Assistant Professor Public History

About This Role

This tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Public History requires a 3-3 teaching load at Georgia Southern University, focusing on research and service. The role involves contributing to the Department of History's programs and community outreach.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a 3-3 teaching load
• Conduct research
• Provide service to the department and university
• Engage with institutional student success initiatives
• Commit to best practices in instruction, pedagogy, mentoring, and curriculum design
• Advance a strong research and scholarship agenda
• Produce research/creative activities appropriate to the discipline

Requirements

• Earned Ph.D. in History or a closely related field with at least 18 graduate semester hours in History by August 1, 2026
• Demonstrated interest and record of success in Public History, community engagement, and program development
• Willingness to engage with institutional student success initiatives
• Commitment to engaging with best practice initiatives in instruction and pedagogy, mentoring, and curriculum design and development
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing a strong and growing research and scholarship agenda and the production of research/creative activities as appropriate to the discipline

Qualifications

• Earned Ph.D. in History, or a closely related field with at least 18 graduate semester hours in History, by August 1, 2026

Nice to Have

• Teaching and research focus in U.S. public history, material culture or museum studies, the history of science and technology, digital history, military history, or environmental history
• Record of teaching public history and U.S. history at the college level
• Peer-reviewed scholarly publications

Skills

* Required skills