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

Standing Committees for Planning:

Financial Advisory Committee
Program Committees (2018, 2019)
Local Arrangements Committees (2018, 2019)

Ad-Hoc Committees:

Ad-Hoc Committee on Contingent and Adjunct Faculty (Please contact Amy Essington for information: amycessington@gmail.com)
Fundraising and Development Ad-Hoc 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

Boyd Cothran

York University

Jerry Frank

University of Missouri

Julia Stetler

University of Wyoming

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

Technology Committee

Jason Heppler, Chair

University of Nebraska at Omaha

J. Wendel Cox

Dartmouth College Library

Rebecca Wingo

University of Cincinnati

Lindsey Passenger Wieck

St. Mary's University, San Antonio

Jana Remy

Chapman University

Leisl Carr Childers

Colorado State University

Douglas Seefeldt

Ball State University

Durwood Ball

University of New Mexico

Financial Advisory Committee

David A. Johnson, Chair

Portland State University

James Brooks
University of California, Santa Barbara

Janet Fireman
Independent Scholar

Program Committees

2018 Program Committee:

(view full committee here)

Kent Blansett, Co-Chair

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Farina King, Co-Chair

Northeastern State University

2019 Program Committee:

(view full committee here)

Josh Reid, Co-Chair

University of Washington

Rachel St. John, Co-Chair

University of California, Davis

Local Arrangements Committees

2018 Local Arrangements Committee:

(view full committee here)

Brian S Collier

University of Notre Dame

William Kiser

Texas A&M University-San Antonio

2019 Local Arrangements Committee:

(view full committee here)

Michael Green, Co-Chair	Andy Kirk, Co-Chair	William Bauer
UNLV	UNLV	UNLV

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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