Award and Prize Committees
Willi Paul Adams Award Committee
The prize is given biennially in odd-numbered years for the best book on American history published in a foreign language.
- Charles J. McClain, Chair
- Nancy L. Green
- Michael Jochen Hochgeschwender
- Masako Iino
- Mae M. Ngai
Erik Barnouw Award Committee
One or two awards are given annually in recognition of 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.
- Desirée J. Garcia, Chair
- Vivian Bruce Conger
- Michael W. Flamm
Ray Allen Billington Prize Committee
The committee is composed of three members, each appointed for a two-year term. The prize is given biennially in odd-numbered years for the best book about American frontier history, defined broadly to include the pioneer periods of all geographical areas and comparisons between American frontiers and others. First given in 1981, the prize honors Ray Allen Billington, OAH President, 1962-1963.
- Michael J. Lansing, Chair
- Matthew Klingle
- Colleen O'Neill
Binkley-Stephenson Award Committee
The committee selects the best article that appeared in the Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year.
- Gail Radford, Chair
- Raymond Arsenault
- Cheryl D. Hicks
Avery O. Craven Award Committee
The award is given annually 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. The exception recognizes and reflects Craven’s Quaker convictions.
- Susan Eva O’Donovan, Chair
- Adam Arenson
- Joseph P. Reidy
Merle Curti Award Committee
Two awards are given annually: one for the best book in American social history and one for the best book in American intellectual history.
- Adam Rothman, Chair
- Charles Capper
- Jefferson Cowie
- Sally Hadden
- Martha S. Jones
- Michael Kimmage
Ellis W. Hawley Prize Committee
The prize is given annually 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.
- Michael Willrich, Chair
- Alice O’Connor
- Eric Rauchway
- James T. Sparrow
- Heather Ann Thompson
OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants
Travel grants of $500 are awarded to three (3) graduate students each year. Funds are to be used by graduate students toward costs of attending the OAH-IEHS annual meeting.
- Dominic A. Pacyga, Chair
- Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
- (appointment pending)
Darlene Clark Hine Award Committee
The award is given annually for the best book in African American women’s and gender history.
- Elizabeth H. Pleck, Chair
- Jim Downs
- Sharon Harley
Huggins-Quarles Award Committee
One or two awards are given annually to graduate students of color to assist them with expenses related to travel to research collections for the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation. This award was established to promote greater diversity in the historical profession. The Committee on the Status of African American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American (ALANA) Historians and ALANA Histories serves as the Huggins-Quarles Award Committee
- Laurene Wu McClain, Chair
- William Bauer
- Miroslava Chávez-García
- Michael D. Innis-Jiménez
- Jessica Millward
Richard W. Leopold Prize Committee
The prize is given biennially in even-numbered years for the best book on foreign policy, military affairs, the historical activities of the federal government, or biography by a government historian.
- Kevin Adams, Chair
- Jeffrey A. Engel
- Gregory Mixon
Lerner-Scott Prize Committee
The prize is given annually for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history.
- Leslie A. Schwalm, Chair
- Ruth M. Alexander
- Celia E. Naylor
Lawrence W. Levine Award Committee
The award is given annually for the best book in American cultural history.
- Kevin Mumford, Chair
- Davarian L. Baldwin
- Nan Enstad
- Joseph E. Taylor III
- Marsha Weisiger
Liberty Legacy Foundation Award Committee
The award is given annually for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle from the beginnings of the nation to the present.
- Barbara Young Welke, Chair
- Beryl Satter
- Chad Williams
Louis Pelzer Memorial Award Committee
The committee selects the best essay in American history written by a graduate student.
- Edward T. Linenthal, Chair
- Susan Brewer
- Margaret S. Creighton
- Jennifer Guglielmo
- Randall M. Miller
James A. Rawley Prize Committee
The prize is given annually for a book dealing with race relations in the United States.
- Lisbeth Haas, Chair
- José M. Alamillo
- James F. Brooks
Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award
The award is given annually to an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history.
- David A. Hollinger, Cochair
- Elaine Tyler May, Cochair
- Jon Butler
- Jane Kamensky
- Gary W. Reichard
Tachau Teacher of the Year Award Committee
The award is given annually to recognize the contributions made by precollegiate teachers to improve history education within the field of American history.
- Lisa L. Ossian, Chair
- Daniel Katz
- Lowell E. Wenger
David Thelen Award Committee
The prize is given biennially in even-numbered years for the best article on American history published in a foreign language.
- Edward T. Linenthal, Chair
- Nur Bilge Criss
- Kate Delaney
- Max M. Edling
- Hans Krabbendam
