Faculty Offices and Editorships
The faculty in the Department of History at Western Michigan University serves in various capacities in the global community. For additional information about our faculty, visit faculty directory pages and scholarworks.wmich.edu.
2015-16 Faculty Offices and editorships
Benac, David. Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission
Benac, David. Fountain of the Pioneers Restoration and Public Education Steering Committees
Berkhofer, Robert. Vice-President for North America, Haskins Society; President-elect, Haskins Society, 2015-16
Berkhofer, Robert. Medieval Institute Board and Medieval Institute Press Board
Berto, Luigi. Editorial Board, Mediterranean Studies
Berto, Luigi. Editorial Board, International Journal of Social Science Studies
Berto, Luigi. Editorial Board, Global Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Berto, Luigi. Editorial Board, Cultural and Religious Studies
Beyan, Amos. Book Review Editor, Liberian Studies Journal
Beyan, Amos. Documentary consultant, “The First Ten American Born Liberian Presidents”
Beyan, Amos. Editorial Board, Afrocological Perspectives
Beyan, Amos. Ofo: Journal of Transatlantic Studies and Liberian Studies Journal
Borish, Linda. Lead Editor, The Routledge History of American Sport
Coryell, Janet. Consultant, Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Gray, Marion. District History Day Judge
Hadden, Sally. Editorial board, Law and History Review and Advisory board, Southern Legal Studies series, University of Georgia Press
Hadden, Sally. Projects and Proposals committee, American Society for Legal History
Hadden, Sally. Website management, American Society for Legal History
Hadden, Sally. National secretary, American Society for Legal History
Hadden, Sally. Executive Committee, American Society for Legal History
Hadden, Sally. Board of Directors, ex officio, American Society for Legal History
Hadden, Sally. Board member, Ames Foundation, Legal History Board
Hadden, Sally. Judge, National History Day
Heasley, Lynn. Co-chair, Nominating Committee, American Society for Environmental History
Heasley, Lynn. Juror, “Science, Practice, and the Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems” photography competition, Stewardship Network annual meeting, Lansing, Michigan, January 15-16, 2016.
Kachun, Mitch. Advisory Board Member, Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE), Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Palmitessa, James. International Editorial Board, Opera historica. Časopis dějiny raného novověku [Journal of Early Modern History published by the Historical Institute of the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic]
Palmitessa, James. International Advisory Board, Husitský Tábor [Interdisciplinary Journal on the Bohemian and European Reformations, published by the Tábor Museum, Czech Republic]
Palmitessa, James. International Advisory Board, Folia Historica Bohemica, Historical Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Palmitessa, James. Board Member, German Studies Review; Board Member University of Michigan Press, Series: “Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany.”
Palmitessa, James. Coordinator, “German Socialisms” Interdisciplinary Network, German Studies Association
Palmitessa, James. Member, Hans Roseberg Book Prize (awarded to best book in central European History by the Central European History Society
Simon, Larry. Executive/General Editor and Chair of the Editorial Board, “Medieval and Early Modern Iberia World” book series
Simon, Larry. Editorial Board, Medieval Mediterranean: Peoples, Economies and cultures, 400-1500 book series Brill Academic Publishers
Simon, Larry. Second Vice President, Mens et Mensa: Society for the Study of Food in the Middle Ages
Simon, Larry. Board of Medieval Institute
Strong, Anise. Regional Vice-President for Michigan, Classical Association of the Midwest and South
Strong, Anise. Ancient history and Latin consultant, “The Librarians,” TNT, 2014-15
Strong, Anise. Ancient History consultant, “The Trojan War,” Thrillbent Productions, 2015
Warren, Wilson. National History Day, Michigan District 6 Co-Coordinator, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 5, 2016
Warren, Wilson. National History Day judge for Michigan District 4, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, March 19, 2016
Warren, Wilson. Board Member, Michigan Council for History Education, 2015-2016
Xiong, Victor. Advisory Board, Tim Light Center for Chinese Studies