Professor Ben Frey continues his extraordinary work on the preservation of the Cherokee language. Ben aims to revitalize the language by increasing the number of day-to-day contexts in which it is spoken. Part of this work has involved creating Cherokee-speaking … Read more

Professor Sharon Holland, now the Townsend Ludington Distinguished Professor of American Studies, co-taught a new “super course” that explored issues of race, gender, sexuality and inclusion, highlighting topics such as racial profiling, gender discrimination, identity formation, social and environmental justice … Read more

American Studies students at every level continue to make wonderful contributions. Students delivered presentations at professional conferences including: the American Studies Association and American Folklore Society. They have won competitive undergraduate and graduate research awards. And, importantly, they have engaged … Read more

The coronavirus crisis has resulted in major shifts within all of our lives, unfortunately including the delay of graduation celebrations and ceremonies for college seniors. While we may not be able to celebrate in person, our “Celebrating AMST Seniors” series … Read more

On Friday, April 5, 1940, the University of North Carolina published a catalogue advertising for the first time the existence of the Curriculum in Folklore and the possibility of earning an MA in folklore. Folklorist and professor of Spanish linguistics … Read more