Committees

Constitutionally Mandated Committees

Executive Committee

  • Jonathan T. Reynolds, President, Northern Kentucky University – reynoljo@nku.edu
  • Trevor Getz, Vice-President, San Francisco State University
  • Thanasis Kinias, Secretary, Western Colorado University
  • Eric Nelson, Treasurer, Missouri State University
  • Kerry Vieira, ex officio

Finance Committee

  • Eric Nelson, Treasurer & Chair, Missouri State University – ericnelson@missouristate.edu
  • Dave Eaton, Grand Valley State University
  • Carter Findley, The Ohio State University
  • Michele Louro, Salem State University
  • Laura Mitchell, WHA President, University of CA Irvine
  • Kerry Vieira, ex officio

Nominating Committee

  • Heather Streets-Salter, Chair, Northeastern University – h.streetssalter@northeastern.edu
  • Jodi Eastberg, Alverno College (thru 12/31/22)
  • Angela Lee, Weston High School (thru 12/31/23)
  • Suzanne Litrel, Independent Scholar (thru 12/31/23)
  • Cynthia Ross, Texas A&M University (thru 12/31/21)
  • Bin Yang, National University of Singapore (thru 12/31/22)

Other Standing Committees

Bentley Book Prize Committee

  • Anand A. Yang, Chair, University of Washington – aay@u.washington.edu
  • John K. Thornton, Boston University

Community College Committee

  • Jack Norton, Chair, Normandale Community College- jack.norton@normandale.edu 
  • Shane Carter, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) at UC Berkeley
  • Jenny Grohol, Monterey Peninsula College, Hartnell College, and Gavilan College
  • Monica Ketchum, Arizona Western College, Imperial Valley College, and San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus
  • Ian Livie, Drew School, Santa Rosa Junior College, Ohlone College, and College of Marin
  • Laura J. Mitchell, University of California Irvine
  • Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

Conference Program Committee (2023)

  • Cynthia Ross, Chair, Texas A&M University – Commerce cynthia.ross@tamuc.edu
  • Linda Black, Texas A&M University – Central Texas
  • Sharika Crawford, United States Naval Academy
  • Brian Holstrom, Salpointe Catholic High School
  • Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh
  • Bennett Sherry, OER Project

Conference Scholarship Committee

  • Craig Benjamin, Chair, Grand Valley State University – benjamic@gvsu.edu
  • Suzanne Litrel, American Historical Association
  • Kerry Vieira, World History Association

Dissertation Prize Committee

  • Ruth Mostern, Chair, University of Pittsburgh – rmostern@pitt.edu
  • Peter Adebayo, University of Ilorin
  • Andrew Barnes, Arizona State University
  • Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, University of Notre Dame
  • John Voll, Georgetown University
  • Urmi Engineer Willoughby, Pitzer College

Fundraising Committee

  • Jonathan Reynolds, Chair, Northern Kentucky University – reynoljo@nku.edu
  • Kerry Vieira, World History Association
  • Rick Warner, Wabash College

Monograph Prize Committee

  • Sahar Bazzaz, College of the Holy Cross
  • Candice Goucher, Emeritus, Washington State University

Social Media Committee

  • Thanasis Kinias, Chair, Western Colorado University – tkinias@western.edu
  • Shane Carter, UC Berkeley
  • Jonathan Reynolds, Northern Kentucky University

Research Committee

  • Laura J. Mitchell, Chair, University of California, Irvine – mitchell@uci.edu
  • Martha Chaiklin, Zayed University
  • John Chavez, Southern Methodist University
  • Urmi Engineer, Murray State University
  • Fabio López Lázaro, University of Hawai‘i
  • Michele Louro, Salem State University
  • Prasannan Parthasarathi, Boston College
  • Carolien Stolte, Leiden University
  • Christoph Strobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Teaching Committee

WHA ΦΑΘ Student Paper Prize Committee

  • Jon Davidann, Chair, Hawai‘i Pacific University – jdavidann@hpu.edu
  • Alexander Shelby, Florida State University
  • Jonathan Weber, Oak Hill Academy