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		2008-2009 OAH Committees
Contact our Committee Coordinator with questions. Last modified: 03:13 PM, 05/06/08		Executive Board Officers Pete Daniel, President Elaine Tyler May, President Elect Robert Griffith, Treasurer Lee W. Formwalt, Executive Director Edward T. Linenthal, Editor, The Journal of American History Jay S. Goodgold, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, ex officio Past Presidents Vicki L. Ruiz Richard White Nell Irvin Painter Elected Members Linda Shopes David S. Trask David J. Weber Philip Deloria Kim Ibach Martha A. Sandweiss William Cronon James Grossman Theda Perdue Executive Committee Consists of officers of the Organization (President, President Elect, Executive Director, Editor, Treasurer) and the Immediate Past President Pete Daniel, President Elaine Tyler May, President Elect Lee W. Formwalt, Executive Director Edward T. Linenthal, Editor, The Journal of American History Robert Griffith, Treasurer Nell Irvin Painter, Immediate Past President Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award Subcommittee Four senior members of the OAH Executive Board nominate an OAH member to receive the Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award. The committee may also recommend an individual outside the organization to receive a similar award for public service to the historical profession. Members for the 2009 award are: Vicki L. Ruiz, Chair; Linda Shopes; David S. Trask; and David J. Weber. Finance Committee The Finance Committee assesses the financial condition of the organization on a quarterly basis and consists of the President, President Elect, the immediate Past President, and ex officio members (Treasurer, Executive Director, Editor, Leadership Advisory Council Cochair): Pete Daniel, President Elaine Tyler May, President Elect Nell Irvin Painter, Immediate Past President Robert Griffith, Treasurer, ex officio Lee W. Formwalt, Executive Director, ex officio Jay S. Goodgold, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, ex officio Edward T. Linenthal, Editor, The Journal of American History, ex officio Leadership Advisory Council Edward L. Ayers Ira Berlin William H. Chafe, Cochair Pete Daniel Jay S. Goodgold, Cochair James O. Horton Carroll H. Leggett Mark E. Mitchell Victor Navasky Valerie Paley Paul S. Sperry Jeffrey L. Sturchio Geoffrey C. Ward Barbara Winslow Paul Martin Wolff Nominating Board Spencer R. Crew Donna R. Gabaccia Christine Leigh Heyrman Amy J. Kinsel, Chair Nancy MacLean James A. Percoco Kimberly L. Phillips George J. Sánchez Daryl Michael Scott Magazine of History Editorial Board Billie Jean Clemens Kimberly Gilmore Lisa Kapp Rita G. Koman Doris Meadows Steven Mintz Stephanie Rossi Steven Schwartz Laura Westhoff The Journal of American History Editorial Board Thomas Bender Nancy Bristow Lee W. Formwalt, Executive Director, ex officio María Cristina García Leslie Harris Charlene Mires Mark Smith Judy Tzu-Chun Wu Dwight T. Pitcaithley [three new members pending] OAH Newsletter Advisory Board Joan C. Browning Kristin L. Ahlberg Clyde A. Milner II David Paul Nord Shirley Teresa Wajda Committee on Committees The purpose of the committee is to fill all regular vacancies on the service and award committees of the Organization subject to the approval of the Executive Board. William P. Jones Peter A. Kraemer Karen T. Leathem Earl Lewis, Chair Gloria E. Miranda María E. Montoya Eric Rothschild Jeannie Whayne Committee on Community Colleges The purpose of the committee is to integrate community college historians into the organization and address the professional issues and concerns that relate specifically to historians in two-year institutions. David A. Berry Jennifer Helton Amy J. Kinsel Maureen Murphy Nutting, Chair Thomas J. Osborne Lisa Ossian Mark Roehrs Melissa M. Soto-Schwartz David S. Trask Committee on Ethics and Professional Standards Patrick Allitt James D. Anderson Kathleen Neils Conzen Alexandra (Sasha) Harmon Sandra Gioia Treadway International Committee The purpose of the International Committee is to serve as the standing committee on international issues to reflect the commitment of the Organization to international perspectives, collaborations, exchanges, and members. Shannon Bennett Victor R. Greene Maurice Isserman Peter Kraemer, Chair William C. Pratt Ian Tyrrell David J. Weber Membership Committee The purpose of the Membership Committee shall be to encourage all persons interested in American history to join and become active members of the Organization of American Historians. MEMBERSHIP COMMITEE Stephen Kneeshaw, Chair Cecelia Bucki William D. Carrigan Philip VanderMeer Cary Wintz NORTHEAST REGION SUBCOMMITTEE CONNECTICUT CHAIR: Cecelia Bucki [Chair, Northeast Region] MAINE CHAIR: Leigh H. Hallett MASSACHUSETTS COCHAIR: Susan E. O'Donovan MASSACHUSETTS COCHAIR: Appointment Pending NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAIR: Appointment Pending NEW YORK COCHAIR: Appointment Pending NEW YORK COCHAIR: Margaret Susan Thompson NEW YORK COCHAIR: Appointment Pending RHODE ISLAND CHAIR: Naoko Shibusawa VERMONT CHAIR: Melanie Gustafson EUROPEAN CHAIR: Axel R. Schäfer GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Appointment Pending MID-ATLANTIC REGION SUBCOMMITTEE DELAWARE CHAIR: David Suisman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAIR: Adam Rothman MARYLAND CHAIR: Elizabeth Kelly Gray NEW JERSEY CHAIR: William D. Carrigan [Chair, Mid-Atlantic Region] PENNSYLVANIA COCHAIR: Andrew B. Arnold PENNSYLVANIA COCHAIR: Walter Greason VIRGINIA CHAIR: John T. Kneebone WEST VIRGINIA CHAIR: Joan C. Browning AFRICAN CHAIR: Greg Cuthbertson GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Laurie Lahey GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Andrew Witmer SOUTHERN REGION SUBCOMMITTEE ALABAMA CHAIR: Joshua Rothman ARKANSAS CHAIR: Carol O'Connor FLORIDA CHAIR: Raymond Arsenault GEORGIA CHAIR: Susan M. McGrath KENTUCKY CHAIR: Thomas C. Mackey LOUISIANA CHAIR: Charles Vincent MISSISSIPPI CHAIR: Kyle F. Zelner NORTH CAROLINA: Robert Korstad OKLAHOMA CHAIR: Stephen H. Norwood SOUTH CAROLINA CHAIR: Mark M. Smith TENNESSEE CHAIR: Michèle T. Butts TEXAS CHAIR: Cary D. Wintz [Chair, Southern Region] LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CHAIR: Appointment Pending GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Laura Renée Chandler MIDWEST REGION SUBCOMMITTEE ILLINOIS COCHAIR: Glennon Graham ILLINOIS COCHAIR: Pamela A. Smoot INDIANA CHAIR: Steve Messer IOWA CHAIR: Charles Lauritsen KANSAS CHAIR: Christopher C. Lovett MICHIGAN CHAIR: Kathleen P. Chamberlain MINNESOTA CHAIR: Melodie J. Andrews MISSOURI CHAIR: Stephen Kneeshaw [Chair, Midwest Region] NEBRASKA CHAIR: Mark R. Scherer NORTH DAKOTA: Michael J.C. Taylor OHIO CHAIR: Christopher Phelps SOUTH DAKOTA: Donald C. Simmons Jr. WISCONSIN CHAIR: Victoria Z. Straughn CANADA COCHAIR: Robert MacDougall CANADA COCHAIR: Appointment Pending GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Luke Nichter GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Lessie B. Tate WESTERN REGION SUBCOMMITTEE ALASKA CHAIR: John Heaton ARIZONA COCHAIR: Philip VanderMeer [Chair, Western Region] ARIZONA COCHAIR: Linda Sargent Wood CALIFORNIA COCHAIR: Appointment Pending CALIFORNIA COCHAIR: Appointment Pending CALIFORNIA COCHAIR: Appointment Pending COLORADO CHAIR: Appointment Pending HAWAII CHAIR: Richard C. Rath IDAHO CHAIR: Katherine Aiken MONTANA CHAIR: Wade Davies NEVADA CHAIR: Greta De Jong NEW MEXICO CHAIR: Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz OREGON CHAIR: Mina J. Carson UTAH CHAIR: Matthew Basso WASHINGTON CHAIR: Redmond J. Barnett WYOMING CHAIR: Cheryl A. Wells ASIAN CHAIR: Fusako "Sako" Ogata GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Jill Horohoe Committee on the Status of African American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American (ALANA) Historians and ALANA Histories The purpose of the committee is to consider all professional issues bearing upon minorities in the historical profession as well as the study of minority histories. Lionel Kimble Jr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers Lydia R. Otero Adrienne Petty George J. Sánchez OAH Committee on National Park Service Collaboration This committee assists with the cooperative agreement between OAH and the National Park Service, by consulting on the selection of projects and project participants, advising the executive board and OAH staff on NPS issues, and advocating for NPS within the organization. Frederick E. Hoxie Edward T. Linenthal Robert Sutton Anne Mitchell Whisnant Committee on Public History The purpose of the committee is to maintain liaison with private and public history and generate such proposals relating to OAH policy and program as seem suitable to its membership. Appointments to the committee are to be widely representative of the various professional pursuits embraced within the field. Kathleen Franz Linda Shopes Gregory E. Smoak, Chair Mary Ann Villarreal Committee on Research and Access to Historical Documentation The purpose of the committee is to deal with all issues relating to historical research, including access to public documents, freedom of information, issues of secrecy, censorship and declassification, corporate and state archives, the Library of Congress, National Archives, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, reference tools, monitoring of electronic archives and networks, research in graduate training, and issues relating to research funding. Warren I. Cohen, Chair Noralee Frankel David McMillen Gerald Markowitz Jeremi Suri Leland White Committee on Teaching The purpose of the committee is to improve the teaching and understanding of history at all levels of training. Charles Errico Margaret Harris Kim Ibach Steven Mintz, Chair Gideon Sanders Committee on the Status of Women in the Historical Profession The purpose of the committee is to consider all professional issues bearing upon women in the historical profession. Laura Briggs, Chair Thomas Dublin Elizabeth Higginbotham Emma Lapsansky-Werner Vicki L. Ruiz 2009 Program Committee Leslie Brown, Cochair Adrian Burgos Jr. Alexander Byrd Kirsten Fischer Donald L. Fixico Juli A. Jones Susan McGrath Katherine Ott Donald A. Ritchie, Cochair Nan Elizabeth Woodruff 2009 Convention Local Resource Committee Redmond Barnett Thomas M. Gaskin Amy J. Kinsel Lorraine C. McConaghy Julie Nicoletta Wilson E. O'Donnell, Cochair Thomas Wellock Shirley Yee, Cochair 2010 Program Committee Tim Borstelmann (Committee Chair) Kristin L. Ahlberg Sharon M. Leon Howard J. Shorr Jon Sensbach Margot Canaday María Cristina García Tiya Miles 2010 Convention Local Resource Committee Kristin L. Ahlberg Beth Boland Kathleen Franz Cathy Gorn Keri Lewis Robyn Muncy Joseph P. Reidy Gideon Sanders Ad Hoc Committees Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom Raymond Arsenault Sara M. Evans Kevin Gaines, Chair AHA/NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History Committee OAH Representative: Cheryl R. Ganz Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation OAH Representative: Thomas Alan Schwartz American Council of Learned Societies OAH Representative: Sarah Deutsch Ad Hoc OAH/Japanese Association for American Studies Japan Historians Collaborative Committee Juri Abe Andrea Geiger Hayumi Higuchi Christopher Jespersen Robert McMahon Kim E. Nielsen Naoki Onishi G. Kurt Piehler, Chair Joint OAH/AHA Committee on Part-Time and Adjunct Employment Concerned with the problem of the growing reliance of colleges and universities on low-paid part-time and adjunct faculty to teach history courses. Rusty Monhollon, Chair From the OAH: Lee W. Formwalt, Executive Director Elizabeth Hohl Arlene Lazarowitz Donald W. Rogers Howard Shorr From the AHA: Arnita Jones, Executive Director Debbie Ann Doyle David J. Weber National Council for History Education OAH Representative: Lendol Calder National Historical Publications and Records Commission OAH Representative: Barbara J. Fields [Julie Saville, January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2012] National Museum of Afro-American History and Culture Planning Council OAH Representative: Kenneth W. Goings OAH Parliamentarian Jonathan Lurie OAH AWARD AND PRIZE COMMITTEES OAH/ALBC Abraham Lincoln Higher Education Awards In recognition of and to promote significant research and scholarship on Abraham Lincoln and his era in United States history, the Organization of American Historians and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission have created two awards to be given to graduate students recognizing work-in-progress on “Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, 1854-1865.” Both students will receive a certificate from the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and OAH recognizing their work and achievement, in addition to an honorarium. Orville Vernon Burton Thomas Mackey, Chair Heather Cox Richardson [two appointments pending] Willi Paul Adams Award Committee For the best book on American history published in a foreign language. Manfred Berg Anne L. Foster, Chair Kristin Hoganson Nelson Ouellet Erik Barnouw Award For outstanding programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history and/or the promotion of history. Stephen Aron Elspeth H. Brown Lary May, Chair Ray Allen Billington Prize Committee For the best book in American frontier history, defined broadly so as to include the pioneer periods of all geographical areas and comparisons between American frontiers and others. Pedro Castillo, Chair Andrew C. Isenberg Patty Limerick Binkley-Stephenson Award Committee For the best scholarly article published in The Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year. Thavolia Glymph Susan Lee Johnson, Chair Claire Strom Avery O. Craven Award Committee For the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the Era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history. Wayne Durrill, Chair John C. Inscoe Joan Waugh Merle Curti Award Committee For the best book in social and/or intellectual history. Fred Arthur Bailey William Fitzhugh Brundage, Chair Nancy F. Cott Elna C. Green Moon-Ho Jung Distinguished Service Award Committee For an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history. Vicki L. Ruiz, Chair Linda Shopes David S. Trask David J. Weber *EBSCOhost America: History and Life* Award Committee To recognize and encourage scholarship in American history in the journal literature advancing new perspectives on accepted interpretations or previously unconsidered topics. Mary Bagne Earl Lewis, Chair Khalil G. Muhammad Barbara M. Posadas Joe W. Trotter Ellis W. Hawley Prize For the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. Nelson Lichtenstein, Chair Jennifer Mittelstadt Mary A. Yeager OAH/IEHS John Higham Travel Grants Travel grants for three graduate students each year to be used toward costs of attending the OAH/IEHS annual meeting. Elliott Barkan Cheryl Greenberg, Chair Francille Rusan Wilson Huggins-Quarles Dissertation Award The Committee on the Status of African American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American (ALANA) Historians and ALANA Histories serves as the selection committee for the Huggins-Quarles Award. Award is given to one or two graduate students of color at the dissertation research stage of their PhD program. Lionel Kimble Jr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Chair, 2009 Award Lydia R. Otero Adrienne Petty George J. Sánchez Richard W. Leopold Prize Committee For the best book written by a historian connected with federal, state or municipal government, in the areas of foreign policy, military affairs broadly construed, the activities of the federal government, or biography in one of the foregoing areas. Andy Ambrose Lu Ann Jones Roger D. Launius, Chair Lerner-Scott Dissertation Prize Committee For the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women's history. Greta de Jong Kari Frederickson, Chair Stephanie Gilmore Lawrence W. Levine Award Committee For the best book in American cultural history. Eric Avila Lynn Dumenil James N. Gregory, Chair Michael Kazin Teresa Murphy Liberty Legacy Foundation Award Committee For the best book on any historical aspect of the struggle for civil rights in the United States from the nation's founding to the present. Constance Curry, Chair Tiya A. Miles Jerry Thornbery Louis Pelzer Memorial Award Committee For the best essay in American history by a graduate student. Carl Guarneri Stephen Kercher Edward T. Linenthal, Chair Martha Saxton John T. Schlotterbeck James A. Rawley Prize Committee For a book dealing with the history of race relations in the United States. Clare A. Lyons, Chair Karin A. Shapiro Kenneth J. Winkle Tachau Teacher of the Year Award To recognize the contributions made by precollegiate or classroom teachers to improve history education. Bob Bain Don Falls Gloria Sesso, Chair David Thelen Award Committee For the best article on American history published in a foreign language. Kate Delaney Udo Hebel Edward T. Linenthal, Chair Larisa Troitskaia [two appointments pending] Frederick Jackson Turner Award Committee** For an author's first book dealing with some significant phase of American history. David Montejano Nell Irvin Painter, Chair Stephanie J. Shaw
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