“Annual farm and home week,” Federal Art Project (WPA), sponsor, 1941. Library of Congress POS - WPA - ILL .01 .A57, no. 1 (B size)
Current Officers
Cherisse Jones-Branch, President
Arkansas State University
Sarah T. Phillips, Vice President
Boston University
Joe Anderson, Executive Secretary
Mount Royal University, jlanderson@mtroyal.ca
Sara Morris, Treasurer
University of Kansas, semorris@ku.edu
Albert G. Way, Editor
Kennesaw State University, away5@kennesaw.edu
2022-2023 Executive Committee
The executive committee consists of the five officers, six elected committee members who serve three-year terms, and the two immediate past presidents.
Cherisse Jones-Branch, Arkansas State University, President
Sarah T. Phillips, Boston University, Vice-President
Shane Hamilton, University of York, Past President
Drew Swanson, Georgia Southern University, Past President
Albert. G. Way, Editor
Joe Anderson, Mount Royal University, Executive Secretary
Sara Morris, University of Kansas, Treasurer
Diana Alejandra Méndez Rojas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Elected
David Vail, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Elected
Ian Beamish, University of Louisiana, Fayette, Elected
Kristin Ahlberg, U.S. State Department, Elected
Tore Olsson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Elected
Peter Moser, Archives of Rural History, Elected
Terms of Office to Expire After Annual Meeting in:
2024 Drew Swanson, Ian Beamish, Kristin Ahlberg
2025 Shane Hamilton, Peter Moser, Tore Olsson
2026 Cherisse Jones-Branch, David Vail, Diana Alejandra Méndez Rojas
Elected Members of the Executive Committee
2021-2024 Kristin Ahlberg (non-traditional history)
Ian Beamish
2022-2025 Peter Moser (non-US)
Tore Olsson
2023-2026 Diana Alejandra Méndez Rojas (recent PhD)
David Vail
2024 Conference Program Committee
James C. Giesen, Mississippi State University (Chair)
Dawn Herd-Clark, Hillsborough Community College
Emma Moesswilde, Georgetown University
Kymara Sneed, Mississippi State University
Presidents Committee
Shane Hamilton
Drew Swanson
Adrienne Petty
Nominating Committee
2021-2024 Jenny Leigh Smith, Chair
2022-2025 Casey M. Lurtz
2023-2026 Helen Anne Curry
Peterson Fund Committee
Cynthia Prescott, Chair
Nancy Berlage
Kristin Ahlberg
See here for past officers and other officials.