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COMMITTEE ON RACE IN THE AMERICAN WEST

MISSION

The Committee on Race in the American West aims to increase the presence and participation of scholars of color as well as the presence of scholarship on race within the WHA. It is our goal to make the WHA a welcoming environment for scholars of color at every level and an organization that embraces many different historical perspectives on the history of the American West.

MEMBERS

  • Chair: Mary E. Mendoza, Penn State University
  • Cathleen Cahill, Pennsylvania State University
  • Erika Pérez, University of Arizona


CRAW Advisors:

  • Maria Montoya, NYU and NYU-Shanghai
  • Traci Voyles, University of Oklahoma
  • Jennifer Macias, University of Wyoming
  • Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Iowa
  • Kelly Lytle Hernández, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Danielle Olden, University of Utah
  • Kent Blansett, University of Kansas
  • Dana Weiner, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Laura Hooton, Angelo State University


Western History Association

University of Kansas | History Department

1445 Jayhawk Blvd. | 3650 Wescoe Hall

Lawrence, KS 66045 | 785-864-0860

wha@westernhistory.org 


The WHA is located in the Department of History at the University of Kansas. The WHA is grateful to KU's History Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for their generous support!