I am delighted to introduce St. John’s new Master of Arts program in Public History, Museum and Archive Studies (PHMAS). This innovative course of study meets the demand for historians trained to serve in the many non-academic career paths arising in this age of electronic media. These opportunities are highlighted in an October 2011 article entitled “No More Plan B: A Very Modest Proposal for Graduate Programs in History,” by Anthony T. Grafton and Jim Grossman of the American Historical Association. The article urges college and university faculty to “think more broadly” about the education and training of graduate history students. Graduate programs, they write, must prepare the next generation of historians to become “contributors to public culture,” working in libraries and archives, museums and cultural institutions, governmental agencies, foundations, for- and not-for-profit corporations. With campuses in Queens, Manhattan, Paris, and Rome, the PHMAS Program at St. John’s offers students unmatched opportunities to gain proficiency in the collaboration between researchers and stewards of cultural heritage on a global basis. Kristin M. Szylvian, Ph.D. Director (718) 990-5239 szylviak@stjohns.edu