arglooblaha Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Anyone looking at these types of programs and where are you applying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Under a Bad Sign Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Perfect thread to push me to register. All of the programs to which I'm applying fall under these terms; yet, because the nascency of these programs in the US, I am trying to create my own American Studies/Cultural Studies/Critical Theory programs out of existing and well-established departments in addition to applying to a few interdisciplinary departments. The following is a tentative, but slowly becoming exhaustive, list of schools, beginning with programs with these terms in their titles, followed by my own attempts at interdisciplinarity: NYU -- American Studies Brown -- American Civilization Minnesota -- American Studies (with Graduate Minor in Comparative Studies in Discourses/Cultural Studies) Chicago -- Sociology (with interest in Interdisciplinary Initiative in the Center for the Study of Communication and Society) Northwestern -- Sociology (clustered with Critical Theory certificate program) Berkeley -- Sociology (with Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory) UCLA -- Sociology (with Certificate in Experimental Critical Theory) CUNY -- Sociology (with Certificate in American Studies) Potential additions to above list: Michigan -- American Culture GWU -- American Studies What about you, arglooblaha? I'm curious to know what others with these interdisciplinary interests are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arglooblaha Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 UT Austin - Anthro (either social or cultural forms) NYU - Am Studies UWyoming - Am Studies UNC Chapel-Hill - Communications Studies Potentially/Still Whittling Down Brown - Am Studies Berkeley - Rhetoric CUNY - Anthro Queen's University - Cultural Studies Not Totally Off the List But Not Totally On Stanford - Anthro Columbia - Anthro UMichigan - Anthro or Am Studies (leaning towards Am Studies) UChicago - Anthro Washington State - Am Studies UMinn - Comparative Studies in Discrouse What are you studying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Under a Bad Sign Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 As in research interests or what I studied for undergrad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arglooblaha Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Sorry - research interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Under a Bad Sign Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 In the broadest terms: late capitalism; ideology; semiotics; Marxist cultural studies; postmodernity; critical social theory; media studies; production/consumption; political economy of culture/signs. To be a tad more specific, I'm focusing on discourses (specifically advertising) of late capitalism and neoliberal ideology. For example, I'm working on/finishing up an article with my undergraduate advisor that looks at two recent brand campaigns that emerged during the recession. We analyze articulations and constitution of value and, more importantly, contextualize these discourses within the current state of global capitalism. Probably sounds vague, but I can explain more later. What about you, what are your research interests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Yale and Harvard also have Am studies programs. Although, Harvard's is still called Am Civ, but this will soon change to Am Studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Also..HI! Best of luck to all of you! Just a few months and this will all be over. Big sigh of relief... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Anyone finally finished with apps? Heard anything promising from programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intersectional Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hi! I'm applying to Berkeley Rhetoric, NYU American Studies, UCSC History of Consciousness, and Stanford Modern Thought, to do queer theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecheese Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I only applied to one American Studies department (Yale)... here is my entire list (I bend towards "English" as my primary focus, with interdisciplinary leanings that tend towards fields like gender studies and american studies. List of Schools: NYU English Berkeley Rhetoric UC Santa Cruz History of Con OSU Comparative Studies UMN - CSCL Duke English SUNY Buffalo English University of Chicago English Ann Arbor English/Women's Studies MIT Comparative Media Studies Brown MCM U Penn English William & Mary American Studies Stanford MLT Syracuse English Rochester Visual and Cultural Studies Yale American Studies Iowa English Penn State English Albany English Loyola Chicago English WashU English Georgia Tech Digital Media Brown English Utah English Yes, that is 25. Yes, I am broke. That said, I believe strongly in applying widely in order to get the best funding/opportunities. Each of these schools actually has faculty that I would be happy to work with. This is the list I created after cutting it down from a list of 33 schools that had a substantial number of faculty in the areas I'm studying. I guess some people will think this is cray. I don't. This is partially based on my experience applying to MFA programs. The school that I ultimately attended was one that I added on a whim (it is topped ranked, but I applied there sheerly based off of where it s located--it was four hours away from my parents, and three hours away from where I was living at the time). I received acceptances from other schools, but after looking into the faculty and opportunities of the university as a whole (after being accepted), I couldn't pass up the institution that I attended for my MFA. All of the above have multiple faculty working in areas that are of interest to me. I'll get picky after I see who is interested in working with me, and what financial packages they offer (also placement ratings, cost of living, ease for my partner to find a job, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phigirl Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Has anyone heard anything yet? losing my mind just a little over here waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intersectional Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Nothing yet, and I've been paying a little too close attention to the results page. Did you apply to American Studies at all of those schools? I haven't looked at those, but if you search the results from last year, you can get an idea of when various programs notify their applicants. For example, last year people started reporting results from histcon at ucsc on 1/24, ucb rhetoric on 1/28, nyu american stud on 1/31, and stanford mod thought on 2/16 - but some people didn't hear back from those until the end of Feb. Has anyone heard anything yet? losing my mind just a little over here waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phigirl Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Nothing yet, and I've been paying a little too close attention to the results page. Did you apply to American Studies at all of those schools? I haven't looked at those, but if you search the results from last year, you can get an idea of when various programs notify their applicants. For example, last year people started reporting results from histcon at ucsc on 1/24, ucb rhetoric on 1/28, nyu american stud on 1/31, and stanford mod thought on 2/16 - but some people didn't hear back from those until the end of Feb. It was American Studies everywhere but Harvard (the Hist. of Am. Civ. program there). Yeah, I too have been watching the results page pretty intently. Minnesota started to contact people on 1/20 last year based off the results search...hence why I've likely been even more impatient than normal recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notaprettygrrrl Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I applied to UMinn, UMichigan, SUNY Buffalo, Washington State, and Montana State . . . also obsessing over the results page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dknows Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Just Yale and Harvard for American studies here. Barring any disaster ('your application is somehow just cat memes! Get out!') , really not expecting any news from either until late Feb, early March at the earliest. Two Espressos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Hurray! Finally there is some conversation here. So excited to hear that others are applying. I applied to NYU, Yale, and Harvard Am Studies. Harvard is changing their program to Am Studies next year... finally. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phigirl Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 yeah I'm not expecting to hear from Harvard, Brown, or W&M any time in the near future. The results search just has me hopefully that we'll hear from UMinn, UNC, and UMD within the next 2-3 weeks though...hence the obsession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phigirl Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 got a phone call from a Massachusetts phone number today and answered it thinking "well this is odd, but hey who knows?" turns out it was an automated phone call. I don't think I've ever been so furious at a machine arglooblaha and aglaea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHacSpeVivo Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Hi all, Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm also *dying* to hear. I've applied to the following programs: Minnesota, American Studies Michigan, American Studies U of Pittsburgh, English (Critical and Cultural Studies) CU Boulder, English Chicago, English Vanderbilt, English Brown, American Studies Iowa, American Studies UMass Amherst, Communication U of Florida, English I'm also applying to Bowling Green's American Studies program, but won't be sending in that app until next week. Phigirl: it's so nice to hear that I'm not the only one freaking out over Minnesota and their timeline for acceptances last year! Good luck all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazo11 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I've been nominated for the University Presidential Fellowship at Washington State in the American Studies program, specifically for the Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies program. Additionally, received a call inviting me to visit Feb. 6-9th during which I will have dinner with the president of WSU. So, it seems like they are making decisions. This is the first school I've heard from out of the seven I've applied to. My top are University of Denver and Northwestern. aglaea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked_Problem Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 saluki88 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHacSpeVivo Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Congratulations Saluki! Thanks for the update; now it's really time to start the nail biting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I've been nominated for the University Presidential Fellowship at Washington State in the American Studies program, specifically for the Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies program. Additionally, received a call inviting me to visit Feb. 6-9th during which I will have dinner with the president of WSU. So, it seems like they are making decisions. This is the first school I've heard from out of the seven I've applied to. My top are University of Denver and Northwestern. Congratsssssssss!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phigirl Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Congrats Saluki! That's awesome. I'd have loved to applied on the west coast but the programs aren't really aligned with my interests-I really hope your visit goes well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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