Associate Professor Crystal S. Anderson in the Department of English has been invited to join the board of editors of American Studies.
American Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published by the Mid-American American Studies Association (MAASA), the oldest and most active of the regional associations, and the University of Kansas.
American Studies encourages interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarship in U.S. cultures and histories broadly defined. It welcomes frameworks of comparative, international, and/or transnational perspectives. With an editorial staff from a number of areas of study, the journal offers provocative perspectives on a variety of issues.Frequent special sections and special issues create a space for a broad discussion on a single topic. Articles on pedagogy inform the American Studies classroom. The book review section aims at keeping readers conversant with contemporary scholarship.
American Studies first appeared in 1959 and has 1,000 current subscribers. In 2005 it merged with American Studies International, and welcomes submissions with an international perspective.