SAH Committees

No open calls at this time.

Executive Committee

Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President
Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President
Bryan C. Green, Virginia Tech, SAH Secretary
Gail Dubrow, University of Minnesota, SAH Treasurer
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director

Budget and Audit Committee
James Buckley, University of Oregon
Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President
Gail Dubrow, SAH Treasurer, University of Minnesota
Beth Eifrig, SAH Comptroller, Ex Officio
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Bryan C. Green, Virginia Tech, SAH Secretary
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio


Contingent Faculty Committee
Ashley Gardini, Diablo Valley College, Chair

Angela Andersen, University of Victoria
Dijana O. Apostolski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Maria Elisa Navarro Morales, Trinity College Dublin
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio
Brett Tippey, Kent State University

Development Committee
Abigail A. Van Slyck, Connecticut College, Chair

Thomas G. Beischer, Stanford University
Ken Breisch, University of Southern California
Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President
Gail Dubrow, SAH Treasurer, University of Minnesota
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Michael J. Gibson, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck
Heather Hyde Minor, University of Notre Dame
Joss Kiely, University of Cincinnati
Heba Mostafa, University of Toronto
Judith Paine McBrien, The Archimedia Workshop
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Digital Publications Advisory Committee
Paused for 2025-2026 service year.

Gabrielle Esperdy, SAH Archipedia/BUS Editor in Chief, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chair

 

Graduate Student Advisory Committee
Ladi'Sasha Jones, Princeton University, Chair

Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra, Yale University
Yannick Etoundi, Brown University
Sylvia Faichney, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Christopher Kirbabas, SAH Director of Programs, Ex Officio
Priyanka Sen, Cornell University
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Heritage Conservation Committee
Bryan Clark Green, Virginia Tech, SAH Preservation Officer, Chair

Kenneth Breisch, University of Southern California
Anthony Cohn, Anthony Cohn Architect 
Pushpita Eshika, PhD Candidate, Arkansas State University
Yannick Etoundi, Brown University
David N. Fixler, FAIA, Architecture Planning Preservation
Suha Hasan, ASH
Priya Jain, Texas A&M University
Başak Kalfa-Atakli, Çankaya University
Theodore Prudon, FAIA, Prudon & Partners
Mary Rzepczynski
Deborah Slaton, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Huda Tayob, University of Manchester
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

IDEAS Committee
Helen H. Bronston, SmithGroup, Chair

Olivia Archer, SAH Communications Manager, Ex Officio
Jorge Correia, University of Minho, Portugal
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Arielle Harris, FEMA
Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College Dublin
Chunyao Liu, Arizona State University
Carlos Reimers, Morgan State University
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Investment Committee
James Buckley, University of Oregon
Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President
Gail Dubrow, SAH Treasurer, University of Minnesota
Beth Eifrig, SAH Comptroller, Ex Officio
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Henry Kuehn, Chicago, IL
Charlette Caldwell, Columbia University
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

JSAH Editorial Advisory Committee
Saundra Weddle, Drury University
Łukasz J. Stanek, University of Manchester
John Senseney, University of Arizona
Julie L. Willis, University of Melbourne
Lawrence Chua, Syracuse University
Zachary Stewart, Texas A&M University
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio
Alice Y. Tseng, JSAH Editor
Claire Zimmerman, University of Toronto

Membership Committee
Tamara Rice, Texas Christian University, Chair

Olivia Archer, SAH Communications Manager, Ex Officio
Anne Hill Bird, SAH Director of Membership, Ex Officio
Angela Esposito, Chicago Architecture Center (CAC)
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Hannah Kaemmer, Harvard University
Lauren McQuistion, University of Virginia
Susumu Mizuta, Hiroshima University
Ecem Saricayir, Cornell University
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Nominating Committee
Alex Bremner, University of Edinburgh, Chair

Swati Chatopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President
Arijit Sen, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Paula Lupkin, University of North Texas
Catherine Rose Ettinger, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

 

SAH Archipedia/BUS Editorial Committee
Gabrielle Esperdy, SAH Archipedia/BUS Editor in Chief, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chair
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

 

SAH CONNECTS Advisory Committee
Brian L. McLaren, University of Washington, Chair

Macarena de la Vega de Leon, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Kivanc Kilinc, Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH)
Christopher Kirbabas, SAH Director of Programs, Ex Officio
Min Kyung Lee, Bryn Mawr College
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award Committee

Gail Fenske, Chair
Alona Nitzan-Shiftan
Esra Akcan

Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award Committee

Andrew Dolkart, Chair
Joseph Heathcott
Jeffrey Ochsner

Spiro Kostof Book Award Committee
Ken Oshima, Chair
Margaret Crawford
Zeynep Kezer

Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award Committee
Dede Ruggles, Chair
W. Lake Douglas
Pania Yanjie Mu

SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award Committee

Valentina Rozas-Krause, Chair
Xinyu Chen
Diane Rhyu Taylor

Founders' Award Committee

Heba Mostafa, Chair
Isabel Rousset
Ann Huppert

SAH Award for Film and Video Committee

Vahid Vahdat, Chair
Vandana Baweja
Luca Guido

Charles E. Peterson Fellowship Committee

Ann Gilkerson, Chair
Committee still to be seated for 2025-2026.

SAH David B. Brownlee Dissertation Award Committee

Nancy Steinhardt, Chair
Juan Burke
Elvan Cobb
Anoo Seddiqui
Olga Touloumi

HABS-SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship Committee

Chad Rnadl, National Park Service, Chair
Committee still to be seated for 2025-2026.

H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship Committee

Avigail Sachs, Chair
Daniel E. Coslett
María González Pendás

SAH Annual Conference Fellowship Committee

Pari Riahi, Chair
Lior Galili
Lucia Santa-Ana

SAH IDEAS Research Fellowship
Helen H. Bronston, SmithGroup, Chair
Jorge Correia
Arielle Harris
Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Chunyao Liu
Carlos Reimers

Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship Committee

Elisa Dainese, Chair
Jason Nguyen
Zohreh Soltani

2026 Annual Conference Session Selection Committee
Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Barbara, SAH Vice President, Conference Chair


SAH Strategic Planning Committee

Thaisa Way, Harvard University

Daniel A. Barber, University of Pennsylvania
Gail Fenske, Roger Williams University
Mohammad Gharipour, University of Maryland, SAH President
Michael J. Gibson
Sarah Morris, Richard and Alita Rogers Family Foundation
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio
Katherine Wheeler, University of Tennessee
Ann Whiteside, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University