American Studies Department

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Distinguished Service Professor: Laura Anker, Emerita

Professors: Aubrey Bonnett, Emeritus; Amanda Frisken, Chair; Karl Grossman, Emeritus; Carol Quirke
Associate Professors: Jermaine Archer, Laura Chipley, John Friedman, Samara Smith, Denton Watson
Assistant Professors: Ozgur Akgun, Wendy Rhodes
Instructor: Andrew Mattson
Lecturer: Joseph Manfredi

Studio Manager, Media Innovation Center: Dean Harding

American Studies is an interdisciplinary department that offers three degrees and several minors and microcredentials.

Programs

• American Studies, B.A.
• Black Studies, B.A.
• Media & Communications, B.A.

• American Studies Concentration

• Advanced TV/Video Production, Micro-Credential
• Fundamentals of Non-Fiction Video Production, Micro-Credential
• Fundamentals of Television News Production, Micro-Credential
• PR and Strategic Communications

• African American Studies and the African Diaspora, Minor
• Media and Communications, Minor
• Media Design, Minor

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