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)

Please send us suggestions for additional online resources and publications that should be included here.