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: Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University (Jan 2027)
- Vice President, President-Elect: Cathleen D. Cahill, Pennsylvania State University (Jan 2027)
- Executive Secretary: Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University (Jan 2029)
- Treasurer: Christopher Warren, National World War I Museum and Memorial (Jan 2027)
SHGAPE Council
- 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)
- Boyd Cothran, York University (Jan 2027)
- Caroline Grego, Queens University (Jan 2027)
- K. Stephen Prince, University of Louisiana (Jan 2027)
- Michael Connolly, Graduate Student Representative, Loyola University (Jan 2027)
- Lauren McIvor Thompson, Kennesaw State (Jan 2028)
- Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University (Jan 2028)
- Amy Louise Wood, Illinois State University (Jan 2028)
SHGAPE Council Members Ex Officio
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University
- Cathleen D. Cahill, Pennsylvania State University
- Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University
- Christopher Warren, National World War I Museum and Memorial
- Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University
- Brian Ingrassia, West Texas A&M University
- James Connolly, Ball State University
Nominating Committee
- Hilary Green, Davidson College (Jan 2026)
- Peter Boag, Washington State University (Jan 2027)
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University (Jan 2027)
Membership Committee
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University, Chair (Jan 2026)
- Megan Birk, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (Jan 2027)
- Michael Patrick Cullinane, Dickinson State University (Jan 2027)
- James Connolly, Ball State University, ex officio
- Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University, ex officio
Website Editors
- James Connolly, Ball State University, Editor-in-Chief (Jan 2027)
- Muhammad Hafeez-ur-Rehman Ball State University, Assistant Editor (Jan 2027)
- Laura Crossley, George Mason University, Co-Editor, SHGAPE Blog (Jan 2026)
- Chelsea Gibson, SUNY-Binghamton University, Co-Editor, SHGAPE Blog (Jan 2027)
- Evan Hart, Missouri Western State University (Jan 2026)
- Terri Lotti, Georgia Department of Transportation, Cultural Resource Division (Jan 2026)
- James Breen, University of Oregon (Jan 2027)
- Crystal Brandenburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (Jan 2027)
- Andrew Varsanyi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Jan 2026)
- Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University, ex officio
- Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University, ex officio
Social Media Editor
- Laura Crossley, Georgia Mason University (Jan 2026)
H-SHGAPE List Editor
- Elizabeth Garner Masarik, SUNY-Brockport (Jan 2027)
H-SHGAPE Book Review Editor
- William Cossen, The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Jan 2026)
Programming Committee (2025-2027)
- Cathleen D. Cahill, Pennsylvania State University, Chair
Events Committee (2025-2028)
- Hannah Alms, Transylvania University, Chair
- Kate Birkbeck, Yale University
- Patrick Sheridan, University of Georgia
Distinguished Historian/Lecture Committee
- Nancy C. Unger, Santa Clara University
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University
- Stacy Cordery, Iowa State University
Vincent P. DeSantis Book Prize Committee (2026-2027)
- Jeannette Eileen Jones, University of Nebraska, Chair
- Alexis McCrossen, Southen Methodist University
Fishel-Calhoun Article Prize Committee (2024-2026)
- Ronny Regev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chair
JGAPE Article Prize Committee (2023-2024)
- Natalie Ring, University of Texas, Dallas, Chair
- Benjamin Hoy, University of Saskatchewan
- Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter
Presidents’ Book Prize Committee (2025-2026)
- Dael Norwood, University of Delaware
H. Wayne Morgan Book Prize Committee (2026-2027)
- Ben Wetzel, Taylor University, Chair
Graduate Student Essay Prize Committee (2024-2025)
- Sarah Gardner, Mercer University, Chair
- Tina Irvine, Purdue University
- Allan E. S. Lumba, Concordia University-Canada
Research Grant Committee (2025-2026)
- Katherine A. Sibley, St. Joseph’s University, Chair
Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Editor: Brian Ingrassia, West Texas A&M University (Aug 2023-Aug 2028)
- Book Review Editor: Daniel Platt, University of Illinois-Springfield (May, 2024-May, 2029)
- Online Editor, James Connolly, Ball State University
- Recent Editors: Rosanne Currarino, Queens University (Jan 2020- Aug 2024); 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
- 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)
- Gregg Cantrell, Texas Christian University (Jan 2028)
- Karen Phoenix, Washington State University (Jan 2028)
- Andrea Turpin, Baylor University (Jan 2028)
- Lawrence Glickman, Cornell University (Jan 2028)
- Jeanne Petit, Hope College (Jan 2029)
- Andrew Offenburger, Miami University of Ohio (Jan 2029)
- Logan Istre, Louisiana State University (Jan 2029)
- Julia Guarneri, University of Cambridge (Jan 2029)
Past SHGAPE Presidents
- Wendy Gamber, Indiana University (2023-2025)
- 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: April 25, 2025
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