Visiting Professor, Public History - Department of History

Visiting Professor, Public History:

The History Department of Rowan University is a seeking specialist in U.S. public history to fill a temporary non-tenure track visiting professor position beginning in the fall of 2023. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. and evidence of effective college teaching. In addition, candidates should have demonstrated experience in three of the following areas: writing grants at the local, state, and federal levels; directing historic preservation projects in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties; overseeing historic site management (including interpretation, education, exhibitions, and programming); supervising historic site volunteers/docent program; guiding student interns in the classroom and at historic sites, and teaching introductory as well as advanced undergraduate classes in the public history and material culture of the United States. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. For more information on the Department, please see the following:

https://academics.rowan.edu/chss/departments/history/index.html

Applicants should apply online with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three references. The committee will begin reviewing applicants on February 10, 2023 and continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

Applications must be submitted online at: https://jobs.rowan.edu/en-us/job/498214/visiting-professor-public-history-department-of-history . Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Janet Moore Lindman, chair, Department of History, Rowan University: lindman@rowan.edu .

Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified Doctoral University (Moderate Research Activity) with approximately 19,000 students. Its main campus is located in Glassboro, N.J., 20 miles southeast of Philadelphia, with additional campuses in Camden and Stratford. The University comprises seven academic colleges and five schools—the William G. Rohrer College of Business; the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering; the Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts, the Colleges of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Performing Arts, and Science and Mathematics; the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine; the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the School of Health Professions; and the School of Earth and Environment—with an Honors College that spans across disciplines. Rowan is one of two public universities in the country to offer M.D. and D.O. medical degree programs. The institution is also home to the South Jersey Technology Park, which fosters the translation of applied research into commercial products and processes. Rowan has been recognized as one of the top 90 public research universities and the 7th fastest-growing research institution in the nation.

Rowan University celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, race, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, (dis)ability status, military status, and other NJ-protected classes. Rowan University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment as required by Title IX. Rowan is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with (dis)abilities. Rowan strongly encourages applicants from underrepresented groups to apply.

NOTE: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US, and the university will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.