American Studies Association

The American Studies Association (ASA) is a dynamic site of engaged scholarship that draws together scholars, artists, community organizers, and educators based within and beyond colleges and universities. Chartered in 1951, the ASA has a distinguished history dating back over seven decades, while serving today as a preeminent home for ground-breaking, trans-disciplinary studies of race, Indigeneity, gender, sexuality, class, disability, religion, ecology, transnationalism, migration, culture, and abolition. The ASA publishes the flagship journal, American Quarterly. Our signature event is the ASA Annual Meeting, which rotates to diverse locations and attracts 2,000 participants on average. Individually and collectively, ASA members from diverse personal, geographical, and intellectual backgrounds provide leadership to the movement for equity and inclusion on campus, as well as community service and informed commentary to promote social justice within society overall.