About the Pacific Coast Branch

Who We Are

The American Historical Association (AHA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research.

As the largest historical society in the United States, the AHA serves as the umbrella organization for historians. In this role, it conducts an active scholarly and professional program for historians interested in every period and geographical area. Among its 15,000 members are faculty at secondary schools and two– and four–year colleges and universities, independent historians, and historians in museums, historical organizations, libraries and archives, government, and other areas.

The Pacific Coast Branch (PCB) was organized in 1903 to serve members of the American Historical Association living in the Western States of the United States and the Western Provinces of Canada. All members of the AHA living in those areas, therefore, are also members of the Branch. Dues of the parent and branch association are handled by the Executive Director of the AHA, 400 A Street, S.E., Washington, D.C.

Independent of the AHA itself, the Pacific Coast Branch maintains business offices at:

Michael Green
Department of History
UNLV
Box 455020
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5020

The Pacific Coast Branch also publishes the Pacific Historical Review (PHR), which carries all information on Branch affairs. Individual subscribers of the PHR are also voting members of the PCB. Subscriptions to the Review are made through the Journals Division, University of California Press, Oakland, CA 94612.

Our Officers

Officers:

  • President: Andrew L. Johns, Brigham Young University
  • President-elect: David Johnson, Portland State University
  • Executive Director: Michael Green, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Managing Editor, Pacific Historical Review: Marc S. Rodriguez, Portland State University

Council:

  • Ex-Officio: The President, President-Elect, Executive Director, and Managing Editor of the Pacific Historical Review
  • Former President: Mary Elizabeth Berry, University of California, Berkeley
  • Former President: Katherine G. Morrissey, University of Arizona
  • Former President: George J. Sánchez, University of Southern California

Elected Members:

  • Chia Yin Hsu, Portland State University (2019)
  • Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta (2019)
  • Tara Travis, National Park Service (2019)
  • Sara Dant, Weber State University (2020)
  • Andrea Geiger, Simon Fraser University (2020)
  • Natale A. Zappia, Whittier College (2020)
  • Jason Colby, University of Victoria (2021)
  • Jessica Kim, California State University, Northridge (2021)
  • Marsha Weisiger, University of Oregon (2021)

Nominations Committee

  • Stacey Smith, Oregon State University, chair (2019)
  • Anna Booker, Whatcom Community College (2019)
  • Tamara Venit-Shelton, Claremont McKenna College (2019)
  • Marne Campbell, Loyola Marymount University (2020)
  • Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Riverside (2020)

Teaching Committee

  • Kimber Quinney, California State University, San Marcos, chair (2021)
  • Utathya Chattopadhyaya, University of California, Santa Barbara (2020)
  • Rob MacDonald, College of Southern Nevada (2020)
  • Allison Madar, University of Oregon (2020)
  • Dustin Walcher, Southern Oregon University (2020)
  • Jeff Nokes, Brigham Young University (2021)