Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, U.S. Cultural History and Cultural Studies

The American Studies Program at Yale University is looking to hire a full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty member available at all ranks, including Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels, in U.S. Cultural History and Cultural Studies with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. We seek to hire a colleague whose scholarship examines the nineteenth- and/or twentieth-century cultural history of the United States, nationally and transnationally. While we will consider applications from any subfield, we are especially interested in applicants whose work focuses on: labor histories; disability history and disability studies; environmental studies and environmental history; or the historical study of colonialisms and empires. We are especially interested in applications from colleagues with a Ph.D. in American Studies or another appropriate interdisciplinary field who has an active record of undergraduate and graduate teaching, advising, and program-building in an American Studies department, as well as demonstrated experience in and commitment to the public humanities.

The teaching expectation is normally four courses per academic year, plus service to the program, including teaching in an undergraduate core course and advising graduate students.

Qualifications

The appointee must hold a PhD or equivalent degree or have completed all requirements for the PhD in American Studies or another appropriate interdisciplinary field by June 2027.

Application Instructions and Contact

To ensure full consideration, applicants should submit an application via Interfolio that includes a cover letter, CV, and research statement (2 single-spaced pages) by October 15, 2026.

Candidates seeking an appointment without tenure should also arrange to have the names and contact information of three (3) contact references submitted via Interfolio from whom the committee will collect reference letters at a later stage. Candidates seeking a tenured appointment may opt to provide names of references on their curriculum vitae.

Contact Nikki Strong, Chair’s Assistant, at with any questions.

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