University of Louisville

US History/Public History

The University of Louisville is seeking a tenure track Assistant Professor in US history with expertise in and the ability to teach public history. The person hired will teach the graduate Introduction to Public History Seminar, special topics courses in public history and in his/her research field, and the Department’s survey courses. Additional responsibilities will include helping to administer the new Master’s and graduate certificate programs in Public History, participating in public history activities, and working with the local public history community. All US history research specialties, geographic areas and chronological periods will be considered, but the Department is particularly interested in a scholar working on the upper South, border states, or Ohio Valley region. Ph.D. preferred, but ABDs considered. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, official graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation by November 14, 2008, to Dr. Tracy K’Meyer, Chair, Public History Search Committee, Department of History, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292. All candidates must apply online at www.louisville.edu/jobs. Please choose Job ID #22751 Asst Professor. If you have trouble with the online applications, please e-mail: history@louisville.edu. The Department of History is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages women, African Americans, and other minorities to apply.