Public History

Welcome to the Public History Program!

The NMSU Public History Program, founded in 1983, was one of the first in the nation. For thirty years we have trained students in developing rigorous historical scholarship that is simultaneously available to broader audiences. In collaboration with several departments across the university, we offer undergraduate and graduate courses in the following areas:

• Oral History

• Museum Studies

• Historic Preservation

• Living History

• Digital Humanities

• Historic Site Interpretation

• Historical Editing

• Memory Studies

As part of our graduate program in public history, we also encourage our students to pursue internships, many of which have led to full time work in national and state parks, museums, publishing agencies, nonprofit organizations, and various branches of government.

For more information, please follow the links to the left or contact program director Dr. Peter Kopp.