Frederick Douglass, keynote speaker at the annual reunion of Maine's First Cavalry, 1877

Lewis Hine,
Power House Mechanic Working on Steam Pump, 1920. Records of the Work Projects Administration,
Library of Congress no. 69-RH-4L-2

Resources

On-Campus Resources

Interdisciplinary Centers:
Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Center for the Americas
Community Studies
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy
First Amendment Center
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Center for the Study of Religion and Culture
Cal Tuner Program in Moral Leadership in the Professions
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities

Other Campus Resources:
Alternative Spring Break
Community Outreach Partnership Center
English Language Center
Center for Teaching
Team Teaching; Teaching Guides
Graduate Student Personal and Professional Development           

 

Community Partners & Resources

Websites & Online Archives:
American Studies Association
American Studies Web
American Quarterly
Crossroads
American Studies Portal, UVA’s portal for electronic resources in American Studies
Imagining America


Internships/Grants/Fellowships

Undergraduate Opportunities:
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Washington Internship Program

Graduate Student Opportunities:
Robert Penn Warren Graduate Student Fellowships – Tuition, health insurance, $18,000 stipend, $2000 research budget and affiliation with center.  Open to humanists and social scientists whose dissertation director and DGS approve a timetable for completion by the end of 2007-2008 academic year.  One fellowship is funded by the American Studies Program and is designated to support a graduate student conducting dissertation research in the area of American Studies.  Application Deadline: January 2008.
Charlotte W. Newcombe - Funds final year of writing for graduate students studying ethical or religious values.  Expected Application Deadline: November 2008.

 

Other Sources

Office of Honors Scholarships
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation