The Department of American Studies is an interdisciplinary department that offers B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Our research and teaching focus on comparative American studies in an international context. UB's Department of American Studies coordinates one of the strongest American Indian Studies programs in the United States. In addition, our faculty's creation and implementation of new technologies that open up powerful possibilities for accessing and documenting such histories has situated our department at the forefront of historiography in the Americas.