Sarah Weicksel

Sarah Jones Weicksel, PhD, currently serves as the Director of Research and Publications at the American Historical Association and has been in this role since July 2020. Additionally, Sarah holds positions as a Research Associate and Project Historian at the Smithsonian Institution. Previous experience includes a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and several academic roles at The University of Chicago, where Sarah contributed as a Residential Fellow and Teaching Fellow. Sarah's scholarly background includes a PhD and MA in United States History from the University of Chicago, an MA in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture from the University of Delaware, and a BA with Distinction in History from Yale University.