About

The association is governed by its members who elect a president, president-elect, council, and nominating committee. The latter consists of five members, each serving a two-year term. The council consists of the president, president-elect, executive director, seven regularly elected members (serving three-year terms). Past presidents and executive directors serve two years succeeding their terms of office.

Constitution

Constitution and Bylaws

President

  • Albert Hurtado (2014)
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Office:  405-325-6002
  • ahurtado@ou.edu

President-Elect

  • Donald Worster (2015)
  • University of Kansas
  • Office:  785-864-9474 (or 7828)
  • dworster@ku.edu

Executive Director

  • Kevin Fernlund (2014)
  • University of Missouri, St. Louis
  • Office: 314-516-7282
  • wha@umsl.edu

Council

Publications

Parliamentarian

  • Thomas Alexander
  • Brigham Young University

2013 Tucson Program Committee

Kathleen Brosnan, Co-Chair, University of Houston
KBrosnan@UH.EDU

Douglas Sackman, Co-Chair, University of Puget Sound
dsackman@pugetsound.edu

Benny Andres, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
bandres@uncc.edu

William Bauer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
wbauer@unlv.edu

Barb Berglund, University of South Florida
bberglund@usf.edu

Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University
g-cadava@northwestern.edu

Jon Christensen, Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University
jonchristensen@stanford.edu

Lori Cox-Paul, National Archives in Kansas City
lori.cox-paul@nara.gov

Mark Goldberg, University of Houston
magoldbe@uh.edu

Marianne Keddington-Lang, University of Washington Press
mkedlang@u.washington.edu

Paul Kelton, University of Kansas
pkelton@ku.edu

Modupe Labode, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
mlabode@iupui.edu

Cali McCullough, Arizona State University
cali.mccullough@asu.edu

Amy Scott, Bradley University
alscott@bradley.edu

Nayan Shah, University of California, San Diego
nbshah@ucsd.edu

Adam Sowards, University of Idaho
asowards@uidaho.edu

Jay Taylor, Simon Fraser University
taylorj@sfu.ca

Cecilia Tsu, University of California, Davis
cmtsu@ucd.edu

Lissa Wadewitz, Linfield College
lwadewi@linfield.edu

Marsha Weisiger, University of Oregon
weisiger@uoregon.edu

Sponsors

  • ALIC Archives Library Information Center
  • A. K. Smiley Public Library – Redlands, California
  • Amon Carter Museum – Fort Worth
  • Arizona Historical Society
  • Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records
  • Autry Museum of Western Heritage – Los Angeles
  • Bancroft Library – University of California, Berkeley
  • Boise National Forest
  • Center for Transportation Studies – University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Center for Western Studies, Dr. Harry Thompson – Augustana College
  • Charles Redd Center for Western Studies – Brigham Young University
  • Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma – Norman, Oklahoma
  • Colorado Historical Society
  • Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
  • DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
  • Denver Public Library
  • Godfrey Memorial Library – Middletown, Connecticut
  • History Compass, LLC
  • The Huntington Library
  • John & LaRee Caughey Foundation
  • JRP Historical Consulting
  • Longmont Museum & Cultural Center – Longmont, Colorado
  • Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies – Joslyn Art Museum
  • Montana Historical Society
  • Mormon History Association
  • Nebraska State Historical Society
  • Nevada Historic Preservation
  • New Mexico State Records Center & Archives
  • Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society
  • Oklahoma State University, Department of History
  • Saint Louis Mercantile Library
  • Society of California Pioneers
  • Stark Museum of Art
  • Theodore Roosevelt Nature & History Association
  • True West Publishing, Inc. – True West Magazine
  • University of Missouri-St. Louis, School of Education
  • University of Missouri-St. Louis, Department of History
  • University of New Mexico, Department of History
  • University of Oklahoma, Department of History
  • University of Oklahoma Libraries
  • University of Utah Press
  • University of Washington, Department of History
  • University of Wyoming Libraries
  • Utah State University
  • Western Writers of America

2012 Denver Local Arrangements

Tom Noel, Co-Chair, University of Colorado, Denver
Tom.Noel@ucdenver.edu

Jim Kroll, Co-Chair, Western History & Genealogy, Denver Public Library
jkroll@denverlibrary.org

Thomas Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder

William Convery, History Colorado State Historian

Derek Everett, Colorado State University

James Fell, Colorado Mountain Club

Mark Fiege, Colorado State University

Steve Friesen, Buffalo Bill Museum

Ernest House, Jr., Ute Mountain Utes

Rebecca Hunt, University of Colorado, Denver

Anne Hyde, Colorado College

Holly Arnold Kinney, The Fort Restaurant

Patty Limerick, University of Colorado, Boulder

Matt Makley, Metropolitan State College of Denver

John Monnett, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Ed Nichols, CEO, History Colorado

Jared Orisi, Colorado State University

Duane Smith, Fort Lewis College

Jim Walsh,  Regis University

Steve Weil, CEO, Rockmount Western Wear

WHA Financial Advisory Board

WHA Nominating Committee

  • Alessandra Tamulevich, Chair (2012)
  • University of Oklahoma Press
  • Office: 650-993-8314
  • jacobi@ou.edu
  • Durwood Ball (2012)
  • University of New Mexico
  • Office: 505-277-7847
  • lball@unm.edu
  • Kathleen Brosnan (2013)
  • University of Houston
  • Office: 713-743-3120
  • Kbrosnan@uh.edu
  • Margaret Jacobs (2013)
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Office: 402-472-2417
  • mjacobs3@unl.edu

Membership Committee

  • Francis Flavin, Chair, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
  • Gordon Bakken, California State University, Fullerton
  • Patricia Limerick, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Holly Arnold Kinney, Tesoro Foundation/ The Fort Restaurant, Denver, Colorado
  • David Lewis, Utah State University/Western Historical Quarterly
  • Patricia Loughlin, University of Central Oklahoma
  • Sterling Fluharty, Graduate Student Representative

WHA Technology Committee

  • Douglas Seefeldt, Chair, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Paula Petrik, Chair, George Mason University
  • Nathan Wilson , University of Tulsa
  • Leslie Working, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Francis Flavin, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
  • David Long, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Committee on Teaching and Public Education

  • Brian Collier, Co-Chair, University of Notre Dame
  • Lindsey Passenger Wieck, Co-Chair, University of Notre Dame
  • Peter Blodgett, The Huntington  Library
  • John Bieter, Boise State University
  • Paivi Hoikkala, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • William Destefano, Tucson, Arizona
  • Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Berta Simic, Our Lady of Lourdes, Washington, Missouri
  • Annette Atkins, St. John’s University
  • Leisl Carr Childers, Northern Arizona University
  • Linda Sargent Wood, Northern Arizona University

Committee on Race in the American West

Regular Committee:

  • Maria Montoya, Chair, New York University
  • Karen Leong, Arizona State University
  • Pablo Mitchell, Oberlin College

Advisers to CRAW:

  • Katie Benton-Cohen, Georgetown University
  • Karl Jacoby, Brown University
  • Kevin Leonard, Western Washington University
  • Ernie Chavez, University of Texas, El Paso
  • Modupe Labode, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
  • Kent Blansett, University of Minnesota, Morris
  • Barbara Reyes, University of New Mexico
  • Emma Pérez, University of Colorado, Boulder

WHA Staff

  • Kevin Fernlund, Executive Director
  • University of Missouri, St. Louis
  • Office: 314-516-7282
  • wha@umsl.edu
  • Betty Ditmeyer
  • Membership Coordinator
  • Office: 314-516-7270
  • wha@umsl.edu