American Historical Association

Annual Report 2005

The AHA in 2005 At a Glance

• Ended fiscal year 2004–05 with an operating budget surplus.
• Provided membership services to 13,818 active individual members.
• Published: Retrieving the Master’s Degree from the Dustbin of History, the report of the Committee on the Master’s Degree; a completely revised edition of the Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct; and a report prepared by the Committee on Women Historians, The Status of Women in the Historical Profession.
• Published two new pamphlets, The AHA Guide to Teaching and Learning with New Media by John McClymer and Perspectives on Life after a History PhD, an anthology of essays from Perspectives, edited by Richard E. Bond and Pillarisetti Sudhir.
• Held a conference with the theme, “Competencies and Credentials in the Training of History Professionals,” inspired by the report of the Committee on the Master’s Degree.
• Participated in a project to promote the internationalization of teaching and learning at colleges and universities in the United States.
• Collaborated with several organizations on advocacy issues.
• Awarded numerous grants and fellowships for research.
• Conducted a workshop for directors of graduate study and others interested in graduate education.