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Offering BA, MA, PhD, and accelerated undergraduate/graduate degrees in American Studies at the Harrisburg campus since 1972!
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November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Are you considering a career in museums and public culture? Enroll in Anthropology Museum Studies for Spring 2026. This course provides an entry point into our undergraduate certificate in Museum Studies or serves as an elective for our graduate certificate in Heritage and Museum Practice.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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University Press of Mississippi has announced a Holiday Sale that includes pre-orders, so from Nov 12-19, you should be able to pre-order your copy of The Folklore of Democracy (July 2026) for only $20.26!
The Folklore of Democracy
Contributions by Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Richard Bauman, Norma Cantú, Miguel Díaz-Barriga, Margaret Dorsey, Ehsan Estiri, Gary Alan Fine, Lisa Gilman, Jay Mechling, Whitney Phillips, Afsane Rezaei, Li...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Dr. David Puglia (PhD American Studies, 2015) shares his insights as a teacher and administrator at a community college in the Francis Lee Utley invited plenary panel on Folklore in Higher Education given by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society.
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I’m beyond thrilled to announce that I’ve been elected a fellow of the American Folklore Society! It’s such a great honor to be part of this group, which includes so many of the scholars who have mentored and inspired me over the years.
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Opening night at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting and Penn State Harrisburg is already well represented! Faculty Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Jeffrey Tolbert, and Simon J. Bronner were joined by alumni Amy Milligan, Mary Sellers, and Susan Asbury, and PhD candidate Steven Lee.
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Love Fairy Tales? I’m teaching a new course this spring on folktales and legends in American literature. It’s open to Penn State undergraduate and graduate students. Sign up today! #academicsky #folklore #fairytales
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A shoutout to AMST PhD Candidate Jack Daly, who recently published a new book on the supernatural legends of his native Colorado!
June 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There’s a lot to celebrate in American Studies this week! Today we learned of the promotion of Dr. Charles Kupfer to Professor of American Studies and History (1/3)
May 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today, Dr. Mariah Kupfner, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Public Heritage, delivered a lecture to our graduating class of 2025. Dr. Kupfner received this year’s award for teaching excellence. Congratulations to her on a wonderful honor and a wonderful speech!
May 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Folklore colleagues: Join me, co-editor Solimar Otero, our esteemed colleague Charles L. Briggs, and a dynamic panel of discussants for a webinar celebrating the release of Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance (Indiana University Press, 2025).
Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance, an AFS Fellows Webinar - The American Folklore Society
Join the AFS Fellows for a webinar on May 19 at 1:30 p.m. EDT that highlights the publication of Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore and Performance (IU Press, 2025). Authors engage in disc...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Anna Wei Marshall (PhD '20) has a new article out in the Pacific Historical Review! Congratulations to Dr. Marshall on this wonderful work!
A Cold War AmbassadorJade Snow Wong’s 1953 Speaking Tour to Asia
This article investigates the complex landscape of Asian American memoirist and ceramicist Jade Snow Wong’s Asia speaking tour in 1953. Her hybrid identity, in her union of Americanization with Chines...
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April 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Congratulations to the new Dr. David Giles, who successfully defended his dissertation "Ourcraft: Folk Learning in Minecraft" yesterday!
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Public Doctoral Defense: David Giles will defend his dissertation "Ourcraft: Folk-Learning in Minecraft" on Friday, February 14 at 1:30pm. This examination is open to the public and will take place on Zoom. If you are interested to attend, please email @abbuccitelli.bsky.social at abb20@psu.edu.
February 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Dr. Mariah Kupfner and PhD candidate Sean Dixon presented their in-progress research yesterday at the inaugural American Studies Brown Bag series. Join us again on April 18 for the next installment!
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Happy Saturday, food history folks! Please share this call for the Global Food History Prize for an Emerging Food Historian, with a deadline of January 1: rachelbherrmann.com/global-food-...
December 7, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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Academic friends: we’re hiring for more than 20 faculty positions at the college this year in areas like communications, English, Latino/a research, media production, engineering, computer science, economics, and education, among many others. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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December 8, 2024 at 11:23 PM
We’ve built a starter pack for Penn State American Studies. Reply to this thread if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/Bk3J3pB
November 23, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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ONE WEEK REMAINS to submit your proposals for ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh!
The deadline for the 2025 ASEH conference in Pittsburgh has been extended! All submissions must be in by Thursday August 15 - submit here: allacademic.com/one/aseh/ase...
August 7, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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We are thrilled to ANNOUNCE a #SpecialIssue CFP!! MAH is now accepting proposals for a 2026 Special Issue on the US #Semiquincentennial (250th). See this CFP for details, and send any questions to mah@cambridge.org #history #twitterstorians
November 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM