With more than thirty professors in American History, the program is particularly strong in this field, both in terms of the breadth of its specializations and the depth of this expertise. Where other graduate programs may have a social historian and a cultural historian and one who specializes in early American History, the CUNY graduate program, as a result of its unique structure, often boasts two or three highly respected historians in many of the most popular fields. Our wide ranging faculty provide a fine balance between prize winning scholars in traditional fields and gifted historians doing research on cutting edge topics employing innovative methodologies. Highly regarded as teachers and graduate mentors, they work closely with their students. CUNY PhDs have gone on to make important contributions with their research and as professors on leading faculties across the country. The program is especially strong in the following areas: colonial and early American, cultural, gender, intellectual, labor, late nineteenth and twentieth century, political, slavery, social, urban, and women.