Joseph P. Ward

Joseph Ward grew up in Southern New England, seeing massive upheaval from the loss of manufacturing jobs, a change he later credited for his interest in history.[1] Ward earned his Bachelor of Arts in history at University of Chicago and received a masters and a doctorate in history from Stanford University.[2][3] In 2017 he was made[4] the head of the search committee for Utah State's next provost, a position previously held by current president Noelle E. Cockett. That search eventually led to hiring of Frank Galey.[5][6]

• Visiting Instructor, Department of History, University of California, Davis, April–June 1992.[2][7][8]
• Assistant Professor, Department of History, Wayne State University, August 1992-July 1998.[2][7][8]
• Professor, Chair, Arch Dalrymple III Department of History, University of Mississippi, January 1997-July 2016.[2][7][8]
• Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah State University, since July 2016[2][7][8]

• Muriel C. McClendon, Joseph P. Ward, and Michael MacDonald (1999). Protestant Identities: Religion, Society, and Self-Fashioning in Post-Reformation England. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804736114.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
• Robert O. Bucholz and Joseph P. Ward (July 2012). London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550-1750. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521896528.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
• Ward, Joseph P. (March 2013). Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy: Londoners and Provincial Reform in Early Modern England. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137065513.
• Ward, Joseph P. (1997). Metropolitan Communities: Trade Guilds, Identity, and Change in Early Modern London. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804729178.

• Donald R. Cole Excellence in Promoting Inclusiveness in Graduate Education Award - 2006 University of Mississippi[9]

Ward is married to Sue Grayzel,[10][11] another American academic historian.[12]