Robert B. Townsend is program director for humanities, arts, and culture at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He was formerly deputy director of the American Historical Association.
Stories by This Author
Advice
Why does academe still lack accurate information about non-tenure-track faculty members?
The Review
Tell students that majoring in these fields may well be a path to happiness, not penury.
Commentary
Amid all the talk of college reforms, faculty members are rarely mentioned. They should be a key part of the conversation.
The Review
The beginning of wisdom about the academic job market for historians is to realize that it has no default state. By examining the market’s development over time, we can gain new understanding of the problems that historians, and humanists in other fields, now face. When history Ph.D.'s first…