The Public History Committee is charged with enhancing the place of public historians within the organization and at the annual meeting. We do this through branded sessions that engage local public historians in our meeting cities and in sponsoring the annual public historians reception.

• Co-Chair: Elyssa B. Ford, Northwest Missouri State University, 2024-2025
• Co-Chair: Elizabeth Bass, Independent Scholar, 2022-2025
• Eric Nystrom, University of Nevada-Reno, 2023-2026
• Sandra Rebok, University of California, San Diego, 2023-2026
• Chantel Rodríguez, Minnesota Historical Society, 2023-2026
• Joel Zapata, Oregon State University, 2024-2027
• Jay Price, Wichita State University, 2024-2027
  
• Chantel Rodríguez, Minnesota Historical Society, 2023-2026
• Joel Zapata, Oregon State University, 2024-2027
• Christina Lake, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, 2025-2028
• Matthew Pearce, Oklahoma Historical Society, 2025-2028
• Paul Hutton, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, 2025-2028

Ex-Officio Roles:

• Bill Bryans, Oklahoma State University, retired
• Rebecca Hunt, University of Colorado Denver, retired
• Gregory E. Smoak, University of Utah