President
Earnest Perry
University of Missouri
email
(573) 882-4214

First Vice President
James McPherson
Whitworth University
jmcpherson@whitworth.edu
(509) 777-4429

Second Vice President
Therese Lueck
School of Communication
University of Akron
tlueck@uakron.edu
(330) 972-6093

Administrative Secretary
Carol Sue Humphrey
Oklahoma Baptist University
email
(405) 878-2221

Treasurer
Mavis Richardson
Minnesota State University
email
(507) 389-3299

Ex Officio Board Members
Julie Williams, former president
Samford University
email
(205)726-2250
January and summers: (205) 939-3215

Tamara K. Baldwin, former president
Southeast Missouri State University
email
(573) 651-2174

Fred Blevens, former president
Florida International University
email
(305) 919-4430

Jim R. Martin
Editor, American Journalism
University of North Alabama
email
(256) 765-4945

Jim Aucoin
Editor, Intelligencer newsletter
University of South Alabama
email
(251) 380-2806

Brian Carroll, AJHA Web master
Berry College
email
(706) 368-6944

Dale Cressman, AJHA historian
Brigham Young University
email
(801) 422-1686

Board of Directors
Ross F. Collins
North Dakota State University
email
(701) 231-7295

Mike Conway
Indiana University
email
(812) 856-1371

Dolores Flamiano
James Madison University
email
(540) 568-3034

Barbara Friedman
University of North Carolina
email
(919) 843-2099

Gwyneth Mellinger
Baker University
email
(785) 594-4554

Vanessa Murphree
University of South Alabama
email
(251) 455-3455

David Vergobbi
University of Utah
david.vergobbi@utah.edu
(801) 485-4626

Doug Ward
University of Kansas
(785) 864-7637
dbward@ku.edu

Julian Williams
Claflin University
email
(352) 871-2221

Committee Chairs

Awards:
Eugenia “Jean” Palmegiano
St. Peter’s College
email
201-761-6177

Blanchard Prize:
David Abrahamson
Northwestern University
email
(847) 467-4159

Conventions:
Patrick Cox
University of Texas
email
(512) 495-4533

Education:
Barbara Friedman
University of North Carolina
email
(919) 843-2099

Finance Committee:
Victoria Goff
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
email

Graduate Students:
Mark Slagle
University of North Carolina

Long-Range Planning:
Tammy Baldwin
Southeast Missouri State University
email
(573) 651-2174

Membership:
Paul Gates
Appalachian State University
email
(828) 262-2392

Nominations and Elections:
Caryl Cooper
University of Alabama
email
205.348.3593

Oral History:
Reed Smith
Georgia Southern University
email
(912) 681-0531

Outreach:
Gwyn Mellinger
Baker University
email
(785) 594-4554

Public Relations:
Vanessa Murphree
University of South Alabama
email
(251) 380-2800

Publications:
Paulette Kilmer
University of Toledo
email
(419) 530-4672

Research:
Janice Hume
University of Georgia
jhume@uga.edu
(706) 542-5980

History in the Curriculum:
David Sloan, co-chair
University of Alabama
email
(205) 348-8612

David Vergobbi, co-chair
University of Utah
david.vergobbi@utah.edu
(801) 581-3294