Kerr Prize Committee

The Kerr Prize Committee selects the finalists in the Kerr Prize competition for the annual meeting each year and then the winner after hearing the presentations. The committee was expanded to six people in 2023. Note that the year always refers to the meeting year, at which terms begin and end.


Committee Member Term of Service Chair Term Notes on Service Edit Service to BHC
Justene Hill Edwards
Associate Professor, University of Virginia
2021 to 2024 Chair 2022 to 2023
Paige Glotzer
Assistant Professor and John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Chair in the History of Politics, Institutions, and Political Economy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2021 to 2024
Sarah Elvins
Department of History, University of Manitoba
2021 to 2024 Chair 2022 to 2023
Laurent Beduneau-Wang
Assistant Professor, Africa Business School, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Rabat, Morocco)
2023 to 2026
Adam Frost
Postdoctoral Fellow Copenhagen Business School
2023 to 2024
Sonia Jaimes-Penaloza
Adjunct Professor, Universidad Icesi
2023 to 2025