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GHA President and Vice President
The GHA President and Vice President are responsible for coordinating the activities of the GHA committees. They are also responsible for aiding the various ad-hoc initiatives developed by faculty, students, and staff during the course of a normal academic year, which have included professional development workshops, organizing orientation and the department's visiting day, improving the effectiveness of departmental communication, and bettering teaching conditions.
The President assumes the additional responsibility of being the primary student contact on issues related to graduate students for faculty, and staff, and students alike.
The GHA President for 2007-08 is Eileen Ryan. The GHA Vice President for 2007-08 is Nick Osborne.
Graduate Education Committee (GEC) Representatives
The Graduate Education Committee is a group composed of faculty and student representatives that meets periodically to discuss issues pertaining to graduate student education such as curriculum, teaching assistantships, orals examinations, funding, and increased transparency in department business. Members of the GHA elect three graduate student representatives to serve on the committee for two-year terms. The representatives solicit questions and concerns from the graduate students in the department and submit them to the committee, as well as regularly apprising the GHA of the GEC's activities. At least one representative is expected to attend each GHA meeting.
The GEC student representatives for 2007-08 are Megan Doherty, Ansley Erickson, and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal.
Teaching Committee
The Teaching Committee organizes and runs training workshops for first-time Teaching Assistants (TAs), and also publishes the TA Handbook, monitors conformity with the department's teaching guidelines and acts as an advocate for graduate teachers.
The Teaching Committee chairs for 2007-08 are Jenna Alden and Eileen Ryan.
Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) Representative
Each department in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences sends one representative to its Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC). The GSAC voices graduate concerns to the GSAS administration, and also handles inter-department social events. A GSAC representative is elected each spring for the following year.
The history department is sending two representatives to GSAC for 2007-08: Victoria Geduld and Tamara Mann.
Social Committee
The mission of the Social Committee is to help foster community across fields and years for students in the department. Past activities have included welcoming parties for both visiting and incoming students and regular happy hours. This year we are also working on informal ways to introduce incoming students to more advanced students in their fields.
The Social Committee chairs for 2007-08 are Melissa Borja and Aimee Genell.
Communications
This year sees the creation of a Communications Officer for the GHA. The Communications Officer is responsible for managing the GHA's online content, both on the GHA's website and on our third-party groups.
The Communications Officer for 2007-08 is Bob Neer.
Sports
Members of the department face off with students from the Law School, SIPA, GSAS and other schools in intramural sports. Past sports for which the history department has field teams include basketball and dodgeball.
There is currently no coordinator for department sports. If you're interested in creating such a position or seeking members for a particular team, please contact the GHA president or send a call for players over the GHA list-serv.
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