The Department of History at the University of New Hampshire invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting in August 2025, in United States history since 1877. Preference will be given to candidates who complement the department’s current strengths. We welcome applications from a range of subdisciplines, including (but not limited to) immigration and borderlands history, indigenous history, legal and political history, the history of race and ethnicity, the history of gender and sexuality, and the US and the Pacific world.

The person filling the position will be expected to contribute to the department’s curriculum, from introductory courses to graduate seminars and mentoring; to be a scholar of exceptional promise; and to be an engaged part of department and university governance.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a C.V., and names and contact information for three colleagues who are willing to provide references.

UNH asks all applicants for faculty appointments to describe their experiences fostering diversity, equity, accessibility, and/or inclusion in the classroom, within their wider communities, and/or in their research.All materials should be received by 1 November.

PhD in relevant field expected before start of the 2025-26 academic year.

Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide