Joseph P. Ward
History, Cultures, and Ideas
Dean | Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ESLC 245EPhone: +1 435 797 1195
Email: joe.ward@usu.edu
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Educational Background
PhD, Stanford University, History, 1992
MA, Stanford University, History, 1989
BA, University of Chicago, History, 1987
Biography
Joseph P. Ward is a Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Prior to joining Utah State University in 2016, he was a professor and chair of History at the University of Mississippi. A specialist in the society and culture of England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ward has published more than a dozen journal articles and book chapters, and he is an author or editor of eight books, including Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy: Londoners and Provincial Reform in Early Modern England and (with Robert O. Bucholz) London: A Social and Cultural History 1550-1750.