The History Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of race in Colonial and Revolutionary America, beginning September 1, 2025. Applicants should have an active research agenda, evidence of excellence in teaching, and a Ph.D. in hand in History or a closely related field by August 31, 2025. The History Department has thematic strengths clustered in public history; cultural and social history (including race, class, gender, and sexuality); food and health; imperialism and colonialism; science and medicine; poverty and public policy; and histories of labor, immigration, education, and popular culture. We seek to enhance those strengths with a candidate whose expertise in American racial formations during t