[2][3] Currently, he is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.

[3][5] Goldfield has held his current position as Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History since 1982.

Goldfield has served as an expert witness in voting rights cases and consulted for history museums.

He also works as an Academic Specialist for the US State Department, which means he leads workshops and seminars that focus on American political culture and help to provide historical context for present-day elections.

[1] Currently, he is working on a book titled, The Gifted Generation: America in the Post War Era.