Endowed Professorship of Jewish History

Endowed Professorship of Jewish History

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The Department of History at Western Washington University consists of eighteen tenured or tenure-track faculty whose courses serve a very active history major and make significant contributions to the university's general education curriculum. History courses cover nearly every historical era and much of the globe. The department encourages its faculty to participate in interdisciplinary programs such as the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Canadian-American Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Honors program.

Faculty in the department provide high-quality courses that prepare majors and non-majors with skills in research, analysis, and writing. The department also houses a small but strong M.A. program in history. The history department supports Western's identity as an institution that welcomes and embraces diversity and encourages applications from diverse candidates. The Department of History is in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The position includes teaching 6 in-person courses on the quarter system, including two lower-division surveys, History of the Holocaust, and three other courses in the candidate's specialty. Candidates are also expected to pursue research and publication in their area of interest.

Required Qualifications
- PhD or ABD at time of application in History or related field. If ABD, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15th of the first year of employment (e.g., June 15, 2028). Specialization in Jewish history, with the ability to teach courses in Jewish history and the Holocaust. A demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse students and cultivate learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D preferred. Demonstrated potential for effective teaching and high-quality scholarship.

All employees must comply with our Immunization policies, including proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60-days of hire. Please reach out to HR if you need information regarding medical or religious exemption and applicable accommodations.

The starting salary range for assistant professor appointment, tenure-track is generally between $73,000-$78,500, with placement within the position's salary range being based on…