M.A. in the Study of the Americas
In-Person and Online Options: Interdisciplinary, Socially Engaged, and Designed for Working Professionals and Aspiring Scholars
Welcome!
Our M.A. in the Study of the Americas can now be completed online or in person. Both options provide students with interdisciplinary perspectives on the most pressing issues of our times. Our courses apply a range of disciplinary views, including literature, anthropology, history, economics, philosophy, urban studies, cultural studies, film, and political science, to the study of race, gender, human rights, contemporary politics, immigration, and popular culture.
Hear from the Program Director
Susanna Rosenbaum
Fall 2025 Courses




Recent courses reveal the richness and breadth of our offerings:
Inequality & Social Mobility in the Americas; Slavery, Gender, & Colonial Legacies in the Caribbean; Education & Race(ism) in the Americas; Who Cares? Self-Care and Caregiving in the Americas; Music of the Americas; Literary Landscapes of Slavery & Freedom; Populism & Popular Culture; Race and Nation in the Americas; Gated Communities, Gated Cities; Cultures of Surveillance; The Power of Place: Youth and the City; Women’s Revolutionary Fiction; War and Justice in the 21st Century (co-taught by Luis Moreno Ocampo, Former International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor); Cultures of Capital; Climate Change in Caribbean Art and Literature; Indigenous Visions; Forced Migrations; and Dominican Fiction & Film of the 21st Century.
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Juan Carlos Mercado, Ph.D.
Dean
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Susanna Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Anthropology | Program Director
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