SHAFR Leadership

Executive Office

Melani McAlister

PRESIDENT

Melani McAlister (The George Washington University)

 

 

 

 Jay Sexton

VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT

Jay Sexton (University of Missouri)

 

Amy Sayward

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Amy Sayward (Middle Tennessee State University)

Kaete O'Connell

CONFERENCE CONSULTANT

Kaete O'Connell

IT CONSULTANT

George Fujii

 

 

 

Council

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

Elisabeth Leake

Tufts University

2027

COUNCIL

Kaeten Mistry

University of East Anglia

2027

 

 

TEACHING-CENTERED REPRESENTATIVE

Brian Etheridge

Kennesaw State University

2027

 

 

Council – Graduate Student Representatives

 

GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Alex Southgate

Temple University

2027

Chris Hulshof

GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Chris Hulshof 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2025

 

 

Past Presidents Serving on Council

Mitch Lerner - SHAFR Vice President

PAST PRESIDENT SERVING ON COUNCIL

Mitch Lerner (The Ohio State University)

2027

Mary Ann Heiss

PAST PRESIDENT SERVING ON COUNCIL

Mary Ann Heiss 

Kent State University

2026

 

Diplomatic History

Anne Foster

EDITOR

Anne Foster

Indiana State University

Petra Goedde

EDITOR

Petra Goedde

Temple University

 

PASSPORT

Brian Etheridge

EDITOR

Brian Etheridge
Kennesaw State University

Silke Zoller

EDITOR

Silke Zoller
Kennesaw State University