Southwest and Borderlands Studies
  • Critical Legal Studies
  • Critical Indigenous Studies
  • Cultural Studies, Visual Culture and Popular Culture
  • Colonialism and Decolonization
  • Critical Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Graduate Studies varies. Please contact department for current directors.


Courses in American Studies (AMST) are categorized in areas of interest. The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:

General (G); Cultural Studies (C); Environmental and Social Justice (ESJ); Gender Studies (GS); Popular Culture (PC); Race, Class and Ethnicity (RCE); and Southwest Studies (SS).


Courses

AMST 1110. Introduction to Environmental and Social Justice. (3)



AMST 1120. Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and U.S. Empire. (3)



AMST 1130. Introduction to Politics in Popular Culture [Introduction to American Popular Culture]. (3)



AMST 1140. Introduction to Critical Race and Indigenous Studies [Introduction to Race, Class and Ethnicity]. (3)



AMST 1150. Introduction to Southwest Studies. (3)



AMST 1996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



AMST 2996. Topics. (1-6, no limit Δ)



AMST 303. Law, Violence, and Empire. (3)



AMST 309 / 509. Topics in Social Movements. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 310 / 510. Topics in Cultural Studies. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



AMST 315. Radical Religions and American Transformations. (3)



AMST 320. Topics in Environmental and Social Justice. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 321. Science, Nature and Anxiety in the Zombie Films of George Romero. (3)



AMST 330 / 530. Topics in Feminist, Queer and Transgender Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 331. Politics of Sex. (3)



AMST 340/540. Topics in Popular Visual Culture and Critique. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 341. Topics in Film. (3, may be repeated twice Δ)



AMST 350 / 550. Topics in Critical Race Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 357. Topics in African-American Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 360 / 560. Topics in Southwest Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 361 [346]. Religion in New Mexico. (3)



AMST 370 / 570. Topics in Critical Indigenous Studie. (3, may be repeated fours times Δ)



AMST 371. Indigenous Film. (3)



AMST 380 / 580. Topics in Latinx Studies . (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 385. The Problem of America: Theories and Methods. (3)



AMST 400. Topics: Community-Based Activisms in American Studies. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



AMST 485. Senior Seminar in American Studies. (3)



AMST 497. Individual Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



AMST *498. Internship. (1-6)



AMST 499. Honors Thesis. (3)



AMST 500. American Culture Study Seminar. (3)



AMST 501. Theories and Methods in American Studies. (3)



AMST 502. Research Methods Practicum. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



AMST 509 / 309. Topics in Social Movements. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 510 / 310. Topics in Cultural Studies. (3, may be repeated twice Δ)



AMST 515. Secularism and U.S. Empire. (3)



NONE 516. Religion, Race, Revolution. (3)



AMST 517. Visual Culture. (3)



AMST 519. Topics in Cultural History. (3, may be repeated once Δ)



AMST 520. Topics in Environmental and Social Justice. (3, may be repeated twice Δ)



AMST 530 / 330. Topics in Feminist, Queer and Transgender Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 540/340. Topics in Popular Visual Culture and Critique . (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 541. The Politics of Visual Culture. (3)



AMST 550 / 350. Topics in Critical Race Studies . (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 554. Migration, Immigration, and Asylum. (3)



AMST 560 / 360. Topics in Southwest Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 570 / 370. Topics in Critical Indigenous Studies. (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 580 / 380. Topics in Latinx Studies . (3, may be repeated four times Δ)



AMST 597. Individual Study-Master's Degree. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)



AMST 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



AMST 697. Individual Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



AMST 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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