Overview and Contact Information
With some twenty-five faculty specializing in a wide array of periods, places, and approaches to history, the department of history at CMU trains an equally diverse array of students at all levels of the university. Undergraduate degrees in history include the B.A. and B.S. as well as specialized training in history education leading to the B.S. in Ed. At the graduate level the department offers a traditional M.A. as well as an innovative joint program in transnational and comparative history leading to the M.A. or Ph.D., awarded in collaboration with four partner universities around the world and with the support of CMU's own Center for Transnational and Comparative History.
Mission Statement
The Department of History at Central Michigan University fosters the creation and communication of historical knowledge by:
- teaching undergraduate students, including preparing K-12 history teachers,
- training professional historians at the graduate level,
- conducting advanced historical research, and
- writing and speaking for both specialist and general audiences.
We encourage collaborative inquiry and exchanges among faculty and students from CMU and partner institutions abroad as well as outreach to Michigan, the United States, and the wider world. In all of these activities, we seek to support CMU's institutional priorities of teaching and learning, diversity and global perspectives, research, public service, and the culture of integrity.
Contact Information
Department of History
106 Powers Hall
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Telephone: (989) 774-3374
Fax: (989) 774-1156
To contact a particular member of the faculty or staff by telephone or email, please see our pages for faculty and staff. General inquiries should be directed to the department's administrative secretary, Roxanne Jordan, at jorda1rr@cmich.edu.