American Studies

The University of New Mexico’s Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network has selected four student ambassadors for the fall 2026 semester. URAD student ambassadors have a wide range of responsibilities that include serving as advisors to other...

Journey through the Route 66 New Mexico towns in Route 66 Connected, a multimedia presentation to celebrate the Centennial. The presentation offers a unique look at the historic significance and multicultural nature of the “Mother Road” in New Mexico and...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of American Studies is proud to announce a cutting-edge new course for the fall 2026 semester called Bad Bunny: Fashion Revolutions. This course presents a unique opportunity to explore how cultural icons like...

Four students at The University of New Mexico have been selected as Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network (URAD) ambassadors. The exceptional undergraduate researchers represent a variety of majors, backgrounds, research interests, and levels...

Six undergraduates at The University of New Mexico have been chosen to receive the Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Fall 2024. The scholarship, presented by the Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network (URAD) is intended to support students...

Research by a University of New Mexico professor that traced Catholic priests who abused and molested Native American children and teenagers was recently cited in an article in the Washington Post. Investigative reporters at the Post used the research...

UNM American Studies Professor and Chair Jennifer Denetdale (Diné) in partnership with the Navajo Nation Museum, has been awarded a $95,000 grant through the Henry Luce Foundation’s Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, sponsored by the First Nations...

UNM’s American Studies Department announces an exciting lecture featuring Professor Phil Deloria titled “The Year the Stars Fell: Toward a Continental History of a Very Few Hours” on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 6-7:30 p.m. as this year’s Joel M....

This story is one for the history books, which is fitting, as the news itself is about a history book.  A devoted team of UNM Native American professors are planning, developing and writing the first ever tribal government textbook for young...

Dr. Amy Lucinda Brandzel, an associate professor at The University of New Mexico with a joint appointment in American and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at home in the care of family and surrounded by cherished pets....