In addition to teaching, faculty members also serve on the editorial boards of prominent historical journals:
- Davarian Baldwin, Board of Editors, Journal of Urban History
- James Cronin: Editorial Board, Journal of Social History and British Politics
- Robin Fleming: Editorial Board, Haskins Society Journal
- Tom Hachey: Co-Editor, Irish Literary Supplement ; Associate Editor- The Recorder: The Journal of the Irish American Historical Society
- Kevin Kenny: Guest Editor, Eire-Ireland ; Editorial Board, University of Wisconsin Press, series on "History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora"
- Kevin O'Neill: Co-Editor, Irish Literary Supplement
- Prasannan Parthasarathi, Editorial Board, Journal of Social History and Textile History
- Alan Rogers : Board of Editors, Massachusetts Legal History
- Robert Savage : Editorial Board, The Historian and Film and Film Culture: The Irish Journal of International Film Studies; Co-Editor, Irish Literary Supplement; Founding Editor, Irish Studies.
- Peter Weiler: Editorial Board, Journal of British Studies