Officers

President:

Andrew (Andy) Shankman, Rutgers University

President-Elect:

Emily Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University

Immediate Past President:

Carolyn Eastman, Virginia Commonwealth University 

SHEAR Book Prize committee (Best Book, Best Biography):

Sean Harvey (chair), Seton Hall University, 2025-2027

David Henkin, University of California Berkeley, 2026-2028

Kaitlyn Carter, University of Notre Dame
2027-2029

Broussard Best First Book Prize committee:

Adam Rothman (chair), Georgetown University, 2025-2027

Laura Edwards, Princeton University, 2026-2028

Jonathan Daniel Wells, University of Michigan, 2027-2029

Mary Kelley Prize in Gender and Women’s History committee:

Mary Beth Sievens (chair), SUNY Fredonia, 2026-2028

Sarah Purcell, Grinnell College, 2027-2028

Lucia McMahon, William Paterson University, 2027-2029

SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize committee:

Nadine Zimmerli (chair)
Charlene Boyer-Lewis
Christa Dierksheide
Michael Hattem

Advisory Council:

Allison Madar, The Webb Schools, 2025-2027
Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University, 2025-2027
Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Connecticut, 2025-2027
Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College, 2025-2027
Kirsten Wood, Florida International University, 2026-2028
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor, University of California Davis, 2026-2028
Caitlin Fitz, Northwestern University, 2026-2028
Chernoh Sesay, DePaul University, 2026-2028
Charlene Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College, 2027-2029
Whitney Nell Stewart, Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 2027-2029
Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2027-2029
Rachel Shelden, The Pennsylvania State University, 2027-2029
Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University, 2027-2029

Ex-officio members of the Advisory Council include the editors of the Journal of the Early Republic and the Executive Director of the Omohundro Institute:

Mark Boonshoft, Virginia Military Institute
Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University

Catherine E. Kelly, Omohundro Institute

SHEAR D/E/I Committee:

• Lori Daggar (co-chair), Ursinus College, 2025-2027
• Will Mackintosh (co-chair), University of Mary Washington, 2025-2027
• Carl Keyes, Assumption College, 2026-2028
• Emilie Connolly, Brandeis University, 2026-2028
• Vivien Tejada, UCLA, 2027-2029
• Wendy Wong, Temple University, 2027-2029

SHEAR Nominations Committee:

• Brenna Holland (co-chair), American Philosophical Society, 2025-2027
• María Esther Hammack (co-chair), The Ohio State University, 2025-2027
• Lauren Duval, University of Oklahoma, 2026-2028
• Thomas Richards, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, 2026-2028
• Lindsay Keiter, Penn State Altoona, 2027-2029
• Rachel Walker, University of Hartford, 2027-2029

Liaison Committee from the Advisory Council to help with the work of the Nominating Committee:

• Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University
• Charlene Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College

SHEAR Finance Committee (must include two representatives from the Advisory Council):

• Paul J. Erickson (chair), Clements Library, 2025-2028
• Craig Steven Wilder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-2028
• Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University, 2027-2029 (Advisory Council rep.)
• Rachel Shelden, The Pennsylvania State University, 2027-2027 (Advisory Council rep.)
• Ex officio: Jonathan Earle, Louisiana State University, SHEAR Treasurer

SHEAR Development Committee

• Emily Conroy-Krutz (chair), Michigan State University
• Zara Anishanslin, University of Delaware
• Robyn Lily Davis, Millersville University
• Rodney Hessinger, John Carroll University
• Eric Schlereth, University of Texas at Dallas
• Whitney Nell Stewart, Coastal Georgia Historical Society

Locations Committee

• Caitlin Fitz, Northwestern University
• Chernoh Sesay, DePaul University

SHEAR Civics Exchange Advisory Committee

• Johann Neem, Western Washington University
• Marcus Nevius, University of Missouri

Committee on Committees

• Nora Slonimsky, Iona College (chair)
• Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University
• Marcus Nevius, University of Missouri

SHEAR Social Media and Communications:

Timothy Brown, University of Connecticut

Executive Committee:

Andrew Shankman, President
Carolyn Eastman, Immediate Past President
Emily Conroy-Krutz, President-Elect
Jonathan Earle, Treasurer
Martha Howard, Executive Coordinator