AHA Activities

AHA Council, Divisions, and Committees for 2021

Compiled by Liz Townsend | Mar 26, 2021

Council

Jacqueline Jones (Univ. of Texas, Austin), AHA president; James H. Sweet (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), AHA president-elect; Mary Lindemann (Univ. of Miami), AHA past president; Rita C-K Chin (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), vice president, Professional Division; Ben Vinson (Case Western Reserve Univ.), vice president, Research Division; Laura McEnaney (Whittier Coll.), vice president, Teaching Division; Reginald K. Ellis (Florida A&M Univ.), councilor, Professional Division; Simon G. Finger (Coll. of New Jersey), councilor, Professional Division; Nerina Rustomji (Saint John's Univ., NY), councilor, Professional Division; Christopher R. Boyer (Northern Arizona Univ.), councilor, Research Division; Sara E. Georgini (Massachusetts Historical Society), councilor, Research Division; Pernille Roege (Univ. of Pittsburgh), councilor, Research Division; Shannon T. Bontrager (Georgia Highlands Coll., Cartersville), councilor, Teaching Division; Alexandra Hui (Mississippi State Univ.), councilor, Teaching Division; Katharina Matro (Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart), councilor, Teaching Division; Sherri Sheu (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), councilor, at large; William F. Wechsler (Atlantic Council), AHA treasurer; James R. Grossman (American Historical Association), executive director; Mark Philip Bradley (Univ. of Chicago), AHR editor, from July; Alex Lichtenstein (American Historical Review), AHR editor, through June; Alison M. Dreizen (Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP), counsel; Kenneth F. Ledford (Case Western Reserve Univ.), AHA parliamentarian

Professional Division

Rita C-K Chin, vice president; Reginald Ellis; Simon G. Finger; Nerina Rustomji

Research Division

Ben Vinson, vice president; Christopher Boyer; Sara Georgini; Pernille Röge

Teaching Division

Laura McEnaney, vice president; Shannon Bontrager; Alexandra Hui; Katharina Matro

Nominating Committee

Daniel A. Greene (Newberry Library), chair; Fahad Ahmad Bishara (Univ. of Virginia); Amy M. Froide (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County); Beatrice Gurwitz (National Humanities Alliance); Carla G. Pestana (Univ. of California, Los Angeles); Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir (Xavier Univ., La.); Akiko Takenaka (Univ. of Kentucky); Thabiti Willis (Carleton Coll.); Karin A. Wulf (Omohundro Institute)

Committee on Committees

James H. Sweet (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), chair; Leo J. Garofalo (Connecticut Coll.); Madeline Y. Hsu (Univ. of Texas, Austin), through July; Jennifer L. Palmer (Univ. of Georgia), through July; Raúl A. Ramos (Univ. of Houston)

Permanent and Standing Committees

Committee on Affiliated Societies: Timothy D. Draper (Waubonsee Comm. Coll.), chair; Xiaoping Cong (Univ. of Houston); Louis M. Kyriakoudes (Middle Tennessee State Univ.); Kriste Lindenmeyer (Rutgers Univ., Camden); Charles T. Strauss (Mount St. Mary’s Univ.); James H. Sweet (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)

Committee on Gender Equity: Pamela Scully (Emory Univ.), chair; Victoria A. Castillo (Coll. of William and Mary); Clare Crowston (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Maureen Elgersman Lee (Coll. of William and Mary); Lindsey Martin (Northwestern Univ.)

Committee on International Historical Activities: Jane Landers (Vanderbilt Univ.), chair; David C. Engerman (Yale Univ.); Jean M. Hebrard (Johns Hopkins Univ.); Benjamin N. Lawrance (Univ. of Arizona); Manako Ogawa (Ritsumeikan Univ.)

Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession: Andrew Israel Ross (Loyola Univ., Md.), chair; Lacy Spotswood Ferrell (Central Washington Univ.); Linda Heidenreich (Washington State Univ., Pullman); Amanda H. Littauer (Northern Illinois Univ.); Helmut Puff (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Committee on Minority Historians: Michael D. Innis-Jimenez (Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), chair; Cecilia Méndez Gastelumendi (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); George Derek Musgrove (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County); Srijita Pal (Univ. of Southern California); Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir (Xavier Univ., La.)

Council Committee on the Annual Meeting: Mary Lindemann, chair; Simon G. Finger; Sara E. Georgini; Alexandra Hui

Finance Committee: Jacqueline Jones, chair; Reginald K. Ellis; Mary Lindemann; Noel Salinger (Smithsonian Institution); James H. Sweet; William F. Wechsler

Graduate and Early Career Committee: Sadie Bergen (Columbia Univ.); Curtis Foxley (Univ. of Oklahoma); Maria E. Hammack (Univ. of Texas, Austin); Samuel B. Keeley (Leibniz Institute of European History); Sherri Sheu (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), Council rep.

Investment Committee: Keith Hocter (Bellwether Consulting), chair; Jacqueline Jones; James H. Sweet; William F. Wechsler

2022 Program Committee: Mark Ravina (Univ. of Texas, Austin), chair; Margaret Salazar-Porzio (National Museum of American History), co-chair; Cemil Aydin (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Joseph J. Bangura (Kalamazoo Coll.); Choi Chatterjee (California State Univ., Los Angeles); Gerard J. Fitzgerald (George Mason Univ.); Pablo F. Gómez (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison); Elizabeth Hyde (Kean Univ.); Jonathan A. Lee (San Antonio Coll.); Jenny Hale Pulsipher (Brigham Young Univ.); Heather Cox Richardson (Boston Coll.); Haimanti Roy (Univ. of Dayton); Kristin Shawn Tassin (Episcopal School of Acadiana); Hugh M. Thomas (Univ. of Miami); Akin O. Ogundiran (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte), 2023 chair; Molly A. Warsh (Univ. of Pittsburgh), 2023 co-chair; Stefanie Shackleton (Univ. of Texas, Austin), 2022 assistant

Awards Committees

Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize: Anna Krylova (Duke Univ.), chair; Megan Cathleen Armstrong (McMaster Univ.); Daniel P. Franke (Richard Bland Coll. of William and Mary); Sarah C. Maza (Northwestern Univ.); Denise Phillips (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Committee on the George Louis Beer Prize: Wendy Morgan Lower (Claremont McKenna Coll.), chair; Richard S. Fogarty (State Univ. of New York, Albany); Michael Khodarkovsky (Loyola Univ., Chicago); Vanessa Ogle (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Kira L. Thurman (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Committee on the Jerry Bentley Prize: Elisabeth M. McMahon (Tulane Univ.), chair; Jonathan P. Eacott (Univ. of California, Riverside); Laura J. Mitchell (Univ. of California, Irvine); Matthew G. Stanard (Berry Coll.); Molly A. Warsh (Univ. of Pittsburgh)

Committee on the Albert J. Beveridge Award: Steven W. Hackel (Univ. of California, Riverside), chair; Cheryl L. Greenberg (Trinity Coll., Conn.); David B. Igler (Univ. of California, Irvine); Frank Trey Proctor (Denison Univ.); Linda M. Rupert (Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Committee on the James Henry Breasted Prize: Touraj Daryaee (Univ. of California, Irvine), chair; Keith N. Knapp (Citadel); Paula J. Perlman (Univ. of Texas, Austin)

Committee on the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize: Eileen M. Ford (California State Univ., Los Angeles), chair; Felipe Hinojosa (Texas A&M Univ., Coll. Station); George H. Vrtis (Carleton Coll.)

Committee on the John H. Dunning Prize: Tamar W. Carroll (Rochester Inst. of Technology); Nicole E. Eustace (New York Univ.); Frederick Knight (Morehouse Coll.); Will Mackintosh (Univ. of Mary Washington); Anna Pegler-Gordon (Michigan State Univ.)

Committee on the John K. Fairbank Prize: Christopher P. Atwood (Univ. of Pennsylvania), chair; Jisoo Monica Kim (George Washington Univ.); Rian Thum (Univ. of Nottingham); Yan Xu (Spelman Coll.); Samuel H. Yamashita (Pomona Coll.)

Committee on the Morris D. Forkosch Prize: Angela Thompsell (State Univ. of New York, Coll. at Brockport), chair; Juanita L. De Barros (McMaster Univ.); George Robb (William Paterson Univ.); Emily Rose; James Martin Vaughn (Ohio Univ.)

Committee on the Leo Gershoy Award: Carina L. Johnson (Pitzer Coll.), chair; Ida Altman (Univ. of Florida); Alejandra B. Osorio (Wellesley Coll.); Jacob S. Soll (Univ. of Southern California); Jesse A. Spohnholz (Washington State Univ., Pullman)

Committee on the William and Edwyna Gilbert Prize: David Pace (Indiana Univ.); Alejandro Quintana (Saint John's Univ., NY); Urmi Engineer Willoughby (Huntington Library)

Committee on the Clarence Haring Prize: Karen Melvin (Bates Coll.); Jaime Pensado (Univ. of Notre Dame); Tamara J. Walker (Univ. of Toronto)

Committee on the J. Franklin Jameson Award: Kevin P. Grant (Hamilton Coll.), chair; Nora E. Jaffary (Concordia Univ., Can.); Susie S. Porter (Univ. of Utah); Tyson Reeder (Univ. of Virginia); Constance B. Schulz (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia)

Committee on the Friedrich Katz Prize: Lillian Guerra (Univ. of Florida), chair; Laura Rosanne Adderley (Tulane Univ.); Rachel Sarah O'Toole (Univ. of California, Irvine); Pablo A. Piccato (Columbia Univ.); Daryle Williams (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park)

Committee on the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize: Susan D. Amussen (Univ. of California, Merced), AHA rep.; Abigail McGowan (Univ. of Vermont), AHA rep.; Jessica R. Pliley (Texas State Univ.), CCWH rep.; Katherine Lee Turk (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), AHA rep.; Sasha Turner (Quinnipiac Univ.), CCWH rep.

Committee on the Martin A. Klein Prize: Monique Bedasse (Washington Univ., St. Louis); Mariana P. Candido (Emory Univ.); Benjamin Talton (Temple Univ.)

Committee on the Waldo Leland Prize: Ann Durkin Keating (North Central Coll.); Neil F. Safier (John Carter Brown Library); Stuart B. Schwartz (Yale Univ.)

Committee on the Littleton-Griswold Prize: Kunal M. Parker (Univ. of Miami), chair; Holly Brewer (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park); Torrie R. Hester (Saint Louis Univ.); Rebecca McLennan (Univ. of California, Berkeley); William J. Novak (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Committee on the J. Russell Major Prize: Rebecca L. Spang (Indiana Univ.), chair; J. P. Daughton (Stanford Univ.); Junko Takeda (Syracuse Univ.)

Committee on the Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize: Roberta Pergher (Indiana Univ.), chair, AHA rep.; Thomas C. Behr (Univ. of St. Thomas, Tex.), ACHA rep.; Marla S. Stone (Occidental Coll.), SIHS rep.

Committee on the George L. Mosse Prize: PGreg Eghigian (Penn State Univ.), chair; Peter J. Arnade (Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa); Carla A Hesse (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Alison K. Smith (Univ. of Toronto); Steven C. Soper (Univ. of Georgia)

Committee on the John E. O'Connor Film Award: Carma Hinton (George Mason Univ.); Laura Isabel Serna (Univ. of Southern California); Mark D. Steinberg (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Committee on the Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize: Jeremy D. Popkin (Univ. of Kentucky), chair; Melita M. Garza (Texas Christian Univ.); Richard R. John (Columbia Univ.)

Committee on the James Rawley Prize: Philip D. Morgan (Johns Hopkins Univ.), chair; Heather Miyano Kopelson (Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa); Marcus P. Nevius (Univ. of Rhode Island); Bianca Premo (Florida International Univ.); James Sidbury (Rice Univ.)

Committee on the John F. Richards Prize: Ayesha Jalal (Tufts Univ.), chair; Manan Ahmed (Columbia Univ.); Daud Ali (Univ. of Pennsylvania); Sebastian R. Prange (Univ. of British Columbia); Jayeeta Sharma (Univ. of Toronto, Scarborough)

Committee on the Dorothy Rosenberg Prize: Arie M. Dubnov (George Washington Univ.), chair; Orit Bashkin (Univ. of Chicago); Mark A. Goldberg (Univ. of Houston)

Committee on the Roy Rosenzweig Prize: Mills Kelly (George Mason Univ.), chair, GMU rep.; Kristina M. Neumann (Univ. of Houston), AHA rep.; Karen C. Pinto (Loyola Univ., Md.), AHA rep.; Miriam Posner (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), GMU rep.; Tom Scheinfeldt (Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs), GMU rep.

Committee on the Wesley-Logan Prize: Randal M. Jelks (Univ. of Kansas), chair, ASALH rep.; Le'Trice D. Donaldson (Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout), ASALH rep.; Sharla Fett (Occidental Coll.), AHA rep.; Michelle McKinley (Univ. of Oregon), AHA rep.; Quincy T. Mills (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park), AHA rep.

Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction

Committee on the Herbert Feis Award: Robin F. Bachin (Univ. of Miami); R. Darrell Meadows (National Archives and Records Admin.); Sam Vong (Smithsonian Institution)

Committee on Honorary Foreign Member and Awards for Scholarly Distinction: Jacqueline Jones; Mary Lindemann; James H. Sweet

Committee on the Nancy L. Roelker Mentorship Award: Jinhee Lee (Eastern Illinois Univ.), chair; LuAnn Homza (Coll. of William and Mary); Kelli Y. Nakamura (Kapi'olani Comm. Coll.); Aldo J. Regalado (Palmer Trinity School); Robert D. Taber (Fayetteville State Univ.)

Committee on Teaching Prizes: Michelle K. Berry (Univ. of Arizona), chair, AHA rep.; Jonathan A. Lee (San Antonio Coll.), AHA rep.; Eileen S. Luhr (California State Univ., Long Beach), SHE rep.

Grant and Fellowship Committees

Committee on the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship: Victoria W. Wolcott (State Univ. of New York, Buffalo), chair; Scott Heerman (Univ. of Miami); Ibram X. Kendi (American Univ.)

Committee on the NASA/AHA Fellowship: Angelina Long Callahan (US Naval Research Laboratory), chair, SHOT rep.; Emily A. Margolis (Smithsonian Institution), AHA rep.; Omar W. Nasim (Univ. of Regensburg), HSS rep.

Committee on Beveridge Research Grants: Christine M. Adams (Saint Mary's Coll., Md.), chair; Myra B. Young Armstead (Bard Coll.); Thomas D. Rogers (Emory Univ.)

Committee on Kraus Research Grants: Mark A. Peterson (Yale Univ.), chair; Celine Carayon (Salisbury Univ.); Carolyn Eastman (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Committee on Littleton-Griswold Research Grants: H. Timothy Lovelace (Duke Univ.), chair; Ariela J. Gross (Univ. of Southern California); S. Deborah Kang (Univ. of Texas, Dallas)

Committee on Bernadotte E. Schmitt Research Grants: Matthew D. Gerber (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), chair; Ibra Sene (Coll. of Wooster); Ying Zhang (Ohio State Univ., Columbus)

Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committee on Online Teaching: Review Committee: Janice L. Reiff (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), chair; Kathy J. Callahan (Murray State Univ.); Anne Shen Chao (Rice Univ.); Cassandra L. Clark (Univ. of Utah); Carlos Alberto Contreras (Grossmont Coll.); Richard Kenneth Hines (American Public Univ. System); Steven H. Mintz (Univ. of Texas, Austin). Drafting Subcommittee: Janice L. Reiff, chair; Kevin M. Gannon (Grand View Univ.); Christina Ghanbarpour (Saddleback Coll.); Bryan McDonald (Penn State Univ.); Brandon B. Morgan (Central New Mexico Comm. Coll.)

Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion in the AHR: Christopher R. Boyer (Northern Arizona Univ.); Carlos A. Contreras (Grossmont Coll.); Ruth Mazo Karras (Trinity Coll., Dublin); Carina E. Ray (Brandeis Univ.)

Committee on State Standards: Bob Bain (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Fritz Fischer (Univ. of Northern Colorado); Gail E. Hamilton (California State Univ., Long Beach); Geri Hastings (Catonsville High School)

Digital History Working Group: David A. Bell (Princeton Univ.), co-chair; Jeffrey W. McClurken (Univ. of Mary Washington), co-chair; Kalani L Craig (Indiana Univ.); Paula Findlen (Stanford Univ.); Walter W. Hawthorne (Michigan State Univ.); Jason M. Kelly (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis); Andrew H. Lee (New York Univ.); Michelle Moravec (Rosemont Coll.); Stephen M. Robertson (George Mason Univ.)

NARA Review Committee: Richard H. Immerman (Temple Univ.), chair; Matthew J. Connelly (Columbia Univ.); Trudy H. Peterson; Christopher J. Prom (Univ. of Illinois Library); Leslie S. Rowland (Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park); Leland J. White (National Coalition for History)

Delegates

Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation: Timothy J. Naftali (New York Univ.)

American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science and Human Rights Coalition: James Grossman

American Council of Learned Societies: Tyler Stovall (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz)

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies: Asif Siddiqi (Fordham Univ.)

Friends of the German Historical Institute: Catherine A. Epstein (Amherst Coll.); Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown Univ.)

National Advisory Board of the History Teacher: Craig Perrier

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: William G. Thomas (Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln)

Eugen Weber Book Prize in French History: Sarah Shurts (Bergen Comm. Coll.)


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