12 Conversations with American Studies Scholars is a collection of interviews featuring some of the most influential professors in the field: Nancy Bentley, Ray B. Browne, Floyd Cheung, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Sam B. Girgus, William A. Gleason, M. Thomas Inge, Matthew Frye Jacobson, E. Ann Kaplan, George Lipsitz, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, and Peter C. Rollins.