Current Committees

An archive of past committee members of the BHC is also available, as is a full explanation of the BHC's committee structure.

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Budget Committee
2022 to 2026

Sharon Murphy
Providence College, Professor of History
Chair 2023 to 2024

Budget Committee
2023 to 2027

Stephen Mihm
University of Georgia

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
2023 to 2026

Jessica Levy
Assistant Professor, Purchase College, SUNY
Chair 2025 to 2026

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
2024 to 2027

Valeria Giacomin
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University
Chair 2026 to 2027

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
2025 to 2028

John Wong
Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
Chair 2027 to 2028

Electronic Media Oversight Committee
2023 to 2026

Chinmay Tumbe
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Chair 2025 to 2026

Electronic Media Oversight Committee
2025 to 2027

Bartow J. Elmore
Ohio State University
Chair 2026 to 2027

Electronic Media Oversight Committee
2025 to 2028

John Wong
Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
Chair 2027 to 2028

Emerging Scholars Committee
2023 to 2026

Christoph Nitschke
University of Stuttgart
Chair 2024 to 2025

Emerging Scholars Committee
2023 to 2026

Paula Vedoveli
Assistant Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas
Chair 2025 to 2026

Emerging Scholars Committee
2024 to 2027

Daniel Rowe
University of Oxford
Chair 2026 to 2027

Emerging Scholars Committee
2024 to 2027

Melanie Sheehan
Hartwick College
Chair 2026 to 2027

Emerging Scholars Committee
2025 to 2026

Adam Frost
Postdoctoral Fellow Copenhagen Business School
Chair 2025 to 2026

Emerging Scholars Committee
2025 to 2028

John Handel
Baylor University
Chair 2027 to 2028

Emerging Scholars Committee
2025 to 2028

Ashton Merck
Independent Scholar
Chair 2027 to 2028

Executive Committee
2023 to 2027

Roger Horowitz
Director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at Hagley Museum and Library, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Delaware

Executive Committee
2024 to 2027

Rowena Olegario
Co-Director, Global History of Capitalism, University of Oxford

Executive Committee
2025 to 2027

Marcelo Bucheli
Gies College of Business and Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Executive Committee
2025 to 2029

Vicki Howard
University of Essex, Visiting Fellow, School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies, Journal Co-editor, "History of Retailing and Consumption" (Routledge)

Grants and Prizes Committee
2023 to 2026

Mark Wilson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Chair 2024 to 2025

Grants and Prizes Committee
2024 to 2027

Sarah Elvins
University of Manitoba
Chair 2025 to 2026

Grants and Prizes Committee
2025 to 2028

Walter Friedman
Harvard Business School
Chair 2026 to 2027

Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
2025 to 2026

Andrea Schneider-Braunberger
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte

Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
2025 to 2026

Aldo Musacchio
Brandeis University, NBER

Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program
2025 to 2028

David Sicilia
University of Maryland, Emeritus

Investments Committee
2023 to 2026

Julia Ott
Department of History, New School
Chair 2025 to 2026

Investments Committee
2024 to 2027

Sean H. Vanatta
University of Glasgow, Non-Resident Fellow, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, Princeton University
Chair 2026 to 2027

Investments Committee
2025 to 2028

David Thomson
Associate Professor of History, Sacred Heart University
Chair 2027 to 2028

Kerr Prize Committee
2023 to 2026

Laurent Beduneau-Wang
Assistant Professor, Africa Business School, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Rabat, Morocco), Associate Researcher, UMR G-EAU (Montpellier, France)
Chair 2024 to 2025

Kerr Prize Committee
2024 to 2027

Miguel A. López-Morell
Full Professor, Universidad de Murcia
Chair 2025 to 2026

Kerr Prize Committee
2024 to 2027

Marina Moskowitz
Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design, Professor Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin
Chair 2025 to 2026

Kerr Prize Committee
2024 to 2026

Mols Sauter
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Kerr Prize Committee
2024 to 2026

Joseph Slaughter
Wesleyan University, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Guns and Society

Krooss Dissertation Prize Committee
2023 to 2026

Rachel Gross
University of Colorado Denver
Chair 2024 to 2025

Krooss Dissertation Prize Committee
2024 to 2027

Ghassan Moazzin
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Chair 2025 to 2026

Nominating Committee
2024 to 2026

Veronique Pouillard-Maliks
University of Oslo

Nominating Committee
2025 to 2027

Heidi Tworek
University of British Columbia

Nominating Committee
2025 to 2028

Stephen Mihm
University of Georgia
Chair 2025 to 2026

Philip Scranton Best Article Prize Committee
2023 to 2026

Philip Thai
Associate Professor of History, Northeastern University
Chair 2024 to 2025

Philip Scranton Best Article Prize Committee
2024 to 2027

Matthew J. Bellamy

Chair 2025 to 2026

Print Media Oversight Committee
2023 to 2026

Victoria Barnes
Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
Chair 2025 to 2026

Print Media Oversight Committee
2024 to 2027

Xaq Frohlich
Auburn University
Chair 2026 to 2027

Print Media Oversight Committee
2025 to 2028

Beatriz Rodríguez-Satizábal
Assistant Professor, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad del Pacífico (Perú)
Chair 2027 to 2028

Program Committee
2025 to 2026

Jennifer Black
Associate Professor of History and Government, Misericordia University (2020-current), Assistant Professor of History and Government, Misericordia University (2014-2020)

Program Committee
2025 to 2026