Visiting Assistant Professor History/Revolutionary Studies Research Fellow
Job Description
Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution will award a one-year Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship for the academic year 2025-2026. The fellowship supports an early-career scholar whose research and teaching advance the McCormick Center’s mission to foster greater appreciation, interest, and awareness of the events and ideals behind the struggle for American independence. The McCormick Center collaborates with Saratoga National Historical Park and Battlefield and other regional community partners to achieve its mission and support the undergraduate Certificate in Revolutionary Era Studies (CRES).
The McCormick Center Fellow will teach a 2/2 course load in the Department of History, including: HIST 311: American Colonies, 1558-1763 and HIST 103: The West and the World, 1500-1900 and one additional upper division course that aligns with the fellow’s scholarly interests.
Additionally, the Fellow will contribute to the McCormick Center’s community programming and complete a scholarly project. As a visiting faculty member in Siena College’s History Department, the fellow will receive office space, have full access to library resources, and opportunities to participate in the Capital Region community of academic and public history scholars.
Annual Salary: $78,960.00
*The hiring salary above represents the College’s good faith estimate at the time of posting in compliance with the Albany County Salary Transparency Law.
Job Requirements
Scholars without ongoing positions who have earned a Ph.D. in history or historically based interdisciplinary degrees (i.e., American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, etc.) within the last 3-years may apply for this fully funded, 10-month fellowship (September 1, 2025-June 30, 2026). We welcome applicants from historians with expertise in the early modern Atlantic World.
A background screening will be required.
Additional Information:
Siena College is committed to attracting, supporting, and retaining a diverse faculty. We actively encourage applications from women, minorities, non-US citizens, members of the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities, veterans, and others from under-represented groups who may make a positive contribution to the diversification of ideas and perspectives.
Siena College is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If a foreign national applicant is selected for a qualifying position, the College will sponsor and prepare petitions with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security (“USCIS”) to obtain H-1B status in the United States, which will allow them to work at the College for a specified period of time. Only specialty occupations will qualify for H-1B status under applicable federal law.
All bargaining unit faculty members shall be covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Siena College and SEIU (Service Employees International United) Local 200.
Application process
Review of applications will begin March 10 and continue until the position is filled.
- A cover letter that includes information about the applicant’s current scholarly project and an indication of how the applicant will utilize the post-doctoral fellowship time to advance their scholarly work.
- A current curriculum vitae
- A draft syllabus or course outline for HIST 311: American Colonies, 1558-1763. See Siena College Catalog for course descriptions.
- A draft syllabus or course outline for one of the following upper division courses (candidate’s choice): HIST 230 Early Modern Europe; HIST 312 American Revolution, 1763-1815; HIST 389 History of Ireland; HIST 396 England from 1485-1815; HIST 411: Slavery & Freedom in Historical Perspective; or HIST 415 The French Revolution and Napoleon
- Contact information for two references
Finalists will be interviewed via Zoom the week of April 7. Direct all inquiries about this opportunity to Dr. Jennifer Dorsey, PhD, director Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution, at mccormickcenter@siena.edu or 1-518-783-2319http://siena.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=184658
