Job candidates and search committees each have rights and responsibilities. To ensure fair play and best practices in the hiring process, the AHA has developed documents and printed articles on all aspects of career and professional ethics. 

Professional Standards & Guidelines

• Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct (2005)
• OAH Standards for Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Faculty (PDF) (Endorsed by AHA Council, June 2011)
• Tenure, Promotion, and the Publicly Engaged Academic Historian (June 2010)
• The "Productivity" Question: Assessing Historians and Their Work (March 2012)
• Planning Your Path to Tenure: What New Faculty Members Should Ask (September 2010)
• Happy Notes on TAH and Faculty Evaluation Blues (January 2010) By Edward R. Crowther
• Equity for Minority Historians in the Academic Workplace: A Guide to Best Practices (October 2007)
• Gender Equity in the Academic History Workplace: A Guide to Best Practices (May 2005)
• Statement on Discrimination and Harassment in Academia (May 1991)
• Advisory Opinion Regarding Conflict of Interest (May 1991)
• Resources for Minority Historians
• Recruiting Students of Color at Hartwick College (December 2009) By Edythe Ann Quinn
• Recruiting Minority Graduate Students: The UNC Model (December 2009)
• Resources for Women Historians
• Resources for Graduate Students
• Resources for Early Career Professionals

Hiring Guidelines

• AHA Guidelines for the Hiring Process
• Guidelines and Recommendations for Interviews in Non-Job Center Facilities
• Telephone and Video Interviews for Academic Hiring: Some Guidelines (March 2011)
• Running a Job Search: Some Practical Suggestions (October 2008)
• Practical Advice for Treating Job Candidates (November 2007)
• Guidelines for Job Offers in History (March 2007)
• Best Practices for Interviewers (October 2006)
• Best Practices on Spousal/Partner Hiring (March 2002)