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CURRENT WHA-GSC LEADERSHIP |
CHAIR - Brianna Tafolla Riviere My name is Brianna and I am running for your GSC chair! If you have been to the WHA before you have probably seen me behind the registration desk as I have volunteered as staff for the last five years. In those five years the WHA has become my academic home and I am dedicated to making it a more welcoming and transparent place for my fellow graduate students. I have also served as the WHA GSC outreach coordinator for the last two years. A little more about me. I am a Chicana, first generation grad student, and PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis. My dissertation is on the Red Power movement and its connections to Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s. While I am a temporary Californian, I am originally from Ponca, Pawnee, and Omaha lands known currently as Omaha, Nebraska. I got my B.A. and M.A. at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where I originally found my love for American West History. As your GSC chair, I want to see you all grow as scholars and professionals. My main priority will be to make the WHA a place that is welcoming and productive for graduate students regardless of their academic or career goals. I am looking to create more learning opportunities outside of the conference like online workshops and panels on exams, dissertation writing, career diversity etc. I look forward to serving you all and making the WHA an even better space for us all. DUTIES OF GSC CHAIR:
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VICE CHAIR - Forthcoming, 2023 Election
Forthcoming: 2023 Election DUTIES OF GSC VICE CHAIR:
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MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR - Jessica Martinez I am originally from San Diego, California. I received my BA in History from the University of California, Merced and then proceeded to receive my MA in History at California State University, Stanislaus. Currently, I am a third year PhD student in the Borderlands History Departments at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Here, I study 19th century Chicanas and Mexicanas and their influence on the US-Mexico borderlands. This past year I was the Communications Officer for the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) Representative and Communications Officer. As a Representative, I was the liaison between the GSA and the History Department ensuring the department was informed of Graduate School opportunities while the GSA was aware of department concerns. Meanwhile, I held the Communications position where I created meeting flyers and posted them on social media. For these reasons, I would like to nominate myself as Membership and Outreach Coordinator. DUTIES OF MEMBERSHIP/OUTREACH COORDINATOR:
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FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR - Taylor Bailey Taylor Bailey is a doctoral candidate in the History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying environmental history, the history of science, and the history of the United States. His research centers on the relationship between conservation, sport hunting, and the science and practice of wildlife management in the twentieth-century. His dissertation project examines the history of efforts by federal and state managers to actively restore—rather than simply “protect”—populations of native game animals from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. Prior to attending MIT, Taylor received his M.A. in History from Portland State University, where he also served as the Caroline P. Stoel Editorial Fellow for the Pacific Historical Review. DUTIES OF FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR:
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DEI COORDINATOR - Forthcoming, 2023 Election
Forthcoming: 2023 Election DUTIES OF DEI COORDINATOR:
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