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Walkowitz received a Bachelor of Arts in English (1964) and a Doctor of Philosophy in History (1972) from the University of Rochester, where he studied under Herbert Gutman.
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Daniel Walkowitz
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He holds a joint appointment with the Department of History and the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. He co-founded with Paul Mattingly the Archives and Public History graduate program and directed, from 1989 to 2004, the Metropolitan Studies undergraduate program According to Barbara Weinstein, New York University"s History department chair, Walkowitz"s well-celebrated New York City: A Social History course "has been one of the most consistently attractive offerings" by the department.
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Another course he offers, Walking New York, is rated by the student newspaper New York University Local as one of the "semester"s best classes" college wide. He taught at Rutgers–New Brunswick before coming to New York University in 1978.
He is affiliated with the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the National Council on Public History, and the American Studies Association.
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Mellon Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-79 (declined) National Endowment for the Humanities, Media Division, 1976, 1977, 1980 National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1989, 1990 Stanford Humanities Center, Affiliate Fellow, 2001-02Mellon Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-79 (declined) National Endowment for the Humanities, Media Division, 1976, 1977, 1980 National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1989, 1990 Stanford Humanities Center, Affiliate Fellow, 2001-02