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Quick thoughts on the end of the Messiah University History Department

John Fea   |  May 6, 2021

Yesterday I sat through what will probably be the last history department faculty meeting of my career. It was on ZOOM. Next Fall the history professors, five in all, will join three political science professors to form the Messiah University...

Have You Seen Claire Potter’s Advice for History Job-Seekers?

John Fea   |  January 3, 2019

Several years ago Inside Higher Ed published a few of my pieces on interviewing for jobs at various kinds of history departments. Here is my piece on interviewing at church-related colleges. Here is my piece on interviewing at teaching colleges. I...

Don’t Nod Off While Listening To A Job Talk

John Fea   |  March 30, 2018

Over at The Chronicle of Higher Education, Princeton University historian Jeremy Adelman discusses some of the bad behavior he has witnessed as a former chair of the department. Here is a taste: First a confession of my own misdemeanor. One of the worst...

Fewer Students are Enrolling in College History Courses

John Fea   |  September 6, 2016

Here is a taste of the latest report from the American Historical Association. Undergraduate teaching offers many historians their widest audiences, as well as some of the most direct opportunities to maintain the discipline’s presence in the public consciousness. In...

Historically Black University Ends Its History Program

John Fea   |  July 20, 2016

Lincoln University, a historically-black university in Jefferson City, Missouri, has decided to temporarily end its history program due to low enrollments. You can read all the details in this piece at Inside Higher Ed, but a couple of paragraphs in caught my...

A Busy Week in the Messiah College History Department

John Fea   |  October 22, 2014

Philip Deloria will deliver the 2014 American Democracy Lecture We in the Messiah College History Department try to give our students an array of opportunities to learn outside of the classroom.  Last Spring our students studying digital history and Pennsylvania...

Crowdsourcing History Departments

John Fea   |  March 15, 2013 Leave a Comment

SUNY-Stony Brook My doctoral alma mater SUNY at Stony Brook, did not do very well in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of history departments, but it is doing much better in the crowdsourcing rankings. Head over to “All […]

Introduction to History Course

John Fea   |  January 12, 2012

If you have been reading The Way of Improvement Leads Home over the past few days, you are familiar with my recent post about the developing an “Intro to History” course for first year history majors.  At Messiah College we...

Remembering the Messiah College History Class of 2011

John Fea   |  May 18, 2011

Messiah History Class of 2011 at Senior History Dinner Last Saturday I had the privilege of watching our senior history majors receive their diplomas.  One of the great rewards of teaching in a small history department like Messiah’s (7 full-time...

New History Department Blog at Messiah College

John Fea   |  July 21, 2010

Do you want to know what is going in the day to day life of the History Department at Messiah College? If so, check out our new department blog. The blog is being run by my colleague David Pettegrew. We...

Breaking News: Robert Tracy McKenzie is New Chair of History Department at Wheaton College

John Fea   |  June 14, 2010 2 Comments

As long as we are talking today about Christian colleges, Wheaton College has recently announced that R. Tracy McKenzie has been hired as the new chair of the Department of History. Tracy leaves his post as a full professor in […]

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