Oware awarded at Colloquy
Matthew Oware, Irving May Professor of Human Relations, received the 2025 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.
Upcoming Courses
American Studies Open House-Fall 2025
Th, October 16, 4:30-6 pm Humanities Center Commons
Interested in what is new with our American Studies program? Come out to talk with faculty and students majoring or minoring in American Studies. Satisfy your craving with sips and snacks before supper, then aim outside to watch the sun set over campus.
American Studies Senior Awards 2025
Jessica Durrett, Rilwan Akinola, and Maggie Crowe received awards of excellence for their contributions and accomplishments in the American Studies program. At an April celebration dinner, AMST board members celebrated these seniors with bright futures.
Student & Alumni Success
Mia Lazar (’24 graduate & alumni) with American Studies minor, traveled through the U.S. enhancing and expanding, Documerica, an environmental website. Supported by UR’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program and financial award by Virginia Humanities Rapid Grant, Lazar collaborated with Lauren Tilton, Associate Professor of Digital Humanities. Learn more.
Experiential Learning
In American Studies, students explore U. S. culture and society, developing an international lens. Small classroom discussion seminars and hands-on learning broaden understanding of America in a global context through museum art visits, field site work, and more.Upcoming Events
Greetings from the Richmond Exhibit
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On the first day of class, the American Studies Capstone Seminar, taught by Nicole Sackley, associate professor of history and American studies, gathered at UR Downtown and walked to The Valentine, just five blocks away. -
Students explored the This is Richmond, Virginia exhibition at The Valentine with Meg Hughes, curator of archives. -
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At the Virginia Historical Society, the class met with Paige Newman, associate archivist for collections processing, to learn about their archives. -
At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Assistant Curator of American Art Christopher Oliver, ’04, led a tour of the exhibition The Likeness of Labor. The class viewed photographs that were not included — a great lesson in curatorial practice. -
Each student played a critical role in the development and installation of the exhibition. Caroline Weber, ’16, puts up the labels in the Wilton Companies Gallery at UR Downtown. -
Greetings from Richmond, Virginia: Visitors through the Centuries includes 26 visitors — from Black Hawk to Lizzie Armitstead — spanning three centuries. Each student told the story of two visitors. -
The exhibition features vintage postcards that celebrate Richmond as a city of history, leisure, and commerce - themes in the exhibition - and show what visitors were writing home about. Guests can take a postcard and share using #GreetingsFromRichmond. -
The students, Nicole Sackley, and Alexandra Byrum, UR Downtown educational programming coordinator, gather at UR Downtown for the RVA First Fridays exhibition opening. Nearly 100 students, faculty, staff, and community members were in attendance. -
Karolina Castro, ’16, answers questions as a friend explores guidebooks from Boatwright Library’s Special Collections. The exhibition also features Richmond tourism videos from 1955, 1977, and 2012 and tourist iteneraries from 1850, 1910, 1963, and 2016. -
“Richmond — capital of the Cavaliers — a city that is mellow and yet modern, where the rustle of the past may still be heard amid the bustle of the present,” stated the 1937 publication, A Tour of Historic Richmond, one of five quotations that were chosen -
Guests explore 19th and early 20th century visitors to Richmond below the words of Theodore Roosevelt, “I am captivated with it all; I am tempted to stay here.” (1905).
Faculty Highlights
Díaz explores creative practice as research that prompts new questions
Alicia Díaz, associate professor of dance, reflects on the MAPA dance project in “Excavando juntas en el paraíso,” in categoría cinco. The collaborative performance took place in the ruins of the Cine Paradise, a former movie theater in downtown Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Fernández presented on Latina cliché in U.S. media
Laura Fernandez, Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, presented "Las Raras: The New Gothic Latina Trope in US Popular Media," at Colby College's Center for the Arts & Humanities Play! Seminar.
Feature Stories
From crisis to resilience
Helping people get back on their feet was a common thread in seniors’ internships with human services nonprofits.
UR Now: Student Experience
Diving into Richmond’s First-Year Seminars
Small classes, passionate professors, and skill-building exercises form the premise of this foundational program.
University of Richmond Magazine
Five reasons an alum-supervised internship is the ideal summer
Spiders help Spiders when alumni host current students as interns. Here's how it pays dividends for everyone involved.
UR Now: University News
University recognized as a “Best College” by Princeton Review
Richmond earns high marks for academics and student experience, ranking in the top 10 for classroom experience, career services, health services, and dining.
Faculty in the News
Creating Community Around the Class
Laura Browder, Tyler and Alice Haynes professor in American Studies, coauthored this piece.
Educating Individuals About Climate Change, One Game at a Time
Professor of Russian and global studies Yvonne Howell is quoted.
Best Cities for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations in 2024
American studies professor Laura Browder is quoted.
How AI can make history
Lauren Tilton, professor of liberal arts and digital humanities, is quoted.
Contact Us
Mailing address:
American Studies Program
Carole Weinstein International Center, Room 306
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 484-1471
Fax: (804) 484-1577
Program Coordinator: Stephen Brauer
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Lynn Hardwicke