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