Officers, Council Members, & Committees
The activities and directions of SHGAPE are guided by various officers and committees. These change from year to year.
Note: Terms of service end on January 1 of the year indicated.
Officers
- President: Wendy Gamber, Indiana University (Jan 2025)
- Vice President, President-Elect: Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University (Jan 2025)
- Executive Secretary: Amy Louise Wood, Illinois State University (Jan 2024)
- Treasurer: Kevin Mason, Waldorf University (Jan 2025)
SHGAPE Council
- Julio Capó, Jr., Florida International University (Jan 2024)
- Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Kennesaw State University (Jan 2024)
- Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University (Jan 2024)
- Cara Caddoo, Indiana University (Jan 2025)
- LaShawn Harris, Michigan State University (Jan 2025)
- Michele Mitchell, New York University (Jan 2025)
- Sonia Hernandez, Texas A & M University (Jan 2026)
- Christopher McKnight Nichols, The Ohio State University (Jan 2026)
- Charles Postel, San Francisco State University (Jan 2026)
- Hannah Alms, Graduate Student Representative, Indiana University (Jan 2024)
SHGAPE Council Members Ex Officio
- Nancy C. Unger, Santa Clara University
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University
- Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University
- Kevin Mason, Waldorf University
- Amy Wood, Illinois State University
- Rosanne Currarino, Queens University
- James Connolly, Ball State University
Nominating Committee
- David Huyssen, The New School, Chair (Jan 2024)
- Nancy C. Unger, Santa Clara University (Jan 2025)
- Katherine Unterman, Texas A&M University (Jan 2025)
- Hilary Green, Davidson College (Jan 2026)
Membership Committee
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University, Chair (Jan 2026)
- Julia Irwin, University of South Florida (Jan 2024)
- Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont (Jan 2024)
- Megan Birk, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (Jan 2025)
- Michael Patrick Cullinane, Dickinson State University (Jan 2025)
- James Connolly, Ball State University, ex officio
- Amy Louise Wood, Illinois State University, ex officio
Website Editors
- James Connolly, Ball State University, Editor-in-Chief (Jan 2024)
- Laura Crossley, George Mason University, Co-Editor, SHGAPE Blog (Jan 2024)
- Chelsea Gibson, SUNY-Binghamton University, Co-Editor, SHGAPE Blog (Jan 2025)
- Evan Hart, Missouri Western State University (Jan 2024)
- Terri Lotti, Georgia Department of Transportation, Cultural Resource Division (Jan 2024)
- Mark Gibb, University of Georgia (Jan 2025)
- James Breen, University of Oregon (Jan 2025)
- Kymberly Macewan, University of Montana (Jan 2025)
- Crystal Brandenburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (Jan 2025)
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University, ex officio
- Amy Louise Wood, Illinois State University, ex officio
SOcial Media Editor
- Laura Crossley, Georgia Mason University (Jan 2024)
H-SHGAPE List Editors
- Chelsea Gibson, Binghamton University, Editor-in-Chief (Jan 2024)
- Scott Randolph, University of Redlands, Managing Editor (Jan 2024)
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University (Jan 2024)
- Elizabeth Garner Masarik, SUNY-Brockport (Jan 2024)
H-SHGAPE Book Review Editor
- William Cossen, The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Jan 2024)
Programming Committee (2023-2025)
- Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University, Chair
- Michael Lansing, Augsburg University
- Tara White, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
EVENTS COMMITTEE (2022-2024)
- Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Kennesaw State University, Chair
- Hannah Alms, Indiana University
- Chris Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Elizabeth Garner Masarik, SUNY-Brockport
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University, ex officio
- Nancy C. Unger, Santa Clara University
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University
- Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University
- Vincent DiGirolamo, Baruch College, CUNY, Chair
- Mark Benbow, Marymount University
- Megan Threlkeld, Denison University
- Benjamin Johnson, Loyola University, Chicago, Chair
- Cathleen Cahill, The Pennsylvania State University
- Ronny Regev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Natalie Ring, University of Texas, Dallas, Chair
- Benjamin Hoy, University of Saskatchewan
- Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter
- K. Stephen Prince, University of South Florida, Chair
- Maura Jane Farrelly, Brandeis University
- Alexis McCrossen, Southern Methodist University
- Charlie Laderman, Kings College, London, Chair
- Julia Irwin, University of South Florida
- Stephen West, Catholic University of America
- Erin Bush, University of North Georgia, Chair
- Ray Rast, Gonzaga University
- Shannon Smith, College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University
RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (2023-2024)
- Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University, Chair
- Robert Bland, University of Tennesee, Knoxville
- Thomas Krainz, DePaul University
- Editor: Rosanne Currarino, Queens University (Jan 2020- Aug 2024)
- Editor: Brian Ingrassia, West Texas A&M University (Aug 2023-Aug 2028)
- Book Review Editor: Joseph Locke, University of Houston-Victoria
- Online Editor, James Connolly, Ball State University
- Recent Editors: Boyd Cothran, York University (2017-2022); Benjamin Johnson, Loyola University Chicago, and Robert Johnston, University of Illinois-Chicago (2013-2018); Alan Lessoff, Illinois State University (2004-2014).
- Founding Editor, Maureen A. Flanagan, Illinois Institute of Technology (2000-2003)
JGAPE Editorial Board
- Janet Davis, University of Texas-Austin (Jan 2024)
- Gregory P. Downs, University of California-Davis (Jan 2024)
- Joseph M. Gabriel, Florida State University (Jan 2024)
- Elaine Frantz, Kent State University (Jan 2024)
- Cathleen D. Cahill, Penn State University (Jan 2025)
- Jeffery D. Broxmeyer, University of Toledo (Jan 2025)
- Laura M. Crossley, Graduate Student Representative, George Mason University (Jan 2025)
- Julian Lim, Arizona State University (Jan 2025)
- Constance Chen, Loyola Marymount University (Jan 2026)
- Michael Patrick Cullinane, University of Roehampton, London (Jan 2026)
- Lawrence Culver, Utah State University (Jan 2026)
- John Troutman, Smithsonian, Museum of American History (Jan 2026)
- Robert Bland, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Jan 2026)
- Douglas Flowe, Washington University (Jan 2027)
- Katie Hemphill, University of Arizona (Jan 2027)
- Sara Egge, Centre College (Jan 2027)
Past SHGAPE Presidents
- Nancy C. Unger, Santa Clara University (2021-2023)
- Albert Broussard, Texas A & M University (2019-2021)
- Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois (2017-2019)
- Lloyd Ambrosius, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2015-2017)
- Julie Greene, University of Maryland, College Park (2013-2015)
- Maureen A. Flanagan, Illinois Institute of Technology (2010-2013)
- Jack Blocker, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario (2008-2010)
- Peter Argersinger, Southern Illinois University (2006-2008)
- Donna Gabaccia, University of Minnesota (2004-2006)
- Ballard Campbell, Northeastern University (2002-2004)
- Walter Nugent, Notre Dame University (2000-2002)
- Elisabeth Israels Perry, St. Louis University (1998-2000)
- Michael Les Benedict, Ohio State University (1996-1998)
- Robert Cherny, San Francisco State University (1995)
- Kathryn Kish Sklar, SUNY Binghamton (1994)
- Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati (1993)
- Charles Calhoun, East Carolina University (1992)
- Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (1989-1991)
Last updated: June 5, 2023
