{"id":337,"date":"2022-12-15T22:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T06:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:20:03","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Natalia Molina awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Natalia Molina, Distinguished Professor and Dean\u2019s Professor of American studies and ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow, joining a class of 223 scholars, artists and scientists selected from nearly 5,000 applicants worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/natalia-molina-awarded-2026-guggenheim-fellowship\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Natalia Molina awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship\"  \n>\n    Natalia Molina awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 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class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Mission Statement\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Department of American Studies &amp; Ethnicity\u2019s (ASE) mission is to educate in the comprehensive analysis of race and ethnicity and engage students and the public to understand diversity, the consequences of disparity and inequity, and the enactment of community and citizenship at multiple scales in Los Angeles, California, the United States and the world. We seek to investigate and explain stratification based on race, gender, class, sexuality, and religion and examine the texture of lived experience and imagination of varied communities and their struggles towards equity and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Our signature department profile consists of:<\/p>\n<p>Ethnic &amp; Racial Studies<\/p>\n<p>Power and Social Justice Studies<\/p>\n<p>Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/p>\n<p>Transnational\/Global Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"links-container\">\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/mission-statement\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about ~ Adopted by ASE Core Faculty on March 28, 2013\"  \n>\n    ~ Adopted by ASE Core Faculty on March 28, 2013 \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quote \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quote\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Why Major in American Studies?\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n\n  <div class=\"quote-container\">\n\n    <div class=\"left\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description quote\">\n\n    \n  <p>I choose to be an American Studies and Ethnicity Major because I knew it would provide me with a different lens of how to best make sense of the world around me.  At the same time it has allowed me to establish: effective writing skills, critical thinking analysis, research skills, and all learning from an interdisciplinary framework.  In doing so, I feel that I have a variety of options&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"attribution\">\n          David Hernandez, B.A. Chicano\/Latino Studies &#8217;13\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ase\/why-major-in-american-studies-and-ethnicities-alumni-thoughts\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Why Major in American Studies and Ethnicities? Alumni Thoughts\"  \n>\n    Why Major in American Studies and Ethnicities? 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