The graduate programs in the Department of History at the University of North Texas help you shape the future in higher education, public service and research.
We offer course work leading to a Master of Arts, Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree. On the master's level, you can focus your studies on the history of the United States or Europe, as well as the Ancient World and many non-western countries. On the doctoral level, concentrations are available in U.S., European or military history.
Graduate classes normally include eight to 12 students, allowing you to receive personal attention from the instructor. Course offerings are available in the areas noted above as well as in environmental, imperial and women's and gender history. Our department has special strengths in Texas history, military history, and body, place and identity. Through extensive reading, writing assignments and specialized seminar classes, you'll strengthen your analytical, writing, research and presentation skills.
Our classes are taught by faculty who've published numerous books and articles, been awarded many research grants and earned national and international recognition in their fields.
In addition to formal course work, other learning opportunities are available. Several nationally and internationally recognized speakers address faculty and students on different topics each year. Fellow graduate students provide useful information as you move through various stages of the degree program, such as notices about deadlines, job openings, scholarship opportunities and other general information about graduate work in history.
The UNT chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, organizes scholarly and social events during the year. Many graduate students present their research to fellow professionals at regional and national conferences. The department offers travel grants to students on a competitive basis.
Our department houses the Kingsbury-Thomason Departmental Library, the Military History Center and an extensive collection of books and films. The department hosts events related to the study of military history, social and cultural history and Texas history. The department also houses the scholarly journal Military History of the West.
The UNT Libraries contain 7 million cataloged items of printed books, periodicals, maps, documents, audiovisual materials, music scores and electronic media. The Willis Library houses the general collection, the Oral History Collection, the University Archives, the Rare Book and Texana collections, and government documents.
Additional relevant research holdings at UNT include:
The Oral History Collection, among the nation's oldest and largest, contains more than 1,800 bound volumes. Taped and transcribed interviews focus on the political, cultural and business history of Texas, the Pacific theater of World War II, local African American history, and various other local and regional topics. Graduate students who take courses in applied history have the opportunity to add to this nationally recognized collection.
Graduate students also have access to several other major libraries and institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, including the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the National Archives at Fort Worth, the Dallas Public Library, the Dallas Historical Society and libraries of numerous area colleges and universities.
You must meet the admission requirements of the Toulouse Graduate School® and specific program requirements by Jan. 15 for fall admission. The graduate school's admission requirements are outlined at their website. The program requirements are:
The department provides scholarships, teaching assistantships, teaching fellowships, research assistantships and other types of financial assistance for graduate students. Applications for financial assistance administered by the department are available from November through January and should be submitted by Feb. 15 for the following academic year. For more information, visit our website.
The university also provides several methods to help you pay for your education. For more information on these opportunities, visit the financial aid website.
Roberto Calderón, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles. Mexican American history; borders and national identities; comparative social movements.
Randolph B. Campbell, Regents Professor; Ph.D., University of Virginia. Early national period of U.S. 1789-1846; 19th century Texas; state and local history.
Guy Chet, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Yale University. Colonial America; early modern Atlantic world; American Revolution; military history (17th-19th centuries).
Christopher Fuhrmann, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Ancient and early medieval history; classical Greece and Rome.
Sandra Mendiola Garcia, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Latin America; Mexico.
Richard M. Golden, Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Early modern Europe; France; religious and social history; State of Israel.
Constance Hilliard, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard University. Africa; African American history.
Kate Imy, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers University. British Empire; modern Britain; gender; military history.
Michael Leggiere, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florida State University. French Revolution and Napoleon; modern France.
Richard Lowe, Regents Professor; Ph.D., University of Virginia. U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction; 19th century South.
Richard McCaslin, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Texas; 19th century U.S. military history.
Alex Mendoza, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Texas Tech University. 19th century U.S.; Texas; U.S. military history.
Alfred Mierzejewski, Professor; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Modern Germany; 20th century business and economics; military history.
Rachel Moran, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Gender, health and medicine; U.S. history; women.
Marilyn Morris, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of London. 17th and 18th century Britain; gender and sexuality; Enlightenment.
Todd Moye, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. 20th century U.S. social, political and cultural history; oral history.
Clark Pomerleau, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Arizona. U.S. women, gender and sexuality.
Gustav L. Seligmann, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Arizona. U.S. constitutional history; American political parties; presidential elections.
F. Todd Smith, Professor; Ph.D., Tulane University. Spanish and French North America; Southern Plains Indians.
Nancy Stockdale, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara. Middle East; Islam.
Harold M. Tanner, Professor; Ph.D., Columbia University. 20th century China (political, diplomatic, intellectual and military); U.S.-China relations.
Andrew Torget, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Virginia. Old South; Texas; 19th century U.S.-Mexican Borderlands; digital scholarship.
Olga Velikanova, Associate Professor; Ph.D., St. Petersburg State University (Russia). Russia.
Jennifer Wallach, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst. African Americans; American food history.
Geoffrey Wawro, Professor; Ph.D., Yale University. 19th, 20th and 21st century; modern military history.
Michael Wise, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. American West; environmental history.
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