Department website: https://history.wvu.edu/
Certificate Offered
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Cultural Resource Management
Nature of the Program
The Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management provides instruction in the theory and practice of federally-mandated compliance for historic preservation and cultural resource management. This certificate complements many WVU graduate programs including Art History, History, Public History, Public Administration, and Recreation Parks and Tourism Resources. Individuals with an undergraduate degree with an interest in historic preservation, museums, and other cultural resources who want to earn the certificate without enrolling in a graduate degree program are eligible to apply.
Faculty
Chair
- Kate Staples - Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
Associate Chair
- Matthew Vester - Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Director of Graduate Studies
- Jason Phillips - Ph.D. (Rice University)
Director of Undergraduate Studies
- William Gorby - Ph.D. (West Virginia University)
Professors
- Brian Luskey - Ph.D. (Emory University)
Regular Graduate Faculty, 19th-century U.S., Social and Cultural History - Jason Phillips - Ph.D. (Rice University)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Eberly Family Professor of Civil War Studies, Civil War Era, 19th-century U.S., Southern History, Material Culture - James Siekmeier - Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Regular Graduate Faculty, U.S. Diplomatic, Modern Latin America - Matthew Vester - Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Early Modern Europe, Italy
Associate Professors
- Melissa Bingmann - Ph.D. (Arizona State University)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Public history, 20th-century U.S. - William Gorby - Ph.D. (West Virginia University)
Associate Graduate Faculty, West Virginia, Appalachia, Immigration - Joseph Hodge - Ph.D. (Queen’s University at Kingston)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Modern Britain, British Empire, Decolonization, International Development, Africa - Tamba E. M'bayo - Ph.D. (Michigan State University)
Regular Graduate Faculty, West Africa, Colonial and Postcolonial, African Diaspora and Pan-Africanism - Kate Staples - Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Medieval, Gender, England, Material Culture - Jessica Wilkerson - Ph.D. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Joyce and Stuart Robbins Chair, Appalachia and the South, Women, Gender, and Sexuality, 20th-c U.S., Labor and Working Class History
Assistant Professors
- Max Flomen - Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Early American History, Native American History - Sean Lawrence - Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Germany, Colonialism, Middle East, Environment, Political Economy - Austin McCoy - Ph.D. (University of Michigan)
Regular Graduate Faculty, 20th-Century U.S., African-American, Labor, Social Movements - Devin Smart - Ph.D. (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
Regular Graduate Faculty, Africa, World/Global, Environmental
Emeriti Faculty
- William S. Arnett - Ph.D. (Ohio State University)
- Robert E. Blobaum - Ph.D. (University of Nebraska)
- William I. Brustein - Ph.D. (University of Washinton)
- Elizabeth Fones-Wolf - Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts)
- Kenneth Fones-Wolf - Ph.D. (Temple University)
- Jack Hammersmith - Ph.D. (University of Virginia)
- Barbara J. Howe - Ph.D. (Temple University)
- Elizabeth K. Hudson - Ph.D. (Indiana University)
- Ronald L. Lewis - Ph.D. (University of Akron)
- Mary Lou Lustig - Ph.D. (Syracuse University)
- Robert M. Maxon - Ph.D. (Syracuse University)
- Stephen C. McCluskey - Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin)
- A. Michal McMahon - Ph.D. (University of Texas)
- John C. Super - Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Admissions for 2026-2027
Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management
The Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management provides instruction in the theory and practice of federally-mandated compliance for historic preservation and cultural resource management. This certificate complements many WVU graduate programs including Art History, History, Public History, Public Administration, and Recreation Parks and Tourism Resources. Individuals with an undergraduate degree with an interest in historic preservation, museums, and other cultural resources who want to earn the certificate without enrolling in a graduate degree program are eligible to apply. The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
List of Admission Requirements:
- See the steps to apply for admissions and access the application here.
- Curriculum Vitae or Resume.
- Students currently enrolled in a graduate degree program should meet with the CRM coordinator before applying.
International Applicants:
- See the steps to apply for admissions and access the application here.
- International applicants should view additional requirements here and here.
- English language proficiency is required in order to hold a graduate teaching assistantship. See here.
Application Deadline:
- The Cultural Resource Management Certificate program admits students on a rolling basis.
For questions, please contact: history@mail.wvu.edu
Certificate Code: CG02
Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management
Certificate Code - CG02
Graduation requirement: Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in courses applied to the certificate.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CORE COURSES | 6 | |
| Cultural Resource Management | ||
Select one course from the following list: * | ||
| Professional Field Experience | ||
| Practicum in Cultural Resource Management | ||
| Internship in Public History | ||
| Public Service Internship | ||
| Recreation and Park Management Practicum | ||
| ELECTIVES | 9 | |
| Select three courses from the following list: * | ||
| Conservation Practices: Digital Documentation, Treatment, Condition Assessment | ||
| Collections Care and Preservation of Material Objects | ||
| Field Methods in Historic Preservation | ||
| Historic Site Interpretation | ||
| Local History Research Methodology | ||
| Museum Studies | ||
| Geographic Information Science | ||
| Regional Design | ||
| Introduction to Urban Design Issues | ||
| Public and Nonprofit Management | ||
| Public Policy and Administration | ||
| Public Engagement | ||
| Non-Personal Interpretation | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Other courses to fulfill this requirement may be submitted to the Cultural Resource Management certificate advisor for approval.
Certificate Learning Outcomes
Cultural Resource Management
Students earning a Certificate in Cultural Resource Management will be able to:
1. Interpret and apply federal and state laws, statutes, regulations, and policy that impact cultural resources and their management.
2. Employ professional methodologies in researching, recording, and evaluating cultural resources.
3. Synthesize information from a wide variety of sources to create cultural resource management documents, such as National Register evaluations, management plans, mitigation recommendations, interpretive strategies, and other technical reports.
4. Collaborate with cultural resource management specialists, such as archaeologists, engineers, architects, curators, historic preservationists, project managers, and planners, among others, through an understanding of each discipline's unique role in CRM.
5. Explain the significance of CRM to public audiences, and understand the connection of interpretation and public education to cultural resource management.