The American Studies BA invites Tar Heels to analyze the United States through lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, environment, and popular culture. Students investigate everything from jazz to TikTok, Civil-War memory to future green economies, blending archival research with multimedia storytelling. The program’s flexible tracks—Global American Studies, Southern Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and Cultural Studies—encourage customized pathways and internships with historical societies, nonprofits, and media outlets.
Interactive website visualizing demographic shifts in the Sun Belt
Short film on skateboarding subcultures and urban space
Museum pop-up on Indigenous food sovereignty in North Carolina
Podcast dissecting political satire from Mark Twain to late-night TV
Photographic essay on migrant farmworker housing in the Carolinas
Digital humanities map of Civil Rights sit-ins statewide
Zine chronicling Southern gothic literature and climate anxiety
Policy memo on federal monuments and contested memory
Augmented-reality walking tour of Chapel Hill music venues
Research paper on Black Twitter and contemporary activism
Oral-history collection of Vietnam War veterans from rural NC
Exhibit plan comparing Route 66 mythos with I-40 development
Comic anthology exploring gender in superhero narratives
Ethnography of college sports fandom and regional identity
Graphic-novel adaptation of a nineteenth-century travel diary
Podcast mini-series on alternative economies in Appalachia
Blend history, art, and policy to tell nuanced stories of the American experience.
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