SHAFR Leadership

Executive Office

Mitch Lerner - SHAFR Vice President

PRESIDENT

Mitch Lerner (The Ohio State University)

Melani McAlister

VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT

Melani McAlister (The George Washington University)

Amy Sayward

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Amy Sayward (Middle Tennessee State University)

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR

Brian Etheridge

Kennesaw State University

Kaete O'Connell

CONFERENCE CONSULTANT

Kaete O'Connell

IT CONSULTANT

George Fujii

 

Council

Sarah Miller-Davenport

COUNCIL

Sarah Miller-Davenport

The University of Sheffield

2024

Vanessa Walker

COUNCIL

Vanessa Walker

Amherst College

2024

Molly Wood

 

TEACHING-CENTERED REPRESENTATIVE

Molly Wood

Wittenberg University

2024

Megan Black

COUNCIL

Megan Black

MIT

2025

Gretchen Heefner

COUNCIL

Gretchen Heefner

Northwestern University

2025

Jessica Gienow-Hecht

COUNCIL

Jessica Gienow-Hecht

Freie Universität Berlin

2025

Brooke Blower

COUNCIL

Brooke Blower

Boston University

2026

 

Christopher McKnight Nichols

COUNCIL

Christopher McKnight Nichols

The Ohio State University

2026

 

 

 

Council – Graduate Student Representatives

Kelsey Zavelo

GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Kelsey Zavelo

Duke University

2024

Chris Hulshof

GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Chris Hulshof 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2025

 

 

Past Presidents Serving on Council

Mary Ann Heiss

PAST PRESIDENT SERVING ON COUNCIL

Mary Ann Heiss 

Kent State University

2026

Laura Belmonte

PAST PRESIDENT SERVING ON COUNCIL

Laura Belmonte

Virginia Tech

2025

 

Diplomatic History

Anne Foster

EDITOR

Anne Foster

Indiana State University

Petra Goedde

EDITOR

Petra Goedde

Temple University

 

PASSPORT

EDITOR

Andrew Johns

Brigham Young University