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Welcome to Transnational Studies

Serving as the university’s gateway for exploring cultural connections across borders, identities and time, the Department of Transnational Studies operates in a unique niche between theory and practice, research and social engagement, and humanity and the environment.

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Welcome, future students!

Academic work in Transnational Studies will prepare you to be an active, purposeful citizen of the world. Find out how!

Our Programs

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African and African-American Studies

Explore the history as well as the political, economic, social and cultural circumstances of people of African descent in the United States and around the world.

Our Programs

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American Studies

Take a global and hemispheric approach to the study of the Americas by examining local cultures, nations and regions within their larger geopolitical contexts. 

Student Testimonials

"When choosing UB, I reverted to the factor I was looking for initially: a sense of family, and the ability to build a relationship with a department. The faculty in Transnational Studies is what really reeled me in.” – Taylor Coleman, MA and PhD student