SAA's 2018 ballot featured sixteen candidates vying for four offices: Vice President/President-Elect, Treasurer, Council, and Nominating Committee. Elected to serve are:

SAA has signed on to letters to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, drafted by the Census Task Force of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, urging both to hold oversight hearings promptly on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to include a new citizenship question on the 2020 decennial

SAA’s appointed groups and sections are now seeking interns! Students and new professionals are encouraged to apply for this unique leadership development experience.

March 23, 2018—Today the Congress approved, and the President signed, a $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the federal government for the six months remaining in FY 18. Across the board, archives, history, and education programs were either level funded or received small increases—despite the President’s proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other programs.

Ask the Candidates
for Vice President/President-Elect

2018 Nominating Committee Chair Stacie Williams met with the Vice President/President-Elect candidates for the 2018 SAA Election to "Ask the Candidates" key questions submitted by members. See the videos below to hear from candidates Pam Hackbart-Dean and Michelle Light!