New Staff at OAH Executive Office

As OAH assumes additional responsibilities in the areas of precollegiate education, development, and public history, we have created new part-time positions to coordinate our efforts in those areas. In addition, we have had several staff move into different positions this year and we present them below with their new responsibilities along with our new staff members.

Susan Ferentinos
Public History Coordinator
Though the public history coordinator is a new position in the office (January 2002), Susan is the former associate editor of the OAH Magazine of History and has been with OAH since 1998. While working half-time at OAH on approximately twenty-two active National Park Service projects (see article on page 1), she is completing her dissertation, entitled "An Unpredictable Age: Sex, Consumption, and the Emergence of the American Teenager, 1910-1950." She is a history graduate student at Indiana University with an M.A. in history and a Master of Library Science.

Jason Groth
Administrative and Web Assistant
In 2001, Jason began as a student intern, but quickly assumed half-time duties in a variety of areas. In June 2002 he became the organization's full-time administrative and web assistant. In addition to covering incoming telephone calls, sorting the mail, copyediting publications, and handling numerous special ad hoc projects, Jason coordinates the spring and fall meetings of the OAH Executive Board and is helping to update and improve the OAH web site. His B.A. is from Indiana University in English and History.

Juan Hinojosa
OAH-IU Diversity Fellow
Juan is the first recipient of an award through the new OAH-IU Diversity Fellowship program, which provides five years of support, including two years on staff at OAH and one year teaching for the Indiana University history department. He is a first-year graduate student in the history department at IU studying U.S. foreign relations. Juan majored in history and received his education certification from IU, and, beginning in summer 2004, he will take over as OAH education coordinator.

Leslie Leasure
Development Manager
Leslie joined the staff in August 2002 to coordinate the implementation of the organization's new development plan. Leslie is responsible for facilitating the annual giving campaign, prospect research, grant writing, and donor relations. While working half-time at OAH, she is finishing an M.F.A. in creative writing at Indiana University. Leslie is also a partner in a local consulting company that provides grant writing, design, and evaluation services to nonprofit organizations. She has a B.A. in journalism and political science from Indiana University.

Gwen Moore
Education Coordinator
Education coordinator is a new half-time position created to cover the explosion in K-16 history education initiatives in which OAH is involved (see page 19 for a comprehensive list). Gwen is in her fourth year of a joint OAH-IU history department fellowship and second year in the OAH office. In 2000-2001 she worked on the OAH Magazine of History, organized sessions for the annual meeting, and was the National Park Service project coordinator. Last year she was an associate instructor for the history department. Her M.S.W. is from Washington University in St. Louis and her M.A. in history is from IU.

Susanna Robbins
Assistant Editor
OAH Magazine of History
Susanna joined the staff in July 2002 as assistant editor of the OAH's quarterly teaching magazine. Assisted by an undergraduate intern, Susanna edits and lays out the copy for each issue, coordinates the issues with guest editors, writes articles, and secures photographs and other supporting materials for the Magazine. Her research focus is on antebellum women and education. A graduate of Wellesley College, Susanna is in her fourth year in the doctoral program at Indiana University's department of history.