As the largest graduate history program on the Colorado Plateau, our focus begins by understanding the relationship between this area and the larger American West and thematic areas of U.S.—Mexico Borderlands, Environment, and Indigeneity, as well as broader connections of race, class, gender, and colonialism across the Americas and the world. Public history students routinely intern with and create public exhibits for the National Park Service, the Arizona Historical Society, Arizona State Parks, the Museum of Northern Arizona and Lowell Observatory. Our students write theses on the region, the country, and the world. All classes are taught in person and are small, guaranteeing close student-faculty relationships. Many full-time graduate students receive some type of departmental funding. They are also eligible for competitive teaching assistantships and department research grants for travel, research, and conferences. Our new accelerated 4+1 program allows top performing NAU undergraduates to enter the MA program in their junior year and complete a BA and MA in five years.