AHA Council

The primary governing body of the Association is the Council, whose members are elected annually by the AHA membership. The Council cares for the general interests of the Association by conducting business, setting policy, and overseeing the financial and legal matters of the organization.
The Council is comprised of:
- six elected officers: the president, president-elect, immediate past president, and the vice presidents of the Professional, Research, and Teaching divisions
- ten elected councilors: three members representing each division and one at-large member with no divisional responsibilities
- three appointed officers: the executive director, the editor of the American Historical Review, and the treasurer as nonvoting members
Officers of the organization, the terms of office, and the annual AHA election process are defined in the AHA Constitution & Bylaws.
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Edward Muir
President
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailEdward Muir is the Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.
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James H. Sweet
Past President
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailJames H. Sweet is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Thavolia Glymph
President-elect
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailThavolia Glymph is Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History, professor of law, and faculty research scholar in the Population Research Institute at Duke University.
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Anne Hyde
Vice President, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailAnne Hyde is professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.
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Ben Vinson III
Vice President, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailBen Vinson III is provost and executive vice president at Case Western Reserve University.
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Kathleen Hilliard
Vice President, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKathleen Hilliard is associate professor of history and director of graduate education at Iowa State University.
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Simon Finger
Council Member, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSimon Finger teaches at The College of New Jersey.
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Tony Frazier
Council Member, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailTony Frazier is an associate professor of history at North Carolina Central University.
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Laura Hostetler
Council Member, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailLaura Hostetler is professor of history and director of the Engaged Humanities Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Sandra E. Greene
Council Member, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSandra E. Greene is the Stephen ’59 and Madeline ’60 Anbinder Professor of African History and a Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University.
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Erin Greenwald
Council Member, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailErin Greenwald is vice president of public programs at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
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Pernille Røge
Council Member, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailPernille Røge is associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Karen Marrero
Council Member, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKaren Marrero is a historian of early North American, Native American, and borderlands history at Wayne State University.
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Katharina Matro
Council Member, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKatharina Matro teaches at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Charles Zappia
Council Member, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailCharles Zappia is a retired dean and emeritus professor of history at San Diego Mesa College.
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Sherri Sheu
Council Member, At Large
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSherri Sheu is a research associate at the National Museum of American History and an ABD student at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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William F. Wechsler
Treasurer
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailWilliam F. Wechsler is senior advisor, Middle East Programs, Atlantic Council.
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Jim Grossman
ex officio as Executive Director
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailJames Grossman is executive director of the American Historical Association.
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Mark Philip Bradley
ex officio as AHR Editor
Contact Info:
Phone: 202-544-2422
EmailMark Philip Bradley is the editor of the American Historical Review.
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Alison Dreizen
Counsel
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailAlison Dreizen is counsel at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, LLP.
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Kenneth F. Ledford
Parliamentarian
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKenneth F. Ledford is associate professor of history and law at Case Western Reserve University.