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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James H. Sweet
President
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailJames H. Sweet is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Jacqueline Jones
Past 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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Edward Muir
President-elect
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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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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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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Reginald K. Ellis
Council Member, 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
Council Member, Professional Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailSimon Finger teaches at The College of New Jersey.
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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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Sara Georgini
Council Member, 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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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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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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Shannon Bontrager
Council Member, 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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Karen Marrero
Council Member, Teaching Division
Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 544-2422
EmailKaren Marrero is an historian of early North American, Native American, and borderlands history at Wayne State University in Detroit.
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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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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.