Celebrating 48 Years of
Excellence
in Interdisciplinary
Research, Teaching,
and Community Service
1962–2010
American Studies is the interdisciplinary analysis of the United States in a global context. The American Studies program at WSU plays a unique role in the College of Liberal Arts and in the University by bringing together faculty and students from a variety of disciplines to compare knowledge and gain perspectives on the United States and its relation to a world.
The American Studies graduate program at Washington State University was founded in 1962 and is one of the recognized leader in this field in the Northwest. Since its inception, it has continued to offer a rich, rigorous approach to analyzing American society and culture combining the best intellectual insights from cultural anthropology, literature, history, women's studies, ethnic studies, environmental studies, global indigenous studies, and the social sciences.
The Program in American Studies main office is located in Wilson-Short Hall, Room 111. You may reach us by phone at 509-335-1560, or by email at amst@wsu.edu.
For information on the GRADUATE PROGRAM, click here.
News & Events
NEW Interim Director Named
Dr. Rory Ong, associate professor of comparative ethnic studies, has been named interim director of the Program in American Studies.
Congratulations to Our Recent Graduates
Spring 2011
- Ung Kyoung Kwak, Ph.D.
- E. Regina McMenomy, Ph.D.
- Xuan-Truong T. Nguyen, Ph.D.
August 2010
- Adriana Black, M.A.
- Michelle Jack, Ph.D.
May 2010
- Ayano Ginoza , Ph.D.
- Melissa Hussain, Ph.D.
- Margo Tamez, Ph.D.
- Allison Wolf, Ph.D.
December 2009
- Keegan Carlston, B.A.
- Ali Abdul-Aziz , M.A.
- Tanya Gonzales, Ph.D.
- Jody Pepion, Ph.D.
- Loren Redwood, Ph.D.
American Studies Alum Wins National Book Award
American Studies Program alumnus Sherman Alexie ('94) has been awarded the coveted National Book Award for his most recent novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. A poet, novelist, and filmmaker, Alexie employs mock autobiography in Absolutely True to tell a brilliant coming of age story about a young Spokane Indian moving from a reservation school to a school in an almost exclusively white world.
