Jim Grossman, Executive Director of The American Historical Association

James Grossman is Executive Director of the American Historical Association. Formerly Vice-President for Research and Education at the Newberry Library, he has taught at the University of Chicago and University of California, San Diego. The author of Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration and A Chance to Make Good: African-Americans, 1900-1929, Grossman was project director/co-editor of the print and digital Encyclopedia of Chicago and co-editor of the series "Historical Studies of Urban America." Articles and short essays have focused on urban history, African American history, ethnicity, higher education, and the place of history in public culture. Short pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, Chronicle of Higher Education, and elsewhere. Grossman’s consulting experience includes history-related projects generated by the BBC, Smithsonian, and various theater companies, films, museums, and libraries. Currently, President of the National Humanities Alliance, he has served on governing boards of the American Council of Learned Societies, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Center for Research Libraries. Jim Grossman's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimGrossmanAHA American Historical Association's website: https://www.historians.org/

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