Current Officers, Directors & Committees
The dates in parentheses after each name indicate when the person’s term began. Members of the Board of Directors serve for terms of three years.
Lists of officers, directors, and committee members for previous years may be found here.
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PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
President: Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota
President-Elect: Mitra Sharafi, University of Wisconsin
Secretary: Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Treasurer: Kyle Volk, University of Montana
SPECIAL OFFICERS
Memorialists, Laura Kalman (2020), University of California, Santa Barbara and Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020) University of Pennsylvania
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michelle McKinley (2022), University of Oregon
Sam Erman (2022), University of Michigan*
Elizabeth Katz (2022), University of Florida
Catherine Evans (2022), University of Toronto
Jelani Hayes (2022), Yale University, Graduate Student Member
Fahad Bishara (2023), University of Virginia
Daniel Ernst (2023), Georgetown University
Elizabeth Kamali (2023), Harvard University*
Amalia Kessler (2023), Stanford University
Anne Twitty (2023), Stanford University
Sally Hadden (2024), Western Michigan University
Kate Masur (2024), Northwestern University
Kim Welch (2024), Vanderbilt University
Jane Manners (2024), Temple University
Will Smiley (2024), University of New Hampshire
Michael Willrich (ex officio, Immediate Past President), Brandeis University
* Executive Committee Member
COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
Members of all committees except the Finance Committee, the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee, and the Local Arrangements Committee, serve three-year terms. Members of the Finance Committee and the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee serve six-year terms. Members of the Local Arrangements Committee serve one-year terms. The date of appointment is indicated in parens.
ACLS Delegate
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Rutgers University, Camden
Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Justin Simard (2022), Michigan State University (chair)
Geneva Smith (graduate student representative, 2021), Yale University
Mitra Sharafi (ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Wisconsin
Hardeep Dhillon (2022), University of Pennsylvania/American Bar Foundation
Doris Morgan Rueda (2023), Stanford University
Constance Backhouse (2023), University of Ottowa
Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Detroit, 2025)
TBA
Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting (Detroit, 2025)
TBA
Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020), University of Pennsylvania (co-chair)
Robert W. Gordon (2020), Stanford University (co-chair)
Rabia Belt (2021), Stanford University
Intisar Rabb (2021), Harvard University
Christopher Schmidt (2021), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Emily Kadens (2021), Northwestern University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex-officio, Chair, Finance Committee), Rutgers University, Camden
Hurst Institute Selection Committee (2025)
Thomas McSweeney, William and Mary University (chair)
Serena Mayeri, University of Pennsylvania
Kalyani Ramnath, Columbia University
Biniamin Blum, UC San Francisco College of Law
Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Gregory Ablavsky (2022), Stanford University (chair)
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law and History Review), American University
Ari Schriber (2022), University of Toronto
Binyamin Blum (2021), UC Law San Francisco
Uponita Mukherjee (2023), Fordham University
Laura Weinrib (2023), Harvard University
Committee on Documentary Preservation
Peter Reich (2020), University of California, Los Angeles (chair)
Finance Committee
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Rutgers University, Camden (chair)
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, President), University of Minnesota
Michael Willrich (ex-officio, immediate past president), Brandeis University
Charles Donahue (2021), Harvard University
Malick Ghachem (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ajay Mehrota (2021), Northwestern University
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip Thai (2019), Northeastern University
Felicia Kornbluh (2022), University of Vermont, (ex officio, Chair, Projects & Proposals Committee)
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, president-elect): University of Minnesota
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2021), University of Pennsylvania
James Q. Whitman (2023), Yale University
Amalia Kessler (2023), Stanford University
Kevin Arlyck (2023), Georgetown University
Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2022), Davidson College (chair)
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Membership Committee), University of Maryland
Lauren Feldman (2022), Johns Hopkins University
Jelani Hayes (2022, ex-officio as grad representative on board), Yale University
Chao Ren (2021), University of Michigan
Katharina Schmidt (2022), Max Planck Institute
Omar Abdel-Ghaffar (2023), Harvard University (graduate student representative)
Nicole Breault (2023), Univ. of Texas-El Paso
Ari Bryen (ex-officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University
Honors Committee
Bruce Mann (2022), Harvard University (chair)
John Witt (2022), Yale University
Jane Burbank (2021), New York University
Rebecca Scott (2021), University of Michigan
Wallace Johnson First Book Program Committee
Christopher Schmidt (2023), Chicago-Kent Law School (chair)
Sam Erman (2021), University of Michigan
Laura Kalman (2021), University of California at Santa Barbara
Kurt Graham (2021), National Archives and Records Administration
Lisa Ford (2020), University of New South Wales
Rohit De (2022), Yale University
Membership Committee
Holly Brewer (2021), University of Maryland (chair)
Victoria Saker Woeste (2022), Indiana University
Catherine MacMillan (2022) King’s College London
Clara Altman (2022), Federal Judicial Center
Alyssa Penick (2022), University of Virginia
Anne Twitty (2022) University of Missouri
Timo McGregor (2021) Yale University
Sam Erman (2023), University of Michigan
Ari Bryen (ex officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University
Nominating Committee
Ada Maria Kuskowski (2022), University of Pennsylvania (co-chair)
Sophia Lee (2022), University of Pennsylvania
Susanna Blumenthal (2023), University of Minnesota
Rohit De (2024), Yale University
Alison LaCroix, University of Chicago
Projects and Proposals Committee
Felicia Kornbluh (2022), University of Vermont, (chair)
Mitra Sharagi(ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Wisconsin
Andrew Wender Cohen (2021), Syracuse University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Chair, Hurst Committee), University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sarah L.H. Gronningsater (2022), University of Pennsylvania
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Malick Ghachem (2021), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Willrich (ex-officio, immediate past President), Brandeis University
Brooke Depenbusch (2023), University of Illinois, Springfield
Naama Maor (2023), Tel Aviv University
Publications Committee
Catherine Fisk (2022), University of California, Berkeley (co-chair)
Daniel Ernst (2023), Georgetown University (co-chair)
Siobahn Barco (2022), Princeton University
Kellen Funk (2022), Columbia University
Kris Collins (2023), University of Michigan
Lauren Benton (2023), Yale University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Ford (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of New South Wales
Craig Joyce (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), University of Houston
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Reuel Schiller (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of California, Hastings College of Law
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Charles Zelden (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), Nova Southeastern University
Thomas McSweeney (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), William and Mary
Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Nate Holdren, Associate Editor (Book Reviews, Americas), Drake University
Jedediah Kronke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific), University of Hong Kong
Sara McDougall, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Editors, Studies in Legal History
Lisa Ford, University of New South Wales
Thomas McSweeney, William and Mary
Taisu Zhang, Yale University
Reuel Schiller, UC Law San Francisco
Jane Burbank Legal History Article Prize
Lauren Benton (2022), Yale University (chair)
Nandini Chatterjee (2022), University of Exeter
Victor Uribe (2022), Florida International University
Fei-Hsien Wang (2022), Indiana Univeristy
Will Smiley (2023), University of New Hampshire
Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2019), William Nelson Cromwell Foundation (chair)
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2022), University of Southern California
Cynthia Nicoletti (2022), University of Virginia
David Rabban (2022), University of Texas
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto
Daniel Farbman (2022), Boston College
Jane Dailey (2022), University of Chicago
Doris Morgan Rueda (2022), Stanford University
Jane Manners (2021), Temple University
Evan Taparata (2021), University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Giuliana Perrone (2023), University of California-Santa Barbara
Marie-Amelie George (2023), Wake Forest University
Bill Novak (2023), University of Michigan
Kristin Olbertson (2023), Alma College
Steven Wilf (2023), University of Connecticut
Cromwell Book Prize Subcommittee
Cynthia Nicoletti (2022), University of Virginia (chair)
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2022), University of Southern California
Sara Mayeux (2022), Vanderbilt University
David Rabban (2022), University of Texas
Bill Novak (2023), University of Michigan
Cromwell Article Prize Subcommittee
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto (chair)
Daniel Farbman (2022), Boston College
Giuliana Perrone (2023), University of California-Santa Barbara
Marie-Amelie George (2023), Wake Forest University
Cromwell Dissertation Prize Subcommittee
Lee B. Wilson (2021), Clemson University (chair)
Emily Prifogle (2022), University of Michigan
Maeve Glass (2022), Columbia University
Kristin Olbertson (2023), Alma College
Steven Wilf (2023), University of Connecticut
Committee on Cromwell Fellowships
Jane Manners (2021), Temple University (chair)
Jane Dailey (2022), University of Chicago
Doris Morgan Rueda (2022), Stanford University
Evan Taparata (2021), University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Kara Swanson (2023), Northeastern University
Mary Dudziak Prize Committee
David Tanenhaus (2021), University of Nevada, Las Vegas (chair)
Mitra Sharafi (ex officio, President-elect), University of Wisconsin
Katrina Jagodinsky (2021), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kellen Funk (2021), Columbia Law School
Anne Fleming Prize Committee
Editors of Law and History Review and Enterprise and Society
Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Kunal Parker (2021), University of Miami, (chair)
Kate Masur (2022), Northwestern University
Mary Dudziak (2022), Emory University
Cornelia Dayton (2023), University of Connecticut
Laura Edwards (2023), Princeton University
Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Sueann Caulfield (2021), University of Michigan (chair)
Pär Cassel (2022), University of Michigan
Fahad Bishara (2023), University of Virginia
Karl Shoemaker (2023), University of Wisconsin
Surrency Prize Committee
Aaron Hall (2023), University of Minnesota (chair)
Sara McDougall (2023), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Lhost (2023), Program Manager, Modern Endangered Archives Program, UCLA Library
Deborah Dinner (2021), Cornell University
Sutherland Prize Committee
Julia Rudolph (2022), North Carolina State University (chair)
Hannah Weiss Muller (2021), Brandeis University
Elizabeth Papp Kamali (2023), Harvard University
Catherine Evans (2023), University of Toronto
Tom Johnson (2023), York University
Student Research Colloquium Faculty Directors
Daniel Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto
Working Group on Digital Initiatives
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota, (chair)
Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Siobahn Barco, Princeton University
Emily Prifogle, University of Michigan
Nate Holdren, Drake University
Naama Maor, Tel Aviv University
Jon Connolly, University of Illinois, Chicago
Professional Liaison Committee
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota (ex officio, President)
Mitra Sharafi, University of Wisconsin (ex officio, President-Elect)
Lucy Salyer, University of New Hampshire (Board Member)
Max Planck-ASLH Prize for European History in Global Perspective
Lauren Benton (2024), Yale University (chair)
Thomas Duve (2024), Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Fahad Bishara (2024), University of Virginia