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

New Haven, CT • Open date: July 31, 2026 • Anticipated start date: July 1, 2027

About the role

The American Studies Program at Yale University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level in U.S. Cultural History and Cultural Studies. We seek a colleague whose scholarship examines the nineteenth- and/or twentieth-century cultural history of the United States, both nationally and transnationally. While all subfields will be considered, we are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on:

• Labor histories
• Disability history and disability studies
• Environmental studies and environmental history
• The historical study of colonialisms and empires

We are especially interested in candidates with a Ph.D. in American Studies or another appropriate interdisciplinary field who have 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.

Responsibilities

• Teach four courses per academic year
• Contribute to program service, including teaching in an undergraduate core course
• Advise graduate students

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in American Studies or another appropriate interdisciplinary field completed by June 2027