Erika Pribanic-Smith (University of Texas-Arlington) is the new chair of the History Division, assisted by vice chair Teri Finneman (University of Kansas) and second vice chair Will Mari (Northwest University).

Pribanic-Smith will have more details about her goals for the division in her chair column next month, but here’s an early look at some of the new leadership team’s priorities for the coming year.

• Recruit and engage graduate students and early career scholars.

• Launch a new website, social media pages and podcast for Journalism History. Pribanic-Smith and Kate Roberts Edenborg are spearheading the website and social media, while Finneman, Mari and Nick Hirshon are focusing on starting the podcast.

• Finalize our transition with Journalism History by securing a publisher contract and naming a publication committee.

• Streamline the successful Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference in New York that we co-sponsor with AJHA each year.

• Enhance our efforts with diversity and inclusion. Melita Garza, Rachel Grant, Elisabeth Fondren and Maddie Liseblad are interested in working on this initiative.

• Support Kristin Gustafson in the launch of a new division teaching competition.

• Work with the Commission on the Status of Women to create plans for celebrating the 100^th anniversary of suffrage during the 2019 and 2020 AEJ conferences. The committee includes Pribanic-Smith, Finneman, Candi Carter Olson, Carolyn Kitch, Linda Lumsden, Jane Marcellus, Rachel Grant, Kelli Boling and Jane Singer.***See the September Clio for more information on the division’s AEJMC business meeting and a full chair column.