Thanks and congratulations are due to the winners. Our appreciation goes to this year's other nominees, as well: Ken Curtis, Tim Connell, Joel Tishken, Craig Benjamin, Phil Sinitiere, and Luke Clossey. Thank you so much, all of you, for your commitment to the WHA.
The WHA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Executive Council and Executive Officer election, as follows:
Vice-President: Alfred J. Andrea
Alfred (Al) Andrea, professor emeritus of medieval world history, the University of Vermont, received his Ph.D. from Cornell University (1969), where he specialized in cross-cultural religious interchange. At UVM, he instituted a world history program and taught a variety of world history courses from the basic survey to graduate seminars. The latter largely focused on long-distance travel and interchange.
The author or editor of 11 books and numerous articles and pamphlets, his major contribution to world history pedagogy is The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 2 vols. (coauthored with James Overfield), now entering its 6th edition. He also serves as General Editor of the ABC-Clio World History Encyclopedia, 21 vols. (2008), and Series Editor for Prentice Hall's Connections: Key Themes in World History series.
He has served the WHA in a variety of functions. While on the Executive Council (1999-2002), he assumed the chair of two committees: Student Paper Prizes Committee (2000- present) and Membership (2001-04). In 2004 he became chair of the Conferences Committee and in 2005 chair of the Fund-Raising Committee, posts he still holds. He served on the Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee (2003) and the Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a New Executive Director (2007).
Other world history work includes consulting with ETS regarding AP World History, presenting classes and workshops at various world history teacher institutes, and serving as an officer of the Northeast Regional WHA.
Treasurer: Carolyn Neel
Currently Project Editor for world history encyclopedia being published by ABC-Clio. In my rambunctious past, I had a career with the government as a government project officer during which time (among routine projects) I moved two cemeteries and one railroad. As a project officer I managed annual budgets in excess of $23 million. After a period as a business broker, I returned to college to study history. At the University of North Texas, I became friends with Bullitt Lowry, an enthusiastic supporter of the WHA. With his encouragement, I applied to the University of Hawai'i to pursue a doctorate in world history. There, I trained in world history, modern China, modern Europe, and European intellectual history. I was a teaching assistant for three years and editorial assistant to Jerry Bentley for the Journal of World History for one year. I was an adjunct instructor for Hawai'i Pacific University for three years and taught honors World Civilizations courses at UH.
In 2003-4 I participated in the Annenberg Bridging World History project as the web content writer and wrote nine of the lectures upon which the series was based. I am currently the WHA Program Chair. Doing that, while riding herd on General Editor Al Andrea and the gang responsible for the World History Encyclopedia Project, keeps me occupied and generally out of trouble.
I have no plans for retirement (tried it once, and wasn't good at it). Realizing that it is critical for Americans to develop an understanding of world history, I plan to do everything possible to spread the message. My goal as Treasurer would be to make sure we always know where every available dollar resides, to stretch a buck as far as it can go, and to explore all avenues of maximizing income without adding to members’ expenses.
Secretary: Ane Lintvedt
This is my 24th year teaching History in high school, which I began after earning my BA and MA in History. I started to teach World History 9 years ago, and I have been an active member of the WHA since then. In addition to serving as a member of the Executive Council and currently as the Secretary, I am involved in the AP exam scoring, serve on the SAT II World History Subject Test development committee, and have just finished serving on the College Board Redesign Committee for AP World History. I have presented world history papers at NCSS, WHA, and AHA annual meetings.
I have tried to combine scholarly activities with my teaching career, and I believe that makes me particularly useful on the WHA Executive Committee. I can speak for teachers “in the trenches”, as it were, as well as understand the research- and degree-oriented world in which college and university people live.
I think there are three issues that the WHA can continue to address in regards to teaching World History in the classroom: the fate of history/social studies under NCLB, the continual need to train new teachers in summer workshops, and the need to reach out to non-AP teachers with the most current scholarship and pedagogy in World History curricula. For the WHA as an organization, there is a pervasive need to grow the membership to enable us to fund programs and conferences for world historians, and a need to continue to make alliances with local and international groups of world historians.
Executive Council:
Craig Lockard
Craig A. Lockard is Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where he teaches Asian, African, and world history. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Southeast Asian and comparative world history (1973). Among his many published books, articles, and reviews are Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History (Houghton Mifflin, 2007); Lands of Green, Waters of Blue: Southeast Asia in World History (Oxford University, forthcoming); and Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia (University of Hawaii, 1997). He was the first secretary of the World History Association and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of World History, The History Teacher, and the Journal of Asian Studies.
As one of the founders of the WHA and an active member ever since I can offer an institutional memory as the organization grows and considers new initiatives. I am particularly interested in encouraging new graduate programs, expanding world history preparation for prospective teachers, and strengthening links to area studies scholarly organizations.
Laura Wangerin
I am currently an upper school history teacher at the Latin School of Chicago, where I teach world history as well as other courses. During my teaching career, I have been recognized for implementation of innovative teaching techniques and the effective utilization of technology in the classroom. I also have extensive business and managerial experience. My educational background includes an AB from Ripon College, an MA in history from Indiana University, and an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I have been a supporter and member of the WHA since 2005, attending and participating in conferences in Morocco, Long Beach, and Milwaukee. I feel that my skills and background in business, history, teaching and technology will complement the current expertise of the Executive Council and allow me to make a very real impact in helping the WHA to achieve its organizational and business goals, including the continuing enhancement of its position as a truly international organization, the active recruitment of younger members, and a well-developed web presence.
Heather Streets
Heather Streets is an Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, where she is director of the Ph.D. program in World History. Since 2002 she has been co-editor of World History Connected: the Ejournal of Learning and Teaching, which is devoted to innovative teaching practices and research in the field of world history. Streets teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in world history, and her current research focuses on the administrative and nationalist connections between French Indochina, British Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies.