American Studies Archives - From The Square

Critical Race Theory and Diversity in Sports Leadership

September 27, 2021

25 years ago, I set out to address the question: “What can we do about the underrepresentation of African-Americans in the top-level position in sports management?”

An Empire Transformed: A Q&A with Kate Luce Mulry

July 26, 2021

Kate Mulry, author of An Empire Transformed (NYU Press, 2021), spoke with the online journal Current about her writing process, research, and the impetus for her path-breaking work in American history. Read the full conversation below.

Agency, Resistance, Resilience, Identity

April 5, 2021

—Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura
How can all of us better challenge falsehoods of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s docility and call attention to the complexities of their past and present experiences in the United States and elsewhere?

Valentine’s Day and the History of Heterosexuality

February 11, 2021

—Rebecca L. Davis
The meanings that people attach to heterosexuality, and even their sense of what heterosexuality is and why it matters, have a rich and fascinating history.

Reckonings and Passages

February 2, 2021

—Michelle D. Commander
A profoundly personal story, Avidly Reads Passages is my journey into the past to gain better understandings about slavery and white supremacy and how they reverberate and threaten Black lives in our own times.

Ballroom, Tango, and the Patriarchy

November 4, 2019

—Julia A. Ericksen A recent article in the New York Times described the ways in which young women and men are remaking Argentine tango, the dance that seems to embody… READ MORE

Fear of Muslims in American Society

October 31, 2019

—Ann Gordon, L. Edward Day, Christopher D. Bader, and Joseph O. Baker
The authors of Fear Itself pull data from their Chapman University survey on American fear of Muslim Americans and Islam