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Jobs & Careers

Postdocs & Early Career

  • AHA articles / links about the transition to a Professional Career
  • AHA resources for early career professionals
  • AHA resources for two-year faculty
  • Chronicle of Higher Education – First Time on the Market (resources on applying for jobs, interviewing, networking and more
  • Useful publications
    • Vick & Furlong, The Academic Job Search Handbook (University of Pennsylvania Press)
    • Germano’s, From Dissertation to Book (University of Chicago Press)

Academic—adjunct work and tenure track

  • AHA general page on jobs and professional development
  • AHA on the academic job market
  • AHA resources for part-time, adjunct & temporary faculty
  • AHA on secondary education
  • Chronicle of Higher Education Vitae job search
  • “Temping Toward the Tenure Track” by Lynn Sargeant
  • “Reflections of a Part-Timer” by Edward Rice-Maximin

Non-academic work—archives, public history, etc.

  • AHA on the public history job market
  • AHA resources for public historians, information on various fields
  • “From Graduate School to Public History” by Melissa Jane Taylor

Independent scholars

  • AHA publication for purchase: Perspectives on: Life after a History Ph.D., edited by Richard Bond and Pillarisetti Sudhir.

Where to find Job Postings

  • Chronicle of Higher Education Vitae job search
  • AHA job search
  • AHA Career Resources
  • H-Net Job Guide
  • H-Net Discussion Networks
  • Academic Jobs Wiki


Preparing for the Academic Job Interview Process (from the University of Deleware)

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About the WAWH

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The Western Association of Women Historians was founded in 1969 to promote the interests of women historians both in academic settings and in the field of history generally. The WAWH is the largest of the regional women's historical associations in the United States. Although the majority of our members come from the Western United States, we have members from across the United States, Canada, and other countries and encourage people from any geographic area to join and participate in the organization. The WAWH … Read more

The Networker

Cover - Spring 2019 Networker

The WAWH publishes The Networker, a newsletter that serves as the primary means of communication between the board and the membership. Published quarterly (with Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter issues), it contains regular news of members, information about jobs, awards, calls for papers, and resources, reports by graduate … Read more

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