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The American Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary engagement with what America means in the United States and in a global context. Faculty encourage students to look at the meaning and reality of the evolving United States as a question still in need of answering and as an experiment still in process, not as a dream fully realized. We use multiple perspectives and methodologies and require that students synthesize knowledge in ways that develop the skills needed for rigorous, complex analysis.

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What’s healthy? FDA tackles notoriously difficult definition

9/29/2022

"Healthy is not a neutral one-size-fits-all concept," says Adrienne Bitar, an expert in the history and culture of American food.

Book explores the centuries-old influence of ‘Protestant Brooklyn’

9/23/2022

Professors Glenn Altschuler, PhD ’76, and Stuart Blumin take a deep dive into the borough once known as the "city of churches."

AMST Student Feature: Maya Shanahan

9/15/2022

The AMST student series is a medium for past, present, and prospective students to learn about the experiences as part of the program. Take a read at what current undergraduates are doing with this major.

AMST Student Feature: Claudia León

9/13/2022

The AMST student series is a medium for past, present, and prospective students to learn about the experiences as part of the program. Take a read at what current undergraduates are doing with this major.

AMST Student Feature: Lauren Palmiter

9/08/2022

The AMST student series is a medium for past, present, and prospective students to learn about the experiences as part of the program. Take a read at what current undergraduates are doing with this major.

Interview with AMST Affiliated Editor and Contributor of Millennial Feminism at Work Jane Juffer and Jael Goldfine

9/02/2022

Editor Jane Juffer and contributor Jael Goldfine explain the inspiration and thought process of Millennial Feminism at Work

Reporters discuss history of “land grab” universities in press freedom lecture

8/29/2022

Journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee will talk about how Indigenous land expropriated by the 1862 Morrill Act is the foundation of the land-grant university system in the 2022 Kops Lecture.

Tamika Nunley, Associate Professor and Sandler Family Faculty Fellow https://history.cornell.edu/tamika-nunley

Tamika Nunley Named Associate Professor and Sandler Family Faculty Fellow

8/23/2022

Tamika Nunley promoted to associate professor with indefinite tenure and named Sandler Family Faculty Fellow in the College of Arts & Sciences on July 1st, 2022.

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Student Spotlight: Michelle Fleurantin '17

An American Studies and Sociology double major, Michelle Fleurantin says Professor Sabine Haenni "was one of the most significant influencers of my Cornell education. Before taking her Introduction to American Studies course, I struggled to find a major that encapsulated my academic interests. She showed me how American Studies would provide me with an interdisciplinary education that would change my world view and prepare me to be a well-rounded problem-solver."

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