Daniel Walkowitz

Daniel J. "Danny" Walkowitz (born 1942) is an American historian who specializes in labor history, urban history, and public history. 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, NYU'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. It is featured as one of NYU Open Education's courses available for free streaming. Another course he offers, ''Walking New York'', is rated by the student newspaper ''NYU Local'' as one of the "semester's best classes" college wide. Provided by Wikipedia