Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Creates Ombuds Program

A group of volunteers is providing Ombuds services for the annual conference of SHEAR, the professional society of U.S. historians. According to the conference website: "They are the members of SHEAR’s new ombuds committee and their role is to help members and attendees uphold SHEAR’s Statement of Values. They are joined in this work by SHEAR’s new external ombudsperson, Dr. Ashley Valanzola." Members of the committee are all SHEAR members and history professors: Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University); Gautham Rao (American University); Jackie Beatty (York College of Pennsylvania); Rachel Shelden (Pennsylvania State University); and Kirsten Wood (Florida International University). 

Ashley Valanzola is an Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University. She is also an Ombud for the Association for Jewish Studies. She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, and earned an MA at Norwich University and PhD at George Washington University. (SHEAR Ombuds Committee; AJS Ombuds.) 

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