What is SCA?

Professor Jennifer L. Morgan explains the history and importance of the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis.

SCA Welcomes New Department Chair

SCA welcomes the esteemed Professor Singh into the role of Department Chair

2023 NYU Faculty Award

Professor Gayatri Gopinath honored with 2023 NYU Dorothy Irene Height Faculty Award

NYT Guest Essay

America’s Increasingly Diverse Security State Is Changing Communities by Professor Cristina Beltrán

Tyre Nichols & Police Traffic Stops

How US police got the deadly power to stop drivers at will in the Guardian by Professor Andrew Ross and Professor Julie Livingston

2022 FREDERICK DOUGLASS PRIZE

Professor Jennifer L. Morgan is winner of Yale's 2022 Frederick Douglass Book Prize!

NYT Guest Essay

Pedro Pascal and Jenna Ortega Shouldn’t Be Exceptions in Hollywood by Professor Arlene Dávila

SCA Alum writes for the MET Opera

Thulani Davis, PhD Alum of American Studies, writes a libretto for the MET Opera X.