Our Mission

The purpose of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) is to promote, stimulate, and encourage the study of the history of sport; to support, stimulate and encourage scholarly writing and research related to the history of sport; and to cooperate with local, national, and international organizations having the same purpose. 

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Governance

Executive Board

President: Russell Field, University of Manitoba

Past-President: Sarah K. Fields, University of Colorado, Denver

President-Elect: Carly Adams, University of Lethbridge

Secretary: Lindsay Pieper, Elon University

Treasurer: Thomas Hunt, University of Texas at Austin

Publications Board Chair: Janice Forsyth, University of British Columbia

Members-at-Large: Colleen English, Penn State Berks; Stacy Lorenz, University of Alberta; Kim Beckwith, University of Texas at Austin

Student Member-at-Large: Aaron Bonsu, Pennsylvania State University 

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NASSH Past Presidents

1972-1975 Marvin H. Eyler, University of Maryland

1975-1977 Guy M. Lewis, University of Massachusetts

1977-1979 Maxwell L. Howell, San Diego State University

1979-1981 Mary Lou Remley, Indiana University

1981-1983 Betty Spears, University of Massachusetts

1983-1985 Alan Metcalfe, University of Windsor

1985-1987 J. Thomas Jable, William Paterson College

1987-1989 Richard C. Crepeau, University of Central Florida

1989-1991 Jack W. Berryman, University of Washington

1991-1993 Robert K. Barney, University of Western Ontario

1993-1995 Joan Paul, University of Tennessee

1995-1997 Nancy Struna, University of Maryland

1997-1999 Patricia Vertinsky, University of British Columbia

1999-2001 Don Morrow, University of Western Ontario

2001-2003 Allen Guttmann, Amherst College

2003-2005 Gerald R. Gems, North Central College

2005-2007 Mark Dyreson, Pennsylvania State University

2007-2009 Stephen Wenn, Wilfred Laurier University

2009-2011 Maureen M. Smith, California State University, Sacramento

2011-2013 Catriona M. Parratt, University of Iowa

2013-2015 Daniel A. Nathan, Skidmore College

2015-2017 Kevin B. Wamsley, St. Francis Xavier University

2017-2019 Jan Todd, University of Texas at Austin

2019-2021 David K. Wiggins, George Mason University

2021-2023 Murray G. Phillips, University of Queensland

2023-2025 Sarah K. Fields, University of Colorado, Denver

Past Editors of the Journal of Sport History

1974-1977 Alan Metcalfe, University of Windsor

1978-1984 Jack W. Berryman, University of Washington

1985-1992 Steven A. Riess, Northeastern Illinois University

1993-1996 Joseph L. Arbena, Clemson University

1996-2002 David K. Wiggins, George Mason University

2002-2006 Melvin L. Adelman, Ohio State University

2005-2006 Thomas Jable (int.), William Patterson University

2007-2012 Wray Vamplew, University of Sterling

2012-2015 Alison M. Wrynn, California State University, Long Beach

2015-2018 Murray G. Phillips, The University of Queensland

2018-2023 Maureen M. Smith, California State University, Sacramento

2024-Present Daniel A. Nathan, Skidmore College

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