Annual Report 2019 Table of Contents Minutes of the 134th Business Meeting ................................................................................... 3 Council Decisions and Actions .................................................................................................. 7 Officers’ Reports .................................................................................................................... 13 Professional Division Report ........................................................................................................................ 14 Research Division Report ............................................................................................................................. 16 Teaching Division Report ............................................................................................................................. 18 American Historical Review Report ........................................................................................ 20 AHR Editor’s Report ..................................................................................................................................... 21 AHR Publisher’s Report ................................................................................................................................ 42 Committee Reports ................................................................................................................ 54 Committee on Affiliated Societies Report ................................................................................................... 55 Committee on Gender Equity Report .......................................................................................................... 56 Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession Report ............................................................................... 57 Committee on Minority Historians Report .................................................................................................. 59 Graduate and Early Career Committee Report ........................................................................................... 60 Pacific Coast Branch Report ................................................................................................... 61 National History Center Report .............................................................................................. 63 Council, Division, and Committee Members .......................................................................... 67 Awards, Prizes, Fellowships, and Grants ................................................................................ 75 Awards and Prizes ........................................................................................................................................ 76 Fellowships and Grants ................................................................................................................................ 80 Members ............................................................................................................................... 83 25-Year Members of the American Historical Association .......................................................................... 84 50-Year Members of the American Historical Association .......................................................................... 85 Life Members of the American Historical Association ................................................................................ 90 Donors to the American Historical Association ...................................................................... 93 Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report ...................................................... 99 1 | Page AHA Annual Report 2019 2 | Page AHA Annual Report 2019 Minutes of the 134th Business Meeting 3 | Page AHA Annual Report 2019 American Historical Association Business Meeting Sunday, January 5, 2020 5:15–7:30 p.m. New York Hilton, Mercury Ballroom (3rd Floor) Minutes AHA president John McNeill (Georgetown University) called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. He informed attendees that in the interest of time, the traditional reports from the AHA’s three divisions would not be delivered orally during the meeting but would be printed in the 2019 annual report. McNeill introduced Karin Wulf (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture) who provided the report of the Nominating Committee, including the names of the elected members of the Council and Nominating Committee. AHA executive director James Grossman presented the executive director’s report. He highlighted AHA activities including the nearly completed renovation of the AHA headquarters office; the second annual Department Chairs Workshop; the appointment of a NARA Review Committee to assist the Association in monitoring conditions at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and to serve as a resource to decision-makers at NARA; and the establishment of the Stofer Fund to support the involvement of community college and public school teachers in AHA activities. Grossman said that the AHA had issued a record 25 advocacy statements over the past year. McNeill presented AHA immediate past president Mary Beth Norton (Cornell University) with a plaque commemorating her service to the AHA and the discipline. He thanked he for her help in the past year. McNeill reviewed procedures for discussing and voting on the four member-proposed resolutions, which had been printed and distributed to attendees of the meeting. Resolution on Supporting Scholars Off the University Tenure Track McNeill noted that in December 2019 the AHA Council had passed a Resolution Supporting Scholars off the Higher Education Tenure Track, a modified version of the original resolution submitted by members for consideration at the business meeting. Laura Morreale (independent scholar, Washington, DC), an organizer of the original resolution, moved to withdraw the original resolution as submitted. McNeill asked for objections. Hearing none, the resolution was withdrawn. Resolution Condemning Affiliations between ICE and Higher Education McNeill called for discussion of the proposed (by petition) Resolution Condemning Affiliations between ICE and Higher Education. The following members spoke in favor of the proposed resolution: Alex Avina (Arizona State University), Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology), Kevin Young (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Ashley Black (Cal State University, Stanislas), and Andor Skotnes (Sage College). The following members spoke in opposition to the proposed resolution: Mary Beth Norton (Cornell University), Andrew Pedry (Riverside Military Academy), William James Hoffer (Seton Hall University), and Rachel Pedry. 4 | Page AHA Annual Report 2019 McNeill called for a vote on the resolution. Voting cards were distributed and collected with the following results: 70 in favor; 60 against; and 1 abstention. McNeill reminded attendees that in accordance with the AHA bylaws, all measures adopted by the business meeting shall come before the Council for acceptance, nonconcurrence, or veto. Resolution on Protecting the Right to Education in Palestine-Israel McNeill called for discussion of the proposed ((by petition) Resolution on Protecting the Right to Education in Palestine-Israel. The following members spoke in favor of the proposed resolution: Joan Wallach Scott (Institute for Advanced Study), Robyn Spencer (Lehman College, CUNY), Leena Dallasheh (Humboldt State University), Greg Afinogenov (Georgetown University), and Rebecca Karl (New York University). The following members spoke in opposition to the proposed resolution: Sharon Musher (Stockton University), David Bell (Princeton University), Andrew Pedry (Riverside Military Academy), and Alice Kessler-Harris (Columbia Univ). Rebecca Karl (New York University) moved to amend the resolution to bring it to a vote of the entire membership. Leena Dallasheh (Humboldt State University) seconded the motion. Amendment to the Resolution Barbara Weinstein (New York University) spoke in favor of the amendment to the resolution. David Greenberg (Rutgers University) spoke in opposition the amendment. Meeting attendees called for a point of order regarding the imperative of speaking to the motion to amend currently on the floor. Parliamentarian Kenneth Ledford (Case Western Reserve University) reminded speakers to comment on the proposed amendment, not the original resolution. Elizabeth Bishop (Texas State University) spoke in support of the amendment. Ledford responded to a parliamentary inquiry from Charles Hendricks and said that the motion under discussion had to be voted up or down by ballot. Ledford said that the resolution would go to a vote of the full membership only if both the amendment and the resolution were passed. He added that the AHA constitution provides that any actions of the meeting would go to Council for veto, nonconcurrence, or approval and that the AHA bylaws allow Council to submit at their discretion any measure adopted by the business meeting to a vote of the entire membership. Roger Horowitz (Hagley Museum and Library) spoke against the amendment. Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology) spoke in favor of the amendment. Sharon Musher (Stockton University) spoke in opposition to the amendment. A meeting attendee called for a point of information regarding the cost of sending the resolution to a vote of the full membership. Executive director Jim Grossman responded that the