Regional Coordinators
SMH Regional Coordinators have access to Society funds to support military history activities in their regions. For more information, contact your regional coordinator.
A Request Form seeking funding for such activities can be downloaded here.
Region I: Europe, Africa, Middle East
Sebastian Cox
RAF Historian Emeritus
62 Pollard Road
London N20 0UD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0) 361 2710
e-mail: seb.cox@tiscali.co.uk
Region II: Eastern Canada, New York and New England (Quebec, Maritime Provinces, CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT)
Dr. Nicholas Sarantakes
Associate Professor
U.S. Naval War College
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 841-1249
Email: Nick.Sarantakes@usnwc.edu
Deputy Regional Coordinator
Dr. Jason W. Smith
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Email: smithj131@southernct.edu
Telephone: (203) 392-5352
Region III: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV)
Dr. Frank Blazich, Jr.
Division of Armed Forces History
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
14th St and Constitution Ave NW
MRC 620 PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 200136-7012
Phone: (202) 633-7665
Email: blazichf@si.edu
Region IV: South (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, APO Miami, Caribbean, Central and South America)
Chris Magra
Department of History
915 Volunteer Road
Knoxville, TN 37996
Email: cmagra@utk.edu
Region V: Midwest (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI, Ontario)
Maysan Haydar
Department of History
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216-368-2625
Email: militaryhistory@case.edu
Region VI: Great Plains (CO, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, SD, UT, WY, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
George Eaton, (also Coordinator for the Missouri Valley History Conference)
smhatmvhc@gmail.com
Mike Burns, Deputy Coordinator for the Northern Great Plains History Conference
smhatngphc@gmail.com
Daniel Sauerwein, Assistant Coordinator, Membership Liaison
daniel.sauerwein@gmail.com
Brian Laslie, Assistant Coordinator, Membership Liaison - Colorado area
brian.d.laslie.civ@mail.mil
Taylor Hamblin, Assistant Coordinator, Educational Outreach (high school, teacher training)
HistoryForge.contact@gmail.com
Region VII: Southwest (AR, AZ, LA, NM, OK, TX, Mexico)
Dr. Timothy C. Hemmis
Texas A&M University - Central Texas
Email: themmis@tamuct.edu
Region VIII: Pacific Coast (CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, BC, Yukon, NWT,)
Dr. Brian D. Turner
Department of History
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
email: brian.turner@pdx.edu
Region IX: Pacific (AK, HI, Asia, Oceania, Pacific Islands)
Russell Hart
Hawai'i Pacific University
WP 6-313
500 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-543-8043
Email: rhart@hpu.edu
Brian Farrell, Deputy Regional Coordinator
Professor of History
National University of Singapore
Email: Home - hisbpf@nus.edu.sg
Margaret Hutchison, Deputy Regional Coordinator
Australian Catholic University
Margaret.Hutchison@acu.edu.au
Tristan Moss, Deputy Regional Coordinator
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of New South Wales, Canberra
t.moss@adfa.edu.au
