MA Courses

Spring 2025

• American Art and Material Culture, Prof. Jennifer Van Horn, University of Delaware
• US Political History Since 1945, Prof. Beverly Gage, Yale University
• The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Princeton University
• The History of Latina and Latino People in the US, Prof. Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University
• Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, CUNY Graduate Center
• The Fight for Women’s Rights, 1820–1920, Prof. Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio

Fall 2024

• George Washington and His World, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University
• African American History to Emancipation, Prof. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University
• Dwight D. Eisenhower and His Times, Prof. Michael Birkner, Gettysburg College
• Origins of the Civil War, Prof. James Oakes, CUNY Graduate Center
• American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Maryland
• American Indian History: 1900 to the Present, Prof. Donald Fixico, Arizona State University

Fall 2023

• Warfare in Early America, Prof. Timothy Shannon, Gettysburg College
• LGBTQ+ History of the US: 1800 to the Present, Prof. Stephen Vider, University of Connecticut
• The Kennedy Era, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• The Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, University of California, Santa Barbara
• The American Enlightenment: Intellectual History to 1787, Prof. Caroline Winterer, Stanford University
• American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin

Spring 2024

• American Colonies, Prof. Alan Taylor, University of Virginia
• The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University
• American Environmental History, Prof. Catherine McNeur, Portland State University
• Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• Immigrants and Immigration in the Age of Lincoln, Prof. Harold Holzer, Hunter College, CUNY
• Jim Crow and Its Challengers, Prof. Nikki Brown, University of Kentucky

Fall 2022

• The Declaration of Independence, Prof. Eric Slauter, University of Chicago
• Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads: From Founding to Current Challenges, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• Narratives of Illness: The History of Medicine and Public Health in the U.S., Prof. Jim Downs, Gettysburg College
• The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Prof. Peniel Joseph, University of Texas at Austin
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2023

• Black Women's History, Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
• Voting and Elections in American History, Allan Lichtman, American University
• America's First Civil Rights Movement: From Revolution to Reconstruction, Kate Masur, Northwestern University
• The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, David Blight, Yale University
• Making Modern America: Business and Politics in the 20th Century, Margaret O'Mara,University of Washington
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2023

• Capitalism in American History, Prof. David Sicilia, University of Maryland
• The Great Depression and the New Deal, Prof. Eric Rauchway, University of California, Davis
• The History of Latina and Latino People in the U.S., Prof. Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University
• American Indian History: 1900 to the Present, Prof. Donald L. Fixico, Arizona State University
• The Presidents vs. The Press, Prof. Harold Holzer, Hunter College
• The Vietnam War, Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2021

• American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin
• The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Princeton University
• Capitalism in American History, Prof. David Sicilia, University of Maryland
• The 1960s in Historical Perspective, Prof. Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2022

• American Colonies: A Continental History, Prof. Alan Taylor, University of Virginia
• The History of Childhood in America, Prof. Steven Mintz, University of Texas at Austin
• Social Change in the Civil War Era, Prof. Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Chinese in the United States, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin 
• Making Modern America: Business and Politics in the 20th Century, Prof. Margaret O’Mara, University of Washington
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2022

• The Declaration of Independence, Prof. Eric Slauter, University of Chicago
• Presidential Leadership at Historic Crossroads: From Founding to Current Challenges, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• Narratives of Illness: The History of Medicine and Public Health in the U.S., Prof. Jim Downs, Gettysburg College
• The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Prof. Peniel Joseph, University of Texas at Austin
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2020

• American Indian History, Prof. Ned Blackhawk, Yale University
• The American Enlightenment, Prof. Caroline Winterer, Stanford University
• The Fight For Women's Rights: 1820 to 1920, Prof. Catherine Clinton, UT San Antonio
• The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Prof. Peniel Joseph, UT Austin
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2021

• Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, UT Austin
• Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College
• The Presidents vs. the Press, Harold Holzer, Hunter College
• The Vietnam War, Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2021

• Legacies of the Age of Revolutions, Prof. Nora Slonimsky, Iona College
• The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Prof. David Blight, Yale University
• Black Women’s History, Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
• The History of American Protest, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University
• Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877–1920, Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
• The Great Depression and New Deal, Prof. Eric Rauchway, University of California, Davis
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2019

• Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, UT Austin
• The History of American Protest, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University
• The Civil War Rank and File, Prof. Robert Bonner, Dartmouth College
• Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877–1920, Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2020

• American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, UT Austin
• Women in the American Revolution, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College
• Origins of the Civil War, Prof. James Oaks, CUNY Graduate Center
• The American West, Prof. Elliott West, University of Arkansas
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2020

• Black Women's History, Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
• The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University
• The Kennedy Era, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• World War I, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
• World War II, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2018

• Women in the American Revolution, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College
• The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Princeton University
• World War II, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
• Race and Rights in American History, Prof. Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2019

• The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University
• The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Prof. David Blight, Yale University
• The Kennedy Era, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• The Vietnam War, Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2019

• American Indian History, Prof. Ned Blackhawk, Yale University
• Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College
• Social Change in the Civil War Era, Prof. Catherine Clinton, UT San Antonio
• Slavery and the Americas, Prof. Jim Walvin, University of New York
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2017

• US Presidents, Profs. Julian Zelizer and Meg Jacobs, Princeton University
• Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College
• Famous Trials, Prof. Jack Ford, Yale University
• The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, Prof. Bruce Schulman, Boston University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2016

• Immigration, Prof. Vincent Cannato, UMASS Boston
• Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College
• American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2017

• Amazing Grace, Prof. James Basker, Barnard College
• Women and Politics in the 20th Century, Prof. Linda Gordon, University of New York
• American Indian History, Prof. Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College
• Hamilton’s America, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2017

• State History, Prof. Rich Loosbrock, Adams State University
• World War I, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
• Lincoln and Leadership, Prof. Michael Burlingame, University of Illinois
• Historiography, Profs. Karl Jacoby, Carol Berkin, David Blight, Nancy Wolloch, Martha Hodes, and Denver Brunsman
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2015

• Colonial North America, Prof. John Fea, Messiah College
• The Age of Jefferson, Prof. Peter Onuf, University of Virginia
• The World at War, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2016

• African American History since Emancipation, Prof. Peniel Joseph, University of Texas at Austin
• Women & Gender in 19th-Century America, Prof. Stephanie McCurry, Columbia University
• The Supreme Court and the Constitution in the 20th Century, Prof. Melvin Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2016

• Black Writers in American History, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University
• Understanding Lincoln, Prof. Matthew Pinsker, Dickenson College
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Fall 2014

• How Writers Helped End Slavery, Prof. James Basker, Barnard College
• The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Spring 2015

• The South in American History, Prof. Ed Ayers, University of Richmond
• The Global Cold War, Prof. Jeremy Suri, University of Texas at Austin
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History

Summer 2015

• Emancipation, Prof. Jim Oakes, CUNY Graduate Center
• The Kennedy Presidency, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia
• Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College and CUNY Graduate Center
• Capstone in American History