History
African American History
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
Cluster Hire
Public History
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
Antebellum U.S. history
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
African American History
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
Cluster Hire
The Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks a scholar of African-American history specializing in civil rights, broadly defined. This full-time, tenure track, Assistant Professor position would begin September 2008. The candidate must be prepared to teach courses on 20 th century civil rights movements, including an existing course on the ”Black Freedom Struggle in the United States since 1945.” Other duties will include the development of new undergraduate and graduate courses in the field and active involvement in graduate mentoring of doctoral students in the Department of Afro-American Studies as well as in the History Department’s Five College Graduate Program.
This position is part of a multi- position, multi-department cluster hire in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts designed to build upon UMass's extensive strengths in African American studies, including the center for the study of African American Languages, the W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, and the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies.
Preference will be given to those candidates whose research complements existing fields of study on this campus or in the Five Colleges. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in hand by 1 September 2008, promise of excellence in teaching and scholarship. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The Department will conduct interviews at the AHA annual meeting. The search committee will start reviewing applications on December 7, 2007 and continue until the position has been filled. Applicants must submit a letter of application stating research interests and qualifications, c.v., sample syllabi, a short writing sample; and 3 reference letters to:
Prof. Joye Bowman
Chair of African-American History Search Committee
Department of History
Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
161 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9312
Public History
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
The History Department of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Public History beginning Sept. 1, 2008. The Department seeks an outstanding historian with demonstrated commitment to public history practice to help anchor our vibrant public history program. Most competitive applicants will demonstrate their ability to help Public History program and History Department expand offerings in new media (e.g. digital audio and video, websites and webtools, podcasts, hand-held computing devices, etc.) in research and interpretation; successful candidates may enrich existing relationship with the UMass Center for Educational Software Development; advance initiatives in oral history, documentary film; cultivate IT minor. Duties include teaching introductory Public History courses at graduate and undergraduate level, upper-division undergraduate courses, and courses in the UMass/Five College Graduate Program. Demonstrated experience building cross- and off-campus partnerships desirable. Preference will be given to candidates whose research complements existing fields of study on this campus or in the Five Colleges. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in hand by 1 September 2008, promise of excellence in teaching and scholarship. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The department will conduct interviews at the AHA annual meeting. Applicants must submit a letter of application stating research interests and qualifications, c.v., sample syllabi, short (no more than 20 double-sided pages) writing sample; sample of work in new media (DVD, weblinks and other formats accepted) and reference letters by November 15, 2007 to Prof. Marla Miller, Chair of Public History Search Committee, Department of History, Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003-9312.
Antebellum U.S. history
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track
The History Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for tenure-track assistant professor in antebellum U.S. history beginning 1 September 2008. Duties include teaching U.S. survey courses, development of upper-division courses, and courses in the UMass/Five College Graduate Program. Preference will be given to those candidates whose research complements existing fields of study on this campus or in the Five Colleges, especially US labor in global perspective and comparative slavery/antislavery.
Minimum qualifications include a Ph.D. in hand by Sept. 1, 2008, demonstrated strong record in teaching and scholarship with potential for excellence. The department will conduct interviews at the AHA annual meeting. Applicants must submit a letter of application stating research interests and qualifications, c.v., and reference letters by November 15, 2007 to:
Chair of U.S. History Search Committee
Department of History
Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts
161 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9312
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
UMASS Amherst is a member of the Academic Career Network, a resource for dual-career couples (http://acn.fivecolleges.edu) and is also a member of the Five College Consortium, along with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke colleges. The Department is committed to developing a more diverse faculty, student body, and curriculum. UMass Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.