Graduate Study at UMass Amherst
UMass Graduate School Graduate Student Handbook
Department of History Graduate Student Handbook (PDF)
Guide for Teaching Assistants Department of History
Graduate History Association (GHA)
The graduate student organization for history students
Graduate Student Senate (GSS)
The legal governing body of graduate students at UMass Amherst. The GSS serves as the graduate students’ representative body, working and communicating with the University administration, the Board of Trustees, and other governance bodies to present the views, advocate for, and protect the interests of UMass graduate students.
UMass Amherst Center for Teaching
Information and resources for improving your teaching, including the TA Handbook
Hist-grad and hist-phd mailing lists
If you are a current grad student and need to change the address at which you receive hist-grad or hist-phd emails, please contact Mary Lashway to request a change.
H-Grad Web Page
Useful student-only discussion list and extensive selection of resources for graduate school in humanities-based professions.
Career Resources
A guide to the academic job search, by Brian Ogilvie
Career Advice from the Chronicle of Higher Education (several regular columns, including Career Talk, CV Doctor, and Ms. Mentor)
H-Net Job Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Professional and National Organizations
National Council on Public History
New England Museum Association
American Historical Association - Resources for Public Historians
Society for History in the Federal Government
Oral History Association
American Association for State and Local History
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Park Service
Organization of American Historians
The Public Historian, UC Press
U.S. Capitol Historical Society
Job Boards
American Alliance of Museum Careers Center
American Association for State and Local History Job Listings
American Association of Museums Aviso Job Listings
American Historical Association Employment Resources
National Council on Public History Job Listings
National Park Service Job Listings
National Trust for Historic Preservation Job Listings
Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships
Society of American Archivists Job Listings
#HistoryJobs on Twitter
Chronicle of Higher Education job listings