American Studies Association

American Studies Association

Abbreviation	ASA
Formation	1951
Type	Non-profit organization
Purpose	Learned society
Headquarters	Washington D.C., United States
Fields	American Studies, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Latino/a Studies, Native American Studies, and many other fields
President	Shana Redmond
Affiliations	American Council of Learned Societies, National Humanities Alliance
Website	theasa.net

The American Studies Association (ASA) is a scholarly organization devoted to the interdisciplinary study of U.S. culture and history. It was founded in 1951 and claims to be the oldest scholarly organization devoted to these topics.^[1] The ASA works to promote meaningful dialogue about the United States of America, throughout the U.S. and across the globe. Its purpose is to support scholars and scholarship committed to original research, innovative and effective teaching, critical thinking, and public discussion and debate.

The ASA consists of almost 5,000 individual members along with 2,200 library and other institutional subscribers.^[2] It publishes the journal American Quarterly at Johns Hopkins University Press. The concerns and activities of the organization are international in scope.