Graduate Programs
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African and African Diaspora Studies
The African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Ph.D. program provides students with the necessary skills and analytical framework to engage interdisciplinary approaches for examining the lives of people of African descent throughout Africa and the African Diaspora, including the United States. Students will develop the broad foundational knowledge necessary to pursue an academic career and to conduct scholarly research in African and African Diaspora Studies and related fields.
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American Studies
The American Studies Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin is widely regarded as one of the top American Studies programs in the nation.
We offer dynamic classes with award-winning teachers and scholars who are dedicated to understanding the complexities of American culture. We ask questions about the history of the nation in a global context, the construction of borders, and the significance of representations in order to interrogate beliefs, policies, and structural inequalities.
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Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies is designed to prepare graduates not only for traditional academic employment in the field of Mexican American and Latina/o studies and related fields, but also for careers in the arts, advocacy and related professions in which advanced knowledge of Mexican American and Latina/o studies is crucial. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge, methods, and skills needed for scholarly teaching, original research and problem solving, intellectual leadership, creative expression, and other modes of achievement in both the interdisciplinary field of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and in core disciplines identified by each student.
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Women's and Gender Studies
The University of Texas at Austin is in the unique position of having a university-wide interdisciplinary graduate program in Women's and Gender Studies. The program's large and diverse faculty is drawn from the university's 18 colleges and schools. The wide array of graduate courses offered provides exposure to cutting-edge scholarship from multiple perspectives and thus offers students an unusual opportunity for cross-disciplinary inquiry at the graduate level. Particular strengths of the faculty include African-American studies, cultural studies, diaspora studies, ethnic studies, feminist theories, health and social welfare, international and post-colonial feminisms, masculinities, media studies, performance studies, popular culture, and public policy.
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