{"id":2353,"date":"2015-08-05T11:24:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/?page_id=2353"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:58:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>About<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Hero-Wordpress-2560-x-1500-px-2.jpg);background-position:55% 44%;\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees Offered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bachelor of Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minor in Underwater Archaeology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master of Arts with specializations in:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History, Archaeology and Anthropology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research\/Outreach Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/applied-history-lab\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/applied-history-lab\/\">Applied History Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oral History Lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  clear\"><span>200<\/span><span>Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  clear\"><span>20<\/span><span>Graduate Students<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  clear\"><span>17<\/span><span>Full-time Faculty<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><div class=\"cl-quote-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1229\/Morgansized.jpg)\" title=\"\"><\/div><blockquote>&#8220;I like people. I like to know why we do what we do, how we got to the present.&#8221;<\/blockquote><cite>Morgan Breene &#8217;14, History and Anthropology Major<\/cite><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Degrees Offered Research\/Outreach Programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5639,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2353\/revisions\/5639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}