History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Northern Arizona Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

American Southwest, environmental, modern Europe, Latin America, Asia

Program Description

The doctoral program has particular strengths in the history of the United States West and Southwest. Although other universities have programs that specialize in Western history, ours is unique in providing strong coverage of the “Greater West” that includes the Southwest and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and in emphasizing the cultural, ethnic (especially Mexican Americans and indigenous peoples), gender, and environmental history of the region. These emphases depart from the traditional triumphalist content of “western” history. Our emphasis on multidisciplinarity includes encouraging students to take courses in thematic areas (power, culture, and ideology; race, class, and gender; environmental; colonialism and nationalism) and to do coursework across disciplines, for example, in anthropology, environmental sciences, or women’s studies. We also train students in other areas of U.S. history, as well as other regions: Europe, Latin America, South Asia, and the Middle East.

Special Programs or Resources

Teaching assistantships for doctoral students to teach independent courses; archival collections in Arizona, southwestern, and border topics.

Financial Aid

Teaching assistantships; library internships; some scholarships for research and writing in Southwest/Western history.

Degree Requirements

54 credit hours beyond the M.A. degree; final written and oral comprehensive exams over coursework; Ph.D. oral defense.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1980

History PhDs conferred to Date: 46

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred (2000–04): Medium [Explain]

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	4
	Associate Professor	7
	Assistant Professor	6
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment
	Emeritus Faculty	12
	Part-time faculty	4

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: Small [Explain]

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 48
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 100%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 13

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): Medium [Explain]

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department