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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Jacqueline Jones
President
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailJacqueline Jones is Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women's History and Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Mary Lindemann
Past President
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailMary Lindemann is professor of history and chair of the Department of History at the University of Miami.
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James H. Sweet
President-elect
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailJames H. Sweet is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Rita Chin
Vice President, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailRita Chin is professor of history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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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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Laura McEnaney
Vice President, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailLaura McEnaney is professor of history at Whittier College.
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Reginald K. Ellis
Councilor, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailReginald Ellis is an associate professor of history and the assistant dean in the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Florida A&M University.
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Simon Finger
Councilor, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSimon Finger teaches at The College of New Jersey.
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Nerina Rustomji
Councilor, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailNerina Rustomji is assistant professor of history at St. John's University in Queens, New York
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Christopher Boyer
Councilor, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailChristopher Boyer is professor of history and Latin American and Latino studies, and dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of History at Northern Arizona University
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Sara Georgini
Councilor, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSara Georgini is series editor for The Papers of John Adams, part of the Adams Papers editorial project based at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Pernille Røge
Councilor, Research Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailPernille Røge is associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Shannon Bontrager
Councilor, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailShannon Bontrager is a professor of history at Georgia Highlands College in Cartersville.
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Alexandra Hui
Councilor, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailAlexandra Hui is a historian of science and modern Germany at Mississippi State University.
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Katharina Matro
Councilor, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKatharina Matro teaches at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Sherri Sheu
Councilor, 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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Alex Lichtenstein
ex officio as AHR Editor
Contact Info:
Phone: (812) 855-0923
EmailAlex Lichtenstein 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.