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, July 2016-2025 ^[2][7][8]
• Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Utah State University, since July 2025

• Muriel C. McClendon; Joseph P. Ward; Michael MacDonald (1999). Protestant Identities: Religion, Society, and Self-Fashioning in Post-Reformation England. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3611-4.
• Robert O. Bucholz; Joseph P. Ward (July 2012). London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550-1750. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89652-8.
• Ward, Joseph P. (March 2013). Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy: Londoners and Provincial Reform in Early Modern England. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-06551-3.
• Ward, Joseph P. (1997). Metropolitan Communities: Trade Guilds, Identity, and Change in Early Modern London. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2917-8.

• 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]