American Studies offers Two Courses for Summer 2026!

American Studies is offering two courses for the summer term 2026!

AMST 3326 - Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalism

This course examines the relationship between Latinx and Indigenous communities and the environment from a sociocultural, anthropological and historical perspective.Texts encompass the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, and often require thinking and analysis that questions understandings of land, development, race, science, health, and wellness on a state, local, and international level.

AMST 4601 - Gender, Race, and the Prison

In this course, we will study the intersection of social scientific and humanistic scholarship, showing how the prison deploys and produces gender and its imbrications with race, class, and sexuality as a tool of control, punishment, and dehumanization. Our materials will highlight the experiences of women as we consider the carceral state that is fundamentally organized by gendered assumptions that shape the experiences of all social groups.

Enrolment for Summer courses begins in late-March. Learn more on the Summer Session website.