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American Culture
Congratulations to all our amazing graduates!
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Recent News
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Borja on her new book "Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change"!
Prof. Melissa Borja's book Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement and Hmong Religious Change was awarded the 2025 Association for Asian American Studies prize for "Outstanding Contribution" in History.
University Origins
The Department of American Culture acknowledges the university’s origins in a land grant from the Anishinaabeg (including Odawa, Ojibwe, and Boodewadomi) and Wyandot, and we further acknowledge that our university stands, like almost all property in the United States, on lands obtained, generally in unconscionable ways, from indigenous peoples. Knowing where we are changes neither the past nor the present. However, through scholarship and pedagogy we work to create a future in which the past is thoroughly understood and the present supports human flourishing and justice while enacting an ethic of care and compassion.
