New Members Elected to AAS
The following individuals have accepted membership in the Society after their election at the Semiannual Meeting on April 21, 2022.
Renée Ater, associate professor emerita, University of Maryland
Frederick U. Baron, High Ridge Books
Sharon Block, professor of history, University of California, Irvine
Michael S. Burd, retired investment banker and chief financial officer
Tara Bynum, assistant professor of English and African American studies, University of Iowa
David A. Chang, professor of history, University of Minnesota
Ann L. Chinn, founder, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Jeremy B. Dibbell, special collections librarian, Binghamton University
Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, director, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Benjamin Fagan, associate professor of English, Auburn University
John J. Garcia, assistant professor of English, Florida State University and vice president, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School
John G. Hanson, vice president and chief pricing strategist, Akamai Technologies
Melissa J. Homestead, professor of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Holly A. Jackson, associate professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sam Katz, founder and executive producer, History Making Productions
Laura Kitchings, independent historian and archivist
Barry M. Maloney, president, Worcester State University
Jeremy Markowitz, Americana specialist, James Cummins Bookseller
Robert Martello, professor of the history of science and technology, Olin College
Maria Montoya, Global Network Associate Professor of History, New York University and dean of arts and sciences, NYU Shanghai
Andrew D. Platt, vice president for finance, Ironside
Ousmane Power-Greene, associate professor of history, Clark University
Katherine Ruffin, director of the book studies program and lecturer in art, Wellesley College
Britt M. Rusert, associate professor, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Tamara P. Thornton, professor of history, University of Buffalo
Erin Williams, cultural development officer, City of Worcester and executive director, Worcester Cultural Coalition
Kelly E. Wisecup, associate professor of English, Northwestern University
Michael Witgen, professor, Department of History and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University