Work in the department reflects and leads a growing transnational agenda and research students are encouraged to think about America in a global context. We have long-standing experience and expertise in supervising PhDs to successful completion. Particular areas of research specialism include: - African American literature, history and culture - American art and visual culture - American intellectual history - American labour history - American music and popular culture - American political history - American print culture and book history - Asian American literature and culture - Border studies - Civil rights and social justice - Contemporary American fiction - Crime, prisons and criminal justice - Feminist theory - Gender and queer studies - Indigenous culture - Latinx culture - Memory Studies - Nineteenth-century American literature and culture - US foreign policy