Dr. Stephen L. Hardin is a specialist in Texas, military, and social history. His numerous publications range from the award-winning Texian Illiad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution to, most recently, Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston, a fascinating study of early Houston society. In addition to his writing and teaching activities, Hardin has also provided specialist commentary on the A&E Network, the History Channel, the Discovery Network, and NBC’s TODAY show. Elected Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, 2009.

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J. P. Bryan is a longtime supporter and past president of the Texas State Historical Association, continuing a family legacy of leadership dating back to the organization’s founding. A graduate of The University of Texas and founder of Torch Energy Advisors in Houston, he has been a driving force in preserving and promoting Texas history, raising more funds for TSHA than anyone in its history.

Hope Meredith is the Museum Specialist at the Spindletop Boomtown Museum at Lamar University, where she manages the museum’s artifacts and archives, trains staff, and leads public tours. Known for her dedication to research and historical accuracy, she is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in History at Lamar University. Her undergraduate paper, “Justice in Public Housing: Desegregation Efforts in Vidor, Texas,” was published in The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record.

Olivia Moore is an Adjunct Professor of History and Director of Auxiliary Enterprises at Kilgore College, where she oversees the East Texas Oil Museum and Rangerette Showcase Museum. She holds an M.A. in Public History from Stephen F. Austin State University, where her thesis explored women’s roles in East Texas oil culture. Moore founded the East Texas History Summit to promote collaboration among regional historians and museum professionals and serves on the Gregg County Historical Commission (2025–2027).

Dr. Belinda George is the Director of the Spindletop Boomtown Museum at Lamar University in Beaumont, where she oversees preservation, programming, and strategic initiatives, including the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the Lucas Gusher. A U.S. Army veteran and Lamar alumna, she holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and is internationally recognized as the creator of Tucked in Tuesdays, promoting literacy and community engagement.

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Dolph “D.B.” Briscoe IV is a lecturer in history at Texas A&M University–San Antonio. A native of South Texas, he earned his Ph.D. in history from The University of Texas at Austin, where his research focused on Texas politics from the 1960s to 1980s. He also serves as chair of the board of the Kate Briscoe Marmion Charitable Foundation and lives in San Antonio with his wife and daughters.Learn more.↗

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John Lomax III is a writer, music producer, and performer carrying forward one of America’s most influential folk legacies. A Houston native and grandson of legendary folklorist John A. Lomax, he has managed and promoted artists including Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, and Kasey Chambers. His recent debut album, American Folk Songs, honors his family’s generations of cultural preservation while introducing timeless music to new audiences.

Jerry E. Patterson is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, former Texas Land Commissioner, and longtime public servant dedicated to preserving Texas heritage. As a state senator, he authored Texas’s historic concealed handgun law and championed key veterans’ and coastal management legislation. Named Texan of the Year in 2007 by Celebrate Texas, Patterson is known for his leadership in protecting and interpreting Texas history, including his efforts to return William B. Travis’s “Victory or Death” letter to the Alamo and secure Phil Collins’s collection of Alamo artifacts.

Julie DeWees Sparks is a retired energy industry professional and lifelong advocate for Texas heritage. A former British Petroleum executive, she now serves as a docent at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and sits on the Advisory Board of The Texas Center at Schreiner University. Sparks holds degrees from LSU and the University of Houston and lives in Houston.

Sarah Reveley is a sixth-generation German Texan and volunteer historian based in San Antonio. After a successful career in commercial space planning and design, she has devoted her time to historical and genealogical research, contributing extensively to Texas history websites and collections.

Clayton Jones is a junior high social studies teacher at Woden ISD and a master’s student in public history at Stephen F. Austin State University. His work and research focus on historic preservation and East Texas history.

Mark Lambert is the Senior Deputy Director for Heritage at the Texas General Land Office, overseeing the Alamo and the GLO Archives and Records. A 27-year professional archivist and historian, he is coauthor of Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Lisa Taylor is a member of the Board of Directors for the National WASP WWII Museum and its former Executive Director. A passionate advocate for the Women Airforce Service Pilots, she continues to promote the museum as a leading center for education, research, and inspiration in women’s military aviation.

Dr. Robert W. Tidwell, II, is Interim Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Director of Collections, Exhibits, and Research at the National Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Tech University. A San Antonio native and lifelong aviation enthusiast, he has served as curator at the Silent Wings Museum and holds a Ph.D. in History from Texas Tech University.

Dr. Rachael McClain is Executive Director of the National WWII WASP Museum in Sweetwater, Texas. A rural education leader with a Ph.D. in Workforce Education from the University of Georgia, she works to advance women’s leadership and preserve the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Barbara A. Ganson, Ph.D., is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University and author of Texas Takes Wing: A Century of Flight in the Lone Star State (University of Texas Press, 2014). Her forthcoming book, Lady Daredevils: American Women and Early Aviation, will be published by the University of Illinois Press in 2026

Deavion Wallace is a student and research assistant at the University of Houston, contributing to the Mapping Houston’s Old Chinatown digital humanities project. Her work examines cultural preservation, community identity, and the representation of Chinese Americans in Texas history.

Daniel Killian is an undergraduate researcher at the University of Houston majoring in World Cultures and Literatures. He contributes to the Mapping Houston’s Old Chinatown project under Dr. Melody Li, focusing on digital cartography and spatial history.

Shouyue Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Melbourne and a 2026 Visiting Research Affiliate at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research examines the Cold War politics and community networks of Taiwanese immigrants in Texas.

Melody Yunzi Li is Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, where she is also affiliate faculty in Media and the Moving Image and Public History. Her research focuses on Chinese diaspora, transpacific literature, and digital humanities. She is the author of Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the U.S. (Rutgers University Press, 2023).

Ann Arnold is the executive director of The Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture, where she has led major citywide arts initiatives since 2017. With a background in marketing and community development, she works to strengthen partnerships between the public and private sectors. Ann holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Goucher College and serves on the boards of Texans for the Arts, the Texas Tech University System Public Art Committee, and the Hotter’N Hell 100 Steering Committee.

Barry L. Macha serves as General Counsel for Midwestern State University (MSU Texas) in Wichita Falls, where he advises the administration on a wide range of legal, compliance, and policy matters. A former Wichita County District Attorney for over 25 years, Macha has twice served as president of the Texas District & County Attorneys Association. He earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and a bachelor’s degree from MSU Texas, where he also teaches business law courses.

Erika Arredondo-Haskins, Ph.D. teaches Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, where she also directs the Young Women’s Global Leadership Program. Her research focuses on women’s leadership and early Texas history. She curates the traveling exhibition Las Damas de Tejas: Notable Women in Texas and has served as a historical consultant for projects with the History Channel and the San Antonio Tricentennial.

Kendall Ferguson is the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House and Museum in Dallas. With nearly two decades of experience in arts administration, she has worked with the African American Museum and the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. Ferguson holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Howard University, an M.A. in Art Administration from Winthrop University, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Art Administration at the University of Kentucky.

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William V. Scott is a Ph.D. candidate in history and Graduate Part-Time Instructor at Texas Tech University. His research explores environmental, borderlands, and military history in Texas, the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America. He has contributed to the Handbook of Texas Online and published in Touchstone.

Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell holds advanced degrees in Rhetoric and Composition and Educational Administration from Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi, respectively. Her research focuses on South Texas history, Texas folklore, and cowboy culture, and her work has appeared in the Journal of South Texas and publications of the Texas Folklore Society. She is the former chairman of the Live Oak County Historical Commission.

Sylvia Gann Mahoney of Frisco, Texas, is a fifth-generation Texan, author, and educator. A retired literature and writing instructor and former college rodeo coach, she is the author of College Rodeo: From Show to Sport and Finding the Great Western Trail, which won the West Texas Historical Association’s Best Book of the Year. She recently served as president of the WTHA.

Carlos Varela is a native of El Paso, Texas, and holds a master’s and doctorate in history from the University of Texas at El Paso. His research focuses on Texas land grant issues, Tejano displacement, and U.S.–Mexico diplomatic relations. He serves as secretary of the Society of Southwest Archivists and works as a Spanish translator and curator for the Texas General Land Office.

Bradley Folsom is an Assistant Professor of History at Southeastern Oklahoma State University specializing in Texas and Southwestern history. His award-winning book Arredondo: Last Spanish Ruler of Texas and Northeastern New Spain received the Coral Horton Tullis Prize and the Kate Broocks Bates Award. His forthcoming book Salcedo: Gatekeeper to the North American West, 1802–1813 will be released in 2026.

Carol Lipscomb is an independent historian based in Fort Worth. She earned her Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Texas and is the author of The Lady Makes Boots: Enid Justin and the Nocona Boot Company, winner of multiple awards including the Will Rogers Medallion Award.

Dr. Harriett Denise Joseph is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and a Professor Emerita in the History Department of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She has co-authored three books on Spanish Texas with Dr. Donald Chipman and is the author of From Santa Anna to Selena: Notable Mexicanos and Tejanos in Texas History since 1821.

Olive Talley is an award-winning journalist, producer, and filmmaker whose career spans network television, newspapers, radio, and documentary film. A three-time Emmy nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist, she is the writer and director of The Stones Are Speaking.

Adriana G. Schroeder is the Command Historian for the Illinois National Guard. She researches and advises on organizational history, training, and education, drawing on her extensive background in archival and curatorial work.

Loyd M. Uglow is a retired commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and Professor Emeritus at Nelson University. He has taught Texas and military history for more than forty years and is the author of A Military History of Texas and Standing in the Gap: Army Outposts, Picket Stations, and the Pacification of the Texas Frontier, 1866–1886.

Jeff Hunt is Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry and an Adjunct Professor of History at Austin Community College. A veteran living historian, he has more than forty years of experience interpreting military history for public audiences.

Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of more than sixty novels and nonfiction works exploring the American West. A three-time Spur Award and eleven-time Will Rogers Medallion Award winner, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2021 and received the Will Rogers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025. Lewis is a past president of the Western Writers of America and the West Texas Historical Association and lives in San Angelo with his wife, Harriet.

Jason S. Sullivan is a local history blogger and board member of the Arlington Historical Society. His work focuses on preserving and sharing Arlington’s history through writing, public engagement, and digital storytelling.

Anne J. Bailey is the author of nine books, numerous articles, and more than 300 reviews. She taught at Texas Tech University, the University of Arkansas, and within the University of Georgia system, and has edited major historical journals for over two decades. She resides in Cleburne, Texas.

Donald S. Frazier is Director of The Texas Center at Schreiner University and an award-winning author of books on Texas, the Civil War, and the U.S.–Mexican borderlands. A Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association and member of the Philosophical Society of Texas, he has also served on the Texas Historical Foundation board and the Alamo Museum Planning Committee.

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David Vickers is an independent historian and longtime middle school history teacher from Bee County, Texas. He researches South Texas history, participates in historical reenactments, and currently operates a custom hat business near Odem.

W. Dale Weeks teaches history at Blinn College and serves as a Visiting Lecturer at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty (OU Press, 2023) and researches Confederate Indian policy in the Civil War.

Charles D. Grear is a Professor of History and Online Manager at Central Texas College. A specialist in Texas and Civil War history, he is the author and editor of Why Texans Fought in the Civil War, The Fate of Texas, and other volumes.

Adam T. Hogan is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Texas Tech University. His research focuses on the intersections of religion, environment, and tourism in the United States, with a dissertation on Cold War–era Christian ministries in national parks.

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Miguel Hernandez Vasquez earned his M.A. in History from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he was named Outstanding Graduate Student in 2020. Originally from Mexico City, his research focuses on the history of science, epistemology, and the relationship between religion and scientific development.

Brad Jones is Director of the Archeology Division at the Texas Historical Commission and the State Archeologist of Texas. With over 25 years of experience, he specializes in the interaction of Native American and European colonial communities and has worked extensively on major projects including the excavation and exhibition of La Belle and Fort St. Louis.

Tamra Walter is Associate Professor of Archeology at Texas Tech University. She specializes in the Spanish Colonial era in Texas, focusing on missions and presidios, and has directed excavations at several key colonial sites including Mission San Lorenzo, Mission San José, and Presidio San Sabá.

Sarah Chesney is the Site Archeologist at San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, where she integrates archeological research with historical interpretation and public engagement. She earned her Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary and served as president of the Texas Archeological Society from 2020 to 2021.

Tiffany Osburn is Deputy State Archeologist for the Texas Historical Commission. She leads preservation efforts across historic Texas landscapes and works closely with landowners and communities to protect significant archeological sites. Her research includes the use of remote sensing and geophysics at Camp Verde, site of the U.S. Army’s “Camel Corps” experiment.

Matthew Butler is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and a leading scholar of modern Mexican and Latin American religious history. He is the author of Mexico’s Spiritual Reconquest: Indigenous Catholics and Father Pérez’s Revolutionary Church (University of New Mexico Press, 2023) and serves as editor of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos and president of the Texas Catholic Historical Society.

José Roberto Campos Cordero is a Ph.D. student in History at the University of Texas at Austin, supported by Fulbright-García Robles and SECIHTI/CONTEX fellowships. His research focuses on Texas territoriality and borderlands during the transition from Spanish to Mexican rule, with recent publications on the cartographic and agricultural transformation of the region.

Kenneth Taylor is the Public Programs Outreach and Library Services Coordinator at Holocaust Museum Houston. He develops educational and cultural initiatives that promote Holocaust awareness and Jewish history, drawing on prior experience with Rice University’s South Texas Jewish Archives and Congregation Emanu El. He holds an M.A. in History from the University of New Orleans and has professional interests in Holocaust education, public history, and community engagement.

Laurie Bricker is a native Houstonian and longtime advocate for education. A former two-term president of the Houston ISD Board of Trustees, she has also served on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Board for Educator Certification. A graduate of Leadership Houston and a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, she has received numerous honors for public service, including the Good Heart Humanitarian Award and the Joseph Jaworski Public Service Award.

Melissa Cohen-Nickels is a history educator based in the Houston area with more than 15 years of teaching experience. She earned her B.A. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and an M.Ed. from the University of St. Thomas. A Fulbright-Hays scholar to Greece and Turkey, she has developed global education programs through her work with the Houston World Affairs Council.

Jeff Spencer is Vice President and charter member of the Petroleum History Institute and a geoscientist with Sentinel Energy, LLC, in Houston. He holds degrees in geology from the University of Cincinnati and the University of New Orleans and is the author of Texas Oil and Gas and Illinois Oil and Gas.

Paul N. Spellman is Professor Emeritus of History at Wharton County Junior College. A longtime scholar of Texas history, he is the author or editor of eight books and a member of both the Texas State Historical Association and the Western Writers of America.

Jason P. Theriot is an author, historian, and consultant with a Ph.D. in history from the University of Houston and a journalism degree from Louisiana State University. A former Energy Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, he writes extensively on the history of energy, environment, and business along the Gulf Coast.

Brandon Seale is an energy entrepreneur and historian who served as President of West Texas Gas Utility until its 2024 sale. A member of the Texas Business Leadership Council and Director of the Texas State Historical Association, he is also the creator of the popular podcasts A History of Oil in Mexico and A New History of Old Texas. Seale holds MBA and law degrees from the University of Texas, where he co-founded the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law.

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Charles Swenson researches Camptown Cemetery in Brenham, using burial records and census data to illuminate the lives and legacies of Washington County’s freedom colony residents .

Robert Bubb, Ph.D. is a lecturer in Human Development and Family Science at Auburn University and a Virginia Humanities Scholar. Originally from Brenham, he researches African American history and cemetery preservation, including the lives of his enslaved ancestors in Washington County.

Tina B. Henderson, Ph.D. is Community and Economic Development Extension Agent for Washington County with Prairie View A&M University. A Brenham native, she has over 30 years of research experience and is dedicated to documenting and sharing the history of Washington County’s freedom colonies.

Nicholas K. Roland earned his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he wrote a dissertation that was published as Violence in the Hill Country: The Texas Frontier in the Civil War. He has also produced articles and chapters on other Texas history topics and was an assistant editor for the Texas State Historical Association. After serving as a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command from 2018 to 2023, he now holds the positions of Regimental Historian and Archivist and Professor of Legal History and Leadership at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS).

Carl Moneyhon is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a leading scholar of Reconstruction Texas. His books include The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas, George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas, and Texas after the Civil War.

Jerry Thompson is Regents and Piper Professor of History at Texas A&M International University in Laredo. A past president of the Texas State Historical Association, he is an award-winning Civil War and borderlands historian whose works include Cortina: Defending the Mexican Name in Texas and Tejano Tiger, a Pulitzer Prize nominee. His most recent book is Under the Piñon Tree: Finding a Place in Pie Town (2023).

Dr. Richard B. McCaslin, Director of Publications for the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), is the retired TSHA Professor of Texas History at the University of North Texas and the author or editor of twenty-one books, eight of which received awards. The list includes Lee in the Shadow of Washington, which won a Laney Prize and Slatten Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer. He has also published more than two dozen journal articles and book chapters, several of which have earned awards as well. A Fellow of the TSHA and Admiral in the Texas Navy, he has commendations from the Civil War Round Tables in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Shreveport for his academic work.

Kendra DeHart, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department at Sul Ross State University. A specialist in U.S., Texas, and women’s history, she has received multiple awards for her research and teaching, including the Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. Award, and is completing a manuscript on West Texas women’s clubs in the post-WWII era.

John A. Adams, Jr., Ph.D., is an independent scholar and author of about twenty books and numerous articles. A T. R. Fehrenbach Award recipient, he specializes in late 19th-century Texas history, the Mexican border region, and business history. His forthcoming works include The Old Alcalde: Life and Times of a Texas Fire-Eater and Edward L. Blackshear at Prairie View: Texas Education Crusader.

Kenneth W. Howell is Professor of History and Head of the History Department at Blinn College. He specializes in Texas and Old South history, with publications including The Devil’s Triangle, Texas Confederate, Reconstruction Governor: James Webb Throckmorton, and Single Star of the West. His work has appeared in journals such as the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and the West Texas Historical Association Yearbook.

Justice Ken Wise serves on the 14th Court of Appeals and is in his 22nd year as a Texas judge. An avid Texas historian, he hosts the award-winning podcast Wise About Texas, is a past president of both the Texas State Historical Association and the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and teaches as an adjunct professor at Houston Christian University.

Rosser Coke Newton, Sr. is a Dallas-based businessman, author, and Texas history advocate. An indirect descendant of Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Coke, he founded Petro Capital Group and has 35+ years in energy banking and investing. His book Richard Coke: Texan reflects his long-standing interest in Texas frontier history; he also helps lead preservation efforts as a trustee of the Dallas Historical Society and co-founder of the Alamo Letter Society.

Sharon Sandle, J.D., is Executive Director of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and Director of Texas Bar Books. She is an experienced legal educator, frequent conference speaker, and author of a quarterly column for the Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society.

William J. “Bill” Chriss, J.D., Ph.D., is a Corpus Christi–based attorney, historian, and author. A Harvard Law graduate and Texas “Super Lawyer,” he has argued significant cases before the state’s highest courts and authored The Noble Lawyer and Six Constitutions over Texas. He holds multiple advanced degrees and is recognized for his expertise in American legal and political history.

R. Bryan McAuley is Site Manager of San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site with the Texas Historical Commission, where he has led development and operations since 2008. A public history professional with more than 25 years’ experience in Texas museums and historic sites, he specializes in creating engaging visitor experiences and fostering community connections.

Jasmine Wynton is Assistant Director of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, where she manages communications, marketing, and public engagement. With experience in journalism, museums, and nonprofit leadership, she is dedicated to making the arts and humanities accessible to diverse audiences.

Brian Stauffer is Director of Public Services in the Archives and Records Program at the Texas General Land Office and a Certified Archivist. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Texas at Austin and specializes in nineteenth-century Mexican and Mexican Texas religious and agrarian history. His works include Victory on Earth or in Heaven and articles in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Colton De Los Santos is a Religious Studies major and Latin minor in the Liberal Arts Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. His research explores Texas history, religion, and digital humanities, with interests including Texian and Tejano religion, liturgical studies, and Catholicism in the American Southwest. He is a member of the Texas State Historical Association and the Texas Catholic Historical Society.

Christopher J. Wickham, Professor of German Emeritus at the University of Texas at San Antonio, is a scholar of German language, culture, and Texas frontier history. His award-winning works include Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier and Comanches, Captives, and Germans, both co-authored with Daniel J. Gelo. He has received the Presidio La Bahia Award and the Ed Mergele Book Award.

Walter Kamphoefner, Professor of History at Texas A&M University since 1988, is an award-winning immigration historian specializing in German American studies. A former president of the Society for German American Studies and Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Germany, he has published extensively in multiple languages, with books available in both German and English.

Daniel J. Gelo is Dean and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Texas at San Antonio. An award-winning scholar of Native American and Texas frontier history, his books include Comanche Vocabulary, Texas Indian Trails, and Comanches, Captives, and Germans. His honors include the UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award and the Presidio La Bahia Award.

Dr. James C. Kearney earned his Ph.D. in history and German from the University of Texas at Austin and has published extensively on Texas German history. His works include Nassau Plantation, Friedrichsburg, and No Hope for Heaven; No Fear of Hell. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, he has received the Summerfield G. Roberts Award and the H. Bailey Carroll Award.

Nancy Beck Young is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History at the University of Houston and Director of the Center for Public History. A political historian specializing in gender, policy, elections, and the state, she is co-director of the digital humanities project Sharing Stories from 1977. An award-winning scholar and author of five books, she is currently working on biographies of John Nance Garner and the role of the first lady.

Ron Tyler is retired Director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (2006–2011) and former Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as Director of the Texas State Historical Association and editor-in-chief of The New Handbook of Texas. An award-winning author and curator, he has written extensively on American, Western American, Texas, and Mexican art and history, with major works including Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images and The Art of Texas: 250 Years.

Jesús F. “Frank” de la Teja is Regents’ Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State University and the inaugural State Historian of Texas (2007–2009). A scholar of Spanish, Mexican, and Republic-era Texas, he has authored numerous publications, served as president and executive director of the Texas State Historical Association, and contributed to history education statewide. His honors include the Captain Alonso de León Medal for Merit in History and recognition as a Hero of San Jacinto.

Lynn DeHart is a proud lifelong Texan who holds a bachelor’s, two master’s and a doctorate. He spent fifteen years of his adult life as a Christian minister in Texas and Michigan. He moved from ministry to public education where he spent the next thirty years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and Superintendent in two Texas public school districts while also serving as an adjunct professor at three Texas universities. Lyn Spent eight years as an educational consultant in the field of leadership and organizational heath and spent the last two years researching and writing on his father’s unique perspective as an eyewitness to both atomic detonations over Japan.

Paige Gulley is a PhD student at TCU in Fort Worth, TX. She earned her master’s in War and Society from Chapman University in Orange, CA and currently serves as the manuscript editor for the Journal of Military History. Her research focuses on American Red Cross recreation and morale workers during WWII.

Kelly Francis-Love is originally from Columbus, Ohio. She has a Bachelor’s in zoology from Miami University and a Master of Library and Information Science from Kent State University. She moved to Texas in 2017 to accept a position as the archivist at the Museum of South Texas History. She has also worked as the curator at the McAllen Heritage Center and as a temporary archivist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She has been the Collections Manager at the Iwo Jima Monument and Museum with the Texas Historical Commission since 2024.

Stephen S. Cure is an eighth generation Texan and United States Army veteran who holds a bachelor’s from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s from the University of North Texas. He is an educator at heart who spent nearly a decade in the public-school classroom teaching seventh grade Texas History as well as American History and World Geography at the high school level. In 2004, he joined the staff of the Texas State Historical Association serving as its director of educational services, assistant to the executive director, chief operating officer, and interim executive director at different points prior to his departure in 2018. Currently, he coordinates the Military and Oral History Programs of the Texas Historical Commission.