Officers

Society of Early Americanists Council of Officers

Executive Officers, 2025 – 2027

Kelly Wisecup, President (Northwestern University)
Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Vice President (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Caroline Wigginton, Executive Coordinator (University of Mississippi)

Advisory Officers

Immediate Past President, Sandra Gustafson (University of Notre Dame)
SEAN Editor, Mary M. Balkun (Seton Hall University)
Webmaster, Jeremy Dibbell (Binghamton University)
Media and Communications Chair, James M. Greene (Indiana State University)
Officer for Scholarly Engagement and Access, April Langley (University of South Carolina)
EARAM-L Moderator, Cathy Rex (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)
At-Large Representative, Kimberly Takahata (Villanova University)
SEA Emerging Scholars Caucus chair, Lauren Santoru (University of Alabama)

Past Presidents

2023-25: Sandra Gustafson, University of Notre Dame
2021-23: Ralph Bauer, University of Maryland
2019-21: Patrick M. Erben, University of West Georgia
2017-19: Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon
2015-17: Laura M. Stevens, University of Tulsa
2013-15: Kristina Bross, Purdue University
2011-13: Hilary E. Wyss, Trinity College
2009-11: Susan Imbarrato, Minnesota State University Moorhead
2007-09: Thomas W. Krise, University of Guam
2005-07: Dennis Moore, Florida State University
2003-05: Zabelle Stodola, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2001-03: Philip Gould, Brown University
1999-2001: David S. Shields, University of South Carolina
1997-99: Sharon Harris, University of Connecticut
1995-97: Rosemary Fithian Guruswamy, Radford University
1990-95: Carla Mulford, Founding President, Pennsylvania State University

 

 

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