{"id":13,"date":"2009-07-07T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:55:32","slug":"officers-and-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Officers and Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Council<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Conference is governed by a Council composed of the Conference President, Vice-President, Executive Director, Past President, editors of the Hispanic American Historical Review, The Americas, and H-LatAm; and six members elected to two-year terms.<\/p>\n

Executive Committee:
\n<\/strong><\/span>President:<\/em> Alejandra Bronfman
\nVice President and President-Elect:<\/em> Herman Bennett
\nPast President:<\/em> Celso Castilho
\nExecutive Director:<\/em> Erika Denise Edwards<\/p>\n

Elected Members:<\/strong>
\nAdriana Chira (2025-2026)
\nErnesto Capello (2025-2026)
\nHaley Schroer (2025-2026)
\nYuko Miki (2026-2027)
\nV\u00edctor M. Mac\u00edas-Gonz\u00e1lez (2026-2027)
\nJennifer L. Schaefer (2026-2027)<\/p>\n

Ex-Officio Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n

HAHR Editor: <\/em>William Summerhill
\nThe Americas Editor:<\/em> Ivonne Wallace Fuentes
\nH-LatAm Editors:<\/em> Marc Becker and John F. Schwaller<\/p>\n


\nStanding Committees<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Conference has several standing committees, including the Nominating and Program Committees, in addition to its prize selection committees.\u00a0 The Conference can also constitute special committees in order to carry out programs approved by the General Committee and\/or the membership.<\/p>\n

Nominating Committee:<\/strong>
\nRaymond B. Craib (chair)
\nEric Zolov
\nChristine Ehrick<\/p>\n

Program Committee:<\/strong>
\nJeffrey Erbig (2026 chair)
\nBeau Gaitors (2027 chair)
\nMar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles Picone<\/p>\n

Regional\/Topical Sections<\/span><\/h2>\n

In order to promote scholarship germane to their respective regions and periods, the Conference has established ten Regional Sections as well as a Teaching\/Teaching Materials Sections which may be joined only by Conference members. These groups are:<\/p>\n

Andean Studies:<\/span>
\nSilvia Escanilla Huerta, Chair
\nGonzalo Romero Sommer, Secretary<\/p>\n

Atlantic World Studies:<\/strong>
\nFarren Yero, Chair
\nAna Mar\u00eda Silva Campo, Secretary<\/p>\n

Borderlands\/Frontiers:<\/strong>
\nXimena Sevilla, Chair
\nSarah Sarzynski, Secretary<\/p>\n

Brazilian Studies:<\/strong>
\nCourtney J. Campbell, Chair
\nJos\u00e9 Juan P\u00e9rez Mel\u00e9ndez, Secretary<\/p>\n

Caribbean Studies:<\/strong>
\nAlexa Rodr\u00edguez, Chair
\nM\u00f3nica A. Jim\u00e9nez, Secretary<\/p>\n

Central American Studies:<\/strong>
\nMelanie Y. White, Chair
\nSarah Foss, Secretary<\/p>\n

Southern Cone Studies:<\/strong>
\nAndra B. Chastain, Chair
\nJeffrey Erbig, Secretary<\/p>\n

Colonial Studies:<\/strong>
\nJoseph M. H. Clark, Chair
\nHannah R. Abrahamson, Secretary<\/p>\n

Gran Colombia Studies:<\/strong>
\nSantiago Mu\u00f1oz Arbel\u00e1ez, Chair
\nLaura Correa Ochoa, Secretary<\/p>\n

Mexican Studies<\/strong>
\nCarolina Ortega, Chair
\nLuis Herr\u00e1n-\u00c1vila, Secretary<\/p>\n

Teaching and Teaching Materials:<\/strong>
\nHannah Greenwald, Chair
\nIvonne Wallace Fuentes, Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Council The Conference is governed by a Council composed of the Conference President, Vice-President, Executive Director, Past President, editors of the Hispanic American Historical Review, The Americas, and H-LatAm; and six members elected to two-year terms. Executive Committee: President: Alejandra Bronfman Vice President and President-Elect: Herman Bennett Past President: Celso Castilho Executive Director: Erika Denise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9582,"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/9582"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clah.h-net.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}