The Western History Association

WHA Standing Committees

The WHA benefits from the service of members who contribute to various Standing Committees and Ad-Hoc Committees. The Standing Committees are organized as either "Operations" or "Planning" as noted below.

Are you interested in serving on a committee or learning more? Contact the Chair of each Standing Committee to find out how you can participate or become active in the WHA!

Standing Committees for Operations:

Committee on Assault Response and Educational Strategies (CARES)

Membership Committee

Committee on Race and the American West (CRAW)

Public History Committee

Committee on Teaching and Public Education

Technology Committee

Committee on Contingent and Adjunct Faculty

Standing Committees for Planning and Logistics:

Financial Advisory Committee
Program Committees (2019, 2020)
Local Arrangements Committees (2019, 2020)

Ad-Hoc Committees:

Ad-Hoc Strategic Planning Committee

Committee on Assault Response & Educational Strategies (CARES)

S. Deborah Kang, Chair

California State University,
San Marcos

Erika Pérez

University of Arizona

Jennifer McPherson

Purdue University

Jose Alamillo

California State University,
Channel Islands

Membership Committee

Laurie Arnold, Chair

Gonzaga University

Patricia Loughlin

University of Central Oklahoma

Melody Miyamoto Walters

Collin College

Sandra Enríquez

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Kat Whitely

University of Michigan

Mark Johnson

University of Notre Dame

Brenden Rensink

Brigham Young University

Renée Laegreid

University of Wyoming

Committee on Race in the American West (CRAW)

Mary E. Mendoza, Chair

University of Vermont

Karen Leong

Arizona State University

Katherine Benton-Cohen

Georgetown University

-CRAW Advisors-

Kevin Leonard

Western Washington University

Ernesto Chávez

University of Texas, El Paso

Erika Pérez

University of Arizona

Maria Montoya

New York University

Traci Voyles

Loyola Marymount University

Jennifer Macias

University of Utah

Pablo Mitchell

Oberlin College

Lina-Maria Murillo

University of Texas, El Paso

Kelly Lytle Hernandez

University of California, Los Angeles

Danielle Olden

University of Utah

Cathleen Cahill

Pennsylvania State University

Kent Blansett
University of Nebraska Omaha

Public History Committee

Rebecca Hunt, Chair

University of Colorado, Denver

Tamsen Hert

University of Wyoming

Billy Bryans

Oklahoma State University

Jeremy Johnston

Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Kathryn McKee

University of Wyoming

Jennifer Stevens

Stevens Historical Research Associates

B. Erin Cole

Minnesota Historical Society

Eric Nystrom
Arizona State University

Committee on Teaching & Public Education

Mark Johnson, Chair

University of Notre Dame

Brian S Collier

University of Notre Dame

Peter Blodgett

The Huntington Library

Steven Fountain

Washington State University

Patricia Loughlin

University of Central Oklahoma

Alicia Dewey

Biola University

Andrea Radke-Moss

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Lindsey Passenger-Wieck

St. Mary's University, San Antonio

William DeStefano

Tuscon, Arizona

Linda Sargent Wood

Northern Arizona University

Andrea Mott

Western Wyoming Community College

Lindsay Marshall

University of Oklahoma

Sheila McManus

University of Lethbridge

Michelle Lorimer
California State University,
San Bernardino

Technology Committee

Jason Heppler, Chair

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Douglas Seefeldt

Ball State University

Rebecca Wingo

University of Cincinnati

Lindsey Passenger Wieck

St. Mary's University, San Antonio

Jana Remy

Chapman University

J. Wendel Cox

Dartmouth College Library

Durwood Ball

University of New Mexico

Leisl Carr Childers

Colorado State University

Financial Advisory Committee

David A. Johnson, Chair

Portland State University

James Brooks
University of California, Santa Barbara

Janet Fireman
Independent Scholar

Committee on Contingent and Adjunct Faculty

Amy Essington, Co-Chair

Cal State Fullerton

Carol L. Higham, Co-Chair

UNC-Charlotte

Greg Thompson

University of Utah, Marriott Library

Heather Ponchetti Daly

UCLA

Andrew Thomas Dietzel

Central Michigan University

Steve Fountain

Washington State Univ., Vancouver

Catharine Franklin

Texas Tech University

John R. Gram

Missouri State University

Amy Haines

Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Paivi Hoikkala

Cal Polytech, Pomona

John Lauck

Midwestern History Association

James Leiker

Johnson Country Comm.College

Matthew Luckett

California State Univ., Dominguez Hills

Donna Schuele

Cal State Los Angeles

Program Committees

2019 Program Committee Co-Chairs:

(view full committee here)

Josh Reid, University of Washington (2019 Co-Chair)

Rachel St. John, University of California, Davis (2019 Co-Chair)

2020 Program Committee Co-Chairs:

(view full committee here)

Leisl Carr-Childers, Colorado State University (2020 Co-Chair)

Lori Flores, Stony Brook University (2020 Co-Chair)

Amy Lonetree, University of California, San Cruz (2020 Co-Chair)

Local Arrangements Committees

2019 Local Arrangements Committee Co-Chairs:

(view full committee here)

William Bauer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019 Co-Chair)

Michael Green, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019 Co-Chair)

Andy Kirk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019 Co-Chair)

Susan Johnson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019 Co-Chair)

Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee

Stephen Aron
University of California, Los Angeles

Cathleen Cahill
Penn State University

Mark Johnson
University of Notre Dame

Connie Chiang
Bowdoin College

Laurie Arnold
Gonzaga University

Maria Montoya
New York University

David Wrobel
University of Oklahoma

Martha A. Sandweiss
Princeton University

Sponsors and Partners

The WHA is hosted on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and benefits from the generous support of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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