Debbie oversees the annual meeting, including editing the program and staffing the Program Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, and Council Committee on the Annual Meeting. She also staffs the Committee on Gender Equity, the Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession, and the Committee on Minority Historians. She is a member of the in-house editorial board for Perspectives on History. Debbie received her BA in history from Clark University, an MA from American University, and a PhD in American history from American University.