SHAFR Committees

ELECTED COMMITTEE

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Jeannette Jones, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2026, jjones11 [at] unl.edu
Karine Walther, Georgetown University, Qatar, 2027, kvw [at] georgetown.edu
Ryan Irwin, SUNY Albany, 2028

PERMANENT COMMITTEES

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Committee Mailbox: [email protected]

SHAFR Annual Meeting, 2026

Co-Chairs: Mario Del Pero (SciencesPo, Paris) and Tamson Pietsch (UTS-Sydney)

Laila Ballout, Wichita State University
Clare Courbold, Deakin University
Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern University
Fred Logevall, Harvard University
Hajimu Masuda, NSU-Singapore
Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdansk
Robert J. McMahon, The Ohio State University
Christopher McKnight Nichols, The Ohio State University
Kristin Oberiano, Wesleyan University
Vanni Pettinà, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice
Barbara D. Savage, University of Pennsylvania
Pasuth Thothaveesansuk, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Tom Zeiler, University of Colorado, Boulder

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

Terms of service end on October 31 of year indicated

Melani McAlister, Chair, George Washington University, 2026
Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Freie Universität Berlin, 2026
Jay Sexton, University of Missouri, 2027
Adriane Lentz-Smith, Duke University, 2028
Nick Cullather, Indiana University Bloomington, 2028
David Engerman, Yale University, Endowment Liaison, ex officio
Richard Immerman, Temple University, ex officio
Kaete O’Connell, Southern Methodist University, ex officio

BOARD OF EDITORS, DIPLOMATIC HISTORY

Term of service ends on December 31 of the year indicated

Julia Irwin, Louisiana State University, 2026
Ilaria Scaglia, Aston University, 2026
Jonathan Winkler, Wright State University, 2026
Stephen Macekura, Indiana University, 2027
Lise Namikas, Baton Rouge Community College, 2027
Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter, 2027
Caitlin Fitz, Northwestern University, 2028
Adriane Lentz-Smith, Duke University, 2028
Erika Pani, El Colegio de México, 2028

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD, PASSPORT

Term of service ends on December 31 of the year indicated

Aileen Teague, Texas A&M University, 2026
Timothy Sayle, University of Toronto, 2027
Wen-Qing Ngoei, Singapore Management University, 2028

STANDING COMMITTEES

CODE OF CONDUCT REPORTING TEAM

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Victor McFarland, Co-Chair, University of Missouri, 2026
Nora Lessersohn, Co-Chair, University of Southern California, 2028
Jeannette Jones, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2026
Sarah Miller-Davenport, Columbia University, 2026
Scott Laderman, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2028
Roberto Diaz, University of Michigan, 2027

COMMITTEE ON ACCESS, REPRESENTATION, AND EQUITY (CARE)

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Karen Miller, Chair, LaGuardia Community College, 2026
Chris Nichols, The Ohio State University, 2026
Chris Fisher, The College of New Jersey, 2026
Lien-Hang Nguyen, Columbia University, 2028
Marc Reyes, University of Connecticut, 2026

Committee on Digital Resources and Archival Sharing

Term of service ends on December 31 of year indicated


Lydia Walker, the Ohio State University, 2026
Jayita Sarkar, University of Glasgow, 2026
Alexandra Southgate, Temple University, 2027
Will Gray, Perdue University, 2027
Ian Seavey, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, 2028

Committee on Historical Documentation

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Robert McMahon, Chair, The Ohio State University, 2027
Alexander Evans, London School of Economics, 2027
Sam Lebovic, George Mason University, 2028
Henry Jacob, Yale University, 2028
Mary Mitchell, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2028

Committee on Women in SHAFR

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Amy Sayward, Chair, Middle Tennessee State University, 2028
Manna Duah, North Carolina Central University, 2026
Jessica Levy, SUNY-Purchase, 2026
Jason Parker, Texas A&M, 2026
Tamson Pietsch, University of Technology, Sydney, 2027
Katherine Sibley, Saint Joseph's University, 2027
Chloe Stoia, CUNY LaGuardia, 2027
Kelsey Zavelo, Duke University, 2027
Marjorie Galelli, Kansas State University, 2028

Development Committee

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Julia Irwin, Co-Chair, Louisiana State University, 2027
Lauren Turek, Co-Chair, Trinity University, 2026
Kelly Shannon, Florida Atlantic University, 2025
Michael Gauger, Independent Scholar, 2025
Andrew Johnstone, University of Leicester, 2026
Emily Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University, 2026
Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter, 2027
Ryan Metz, Ohio State University, 2028
Brian Etheridge, ex-officio member
Silke Zoller, ex-officio member 

Graduate Student Committee

Chris Hulshof, Chair, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2026
Alex Southgate, Chair, Temple University, 2027
Margaret Gregory, Texas A&M University, 2026
Cameron Sparkhall, University of East Anglia, 2026
Marc Reyes, University of Connecticut, 2026
Chloe Stoia, CUNY LaGuardia, 2027
Roberto Diaz, University of Michigan, 2027
Pasuth Thothaveesansuk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2027
Zachary Tayler, Ohio University, 2028
Ryan Metz, The Ohio State University, 2028
Henry Jacob, Yale University, 2028

Membership Committee

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Rob Rakove, Chair, Stanford University, 2026
Nick Sarantakes, US Navy War College, 2026
Sandra Scanlon, UC-Dublin, 2026
Joy Schultz, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs,2027
Cameron Sparkhill, University of East Anglia, 2026
Dexter Fergie, University of British Columbia, 2028

Teaching Committee

Terms of service end on December 31 of year indicated

Brian Etheridge, Chair, Kennesaw State University
Phyllis Soybel, College of Lake County, 2026
Carl Watts, Air University, 2026
Eilin Perez, Cooper Union, 2026
Paul Rubinson, Bridgewater State University, 2027
Molly Wood, Wittenberg University, 2027
Zachary Tayler, Ohio University, 2028
Katherine Fapp, Missouri University, 2028
Silke Zoller, Kennesaw State University, ex officio 

AWARD AND PRIZE COMMITTEES

Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Tessa Winkelmann, Chair, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2026
Benjamin Coates, Wake Forest University, 2027
Stuart Schraeder, Johns Hopkins University, 2028

Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Thomas Field, Chair, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2026
Kelly Shannon, Florida Atlantic University, 2027
Mario Del Pero, SciencesPo Paris, 2028

Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Oli Charbonneau, Chair, University of Glasgow, 2026
Kaete O'Connell, Southern Methodist University, 2027
Nick Cullather, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2028

Dissertation Prize Committee

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Samantha Payne, Chair, College of Charleston, 2026
Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont, 2027
Nora Lessersohn, University of Southern California, 2028

Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Amanda McVety, Chair, Miami University, 2026
Kristin Ahlberg, State Department Office of the Historian (retired), 2027
Christy Thornton, NYU, 2028

Norman and Laura Graebner Award

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Judy Wu, Chair, University of California, Irvine, 2026
Barbara Keys, University of Durham, 2028
Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern University, 2030

Peter L. Hahn Distinguished Service Award Committee

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Andrew Preston, Chair, University of Virginia, 2026
Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University, 2027
Laura Belmonte, Virginia Tech, 2028

Michael H. Hunt Prize for International History

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Nate Citino, Chair, Rice University, 2026
Pierre Asselin, San Diego State University, 2027
Amy Offner, University of Pennsylvania, 2028

WILLIAM BURR PRIZE IN NUCLEAR HISTORY

Luc-André Brunet, The Open University
Toshi Higuchi, Georgetown University

GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEES

Myrna Bernath Book and Fellowship Awards

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Megan Black, Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2026
Ryan Irwin, University at Albany, SUNY, 2027
Uta Balbier, University of Oxford, 2028

Graduate Student Grants & Fellowships Committee

Terms of service end on January 31 of year indicated

Elisabeth Leake, Chair, Tufts University, 2026
Christopher Dietrich, Fordham University, 2027
Margaret Gnoinska, Troy University, 2028
Kyle Longley, Chapman University, 2029
Jeongmin Kim, University of Manitoba, 2030

Michael J. Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship

Terms of service end on January 31 of year indicated

Heather Dichter, Chair, De Montfort University, 2026
Toshihiro Higuchi, Georgetown University, 2027
Marco Mariano, University of Turin, 2028

William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grants

Terms of service end on January 31 of year indicated

Amanda Demmer, Chair, Virginia Tech, 2026
Erez Manela, Harvard University, 2027
Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter, 2028

Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Terms of service end on June 30 of year indicated

Marc Selverstone, Chair, University of Virginia, 2027
Maurice LaBelle, University of Saskatchewan, 2028
Aaron Coy Moulton, Stephen F. Austin State University 2026
Amna Qayyum, University of Georgia, 2028

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK 

Brian Cuddy, Co-chair, Macquarie University
Wen-Qing Ngoei, Co-Chair, Singapore Management University
Zach Fredman, Duke Kunshan University
Hideaki Kami, University of Tokyo

UK-Ireland Network

Ilaria Scaglia, Chair, Aston University
David Sim, University College London
Lewis Defrates, Maynooth University
Marc Palen, University of Exeter