Joseph P. Ward

Joseph P. Ward
Dean Joe Ward presents at the 2016 Light on A Hill event for CHaSS.
Spouse	Sue Grayzel
Academic background
Education	Stanford University (MA, PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Historian
Sub-discipline	English society
Institutions	University of California, Davis Wayne State University University of Mississippi Utah State University

Joseph P. Ward is an American historian and author who is currently dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University.

Biography

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. Ward earned his Bachelor of Arts in history at University of Chicago and received a masters and a doctorate in history from Stanford University. In 2017 he was made 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.

Career

• Visiting Instructor, Department of History, University of California, Davis, April–June 1992.
• Assistant Professor, Department of History, Wayne State University, August 1992 – July 1998.
• Professor, Chair, Arch Dalrymple III Department of History, University of Mississippi, January 1997 – July 2016.
• Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah State University, July 2016 – 2025
• Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Utah State University, since July 2025

Works

• 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.

Awards

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

Personal life

Ward is married to Sue Grayzel, another American academic historian.

References