News

June 17, 2024
It is our pleasure to announce the 2024/25 Henry Roe Cloud fellow, Māhealani Ahia. The Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship honors the legacy of Henry Roe Cloud (Ho-Chunk), a member of...
June 13, 2024
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Hi’ilei Hobart, who has been awarded the Heyman prize in recognition of her pathbreaking book, Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity,...
June 7, 2024
Congratulations to Andrew Kornfeld, winner of the Percival W. Clement Prize and the Theron Rockwell Field Prize! The Clement Prize is an American Studies prize awarded for...
June 6, 2024
Congratulations to Amelia Davidson, winner of the Porter Prize! This university-wide prize recognizes a written work of scholarship in which it is possible, through original...
May 21, 2024
With great sadness, we write to share the passing of our dear colleague and friend, Professor Gary Okihiro, on May 20. His wife Marina Henriquez Okihiro was with him...
May 16, 2024
Jacinda Tran a recent alumna of the doctoral program in American Studies co-authored a wonder piece in Time, “The Vietnamese Computer Scientist Who Made Toy Story Possible...