American Studies Program
Founded in 1969, the American Studies Program at Georgetown University is among the oldest undergraduate American Studies programs in the country. The program employs an interdisciplinary approach in which students are encouraged to make connections between diverse fields relating to American Studies, including history, literature, political science, economics, philosophy, sociology, theology and the fine arts.
Students in American Civilization III taught by Associate Dean Bernie Cook produced three short documentaries addressing topics related to Washington, D.C., including the history of the city's cherry blossoms which were a gift from Japan, Alice Paul and the quest for women's right to vote, and the burial of munitions in Spring Valley during WWI. At the premier Nick Troiano, Lucy Obus, Brett Davis, and Mary Kate Robbett celebrate with Kent Slowinski, a community activist featured in their short film, "Buried in History."