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Executive Council and Committees

Leadership:

Amy Murrell Taylor, President 

University of Kentucky 

Michael T. Bernath, President-Elect 

University of Miami  

Jason Phillips, Past-President

West Virginia University 

 

At-Large Executive Council Members:

James Broomall, University of Richmond (2024-2028)

Frances Clarke, University of Sydney (2024-2028)

Susannah Ural, Mississippi State University (2024-2028) 

Chuck Welsko, Kentucky Historical Society (2026-2030)

David Silkenat, University of Edinburgh (2026-2030)

Erin Mauldin, University of South Florida (2026-2030)

 

Additional Executive Council Member

Judith Giesberg, Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 

 

Non-Voting Executive Council Members

Lindsey R. Peterson, Managing Director

Andrew Lang, Secretary-Treasurer

Melissa DeVelvis, Communications Director 

Greg Downs, Co-Editor of the Journal of the Civil War Era

Kate Masur, Co-Editor of the Journal of the Civil War Era 

Jonathan Jones, Chair, Early Career Committee  

Jesse Flecha, Chair, Graduate Student Connections Committee 

 

2026 Tom Watson Brown Book Award Committee:

  • Michael E. Woods, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Chair) 
  • Tad Brown, Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc.
  • Kristen T. Oertel, University of Tulsa
  • Laura F. Edwards, Princeton University

Nominations Committee:

  • Anne Marshall, Mississippi State University (Chair)  
  • Scott Hancock, Gettysburg College
  • Tim Williams, University of Oregon
  • Carole Emberton, University at Buffalo
  • Fay Yarbrough, Rice University

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee:

  • Judith Giesberg, Villanova University (Chair) 
  • Susannah Lee, North Carolina State University
  • Scott Hancock, Gettysburg College
  • Anthony Cade, George Washington University

Early Career Committee:

  • Jonathan Jones, James Madison University (Chair)  
  • Shae Smith Cox, Texas A&M University  
  • Amanda Laura Kleintop, Elon University 
  • Molly Mersmann, Marshall University 
  • Angela Diaz, Utah State University
  • Megan VanGorder, Governors State University 

Graduate Student Connection Committee:

  • Jesse Flecha, Texas A&M University (Chair)
  • Emma Riquet, University of Florida
  • Caleb Roark, Louisiana State University
  • Kathryn Patterson, University of Virginia
  • Nate Brother, Virginia Tech
  • Ryan Myers, University of South Carolina

Outreach and Membership Committee:

  • Laura Davis, Columbus State University (Chair) 
  • Judith Giesberg, Villanova University
  • David Kay, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

2026 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize Committee:

  • Frances M. Clark, University of Sydney (Chair)  
  • Jonathan Jones, James Madison University
  • KT Shivley, Virginia Commonwealth University

2026 Best Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee:

  • Andrew L. Slap, East Tennessee State University (Chair)  
  • Julie Mujic, Denison University
  • Brianna Frakes, Ohio State University