Faculty List

Associate Professor and Director
Amanda Sheely, PhD. Director, American Studies Program and Interim Director, Centre for the Study of the United States

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Alexandra Rahr, PhD.

Introduction

The American Studies Program is designed to provide students with a broad, yet deep, education about the United States and its role in the world. American Studies’ small and topical core courses allow students to engage intellectually with a rapidly changing world and ask, “what is America, how has it changed, and what are the best ways to study and understand it?”

To ensure breadth, students are required to take two interdisciplinary core courses that both range widely with respect to content and multidisciplinary perspectives. As well, the Program offers a wide selection of courses from participating departments and programs such as Geography, Political Science, History, Music, Cinema Studies, Economics, English, Indigenous Studies, Religion, Sociology, Caribbean Studies, and Canadian Studies, giving students broad exposure to fundamental themes animating American life. To ensure depth, the American Studies Program relies heavily on upper-level courses, including seminars at the 300 and 400-levels.

Contact Infomration

Website: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csus/american-studies

Undergraduate Office

Email: csus@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-946-8972

Program Director

Professor Amanda Sheely, Interim Director
Email: csus.director@utoronto.ca

Note About Program Completion

Students can complete only one program type – Specialist, Major, or Minor – in an individual area referenced with the same four-digit program code.

The American Studies programs impacted by this policy: ASMAJ0135, ASMIN0135