Joseph P. Ward

Joseph P. Ward is an American historian and author who currently serves as dean of The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University.

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 historyfrom 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.

• 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, since July 2016

• 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

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