About
About the History Department
The UNLV Department of History provides students with a broad knowledge of the human past and experience and the appreciation of diverse cultures crucial in an increasingly connected world. Through our curriculum's focus on U.S. and world history, we offer courses and award-winning programs that speak to global issues that shape both the past and present. Our department also offers students the opportunity to interact with an extraordinary community of scholar teachers, dedicated staff, and alumni.
Department Objectives
We provide a critical component of a liberal arts education by providing a historically informed perspective on the contemporary world and the challenges that it faces. To do this, our department is guided by the following objectives:
- Transmitting the accumulated knowledge of the human past through formal teaching by tenured and tenure-track faculty at all levels of the curriculum.
- Generating and disseminating new knowledge of the past through innovative research.
- Training students in the skills of research, critical analysis, and effective communication.
- Contributing fundamentally to the university’s efforts to promote understanding of global, multicultural, and international issues.
- Providing services to the local community as part of a robust relationship based on interdependence and reciprocity.
Our Faculty and Staff
Our world-renowned faculty are dedicated teachers and researchers whose expertise spans the range of human experience across time and space. Together with our dedicated staff we offer a student-centered experience on both the undergraduate and graduate levels.