PAT Board and Contact Info

Contact Phi Alpha Theta via Email at
phialphatheta@txstate.edu

Faculty Leadership

Dr. Shannon Duffy | Faculty Advisor

Dr. Shannon Duffy

Shannon E. Duffy received her BA from Emory University, her MA from the University of New Orleans, and her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Early American History at Texas State University and writes on issues of personal and community identity formation in the Revolutionary and Early National period. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Colonial, Revolutionary and Early National American history, as well as Early American constitutional and legal history. Her upcoming manuscript, Defiantly Neutral: The Deep Roots of Quaker Pacifism in Pennsylvania, investigates the experiences of Quakers in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania.

Student Leadership

Amy Bushong | President

President’s Duties:
Lead all officer/board meetings. Appoints committee chairs. Delegates and assigns duties to officers. Creates the chapter calendar each semester. Ensures that all events are properly staffed. Serve as the liaison between the faculty advisor (and other faculty) and the organization. Acts as the final reviewer of all new member applications. Attend all events by Phi Alpha Theta unless unable to. Helps reach out to presenters for events. Sends application acceptance letters.  Help propose the new officers.

Jamie Sackett | Vice President

Vice-President’s Duties:
Presides at meetings and ceremonies in the absence of the president; succeeds the president in the event of their departure, graduation, or absence from campus. Expected to participate in planning and implementing the activities of the chapter, including officers’ meetings. Aids the President in general outreach, such as to presenters.

Luiz Francisco Osorio | Secretary

Secretary’s Duties:
Takes notes at all officers’ meetings; keeps records of PAT current member and alumni with updated emails and mailing lists; keeps records of event ideas proposed at social events.

Gabriel Odom | Treasurer

Treasurer’s Duties:
Creates the yearly budget with the faculty advisor and the president; determines honorarium for PAT Conference speakers, allocates money for social and academic events. Broadly deals with financial issues.

Andrew Ward | Historian

Historian Duties:
Works with Archivist to maintain a consistent record of PAT events and the process by which they were established and executed. Establish and maintain the chapters history. Creates and maintains records of officer positions, events, concepts, and materials for meetings, etc. They keep track of attendance at meetings as well. At the end of the semester, they create a complete record of the organization. They will work with the Social Media Coordinator and Archivist to publicize the organization’s activities and history for that semester, such as creating a portfolio of meetings, sending pictures to the history department’s media, etc.

Issac X. Nelson | Archivist

Archivist Duties: 
Maintains Canvas or Teams page for PAT; maintains PAT mailing lists. Finds records of previous PAT conferences and events to archive (history department has a news archive). Keeps current membership and alumni contact information updated. 

Hannah Martin | Social Media Coordinator

Social Media Coordinator Duties:
Sets up and maintains social media for officers and PAT events; help publicize PAT events. Collects suggestions for keynote and alumni speakers at PAT conference. Keeps updated list of social media sites and login information. They will work with the Historian and Archivist to publicize the organization’s activities and history for that semester, such as creating a portfolio of meetings, sending pictures to the history department’s media, etc.

Rachel Lopez | Banquet Chair

Banquet Chair Duties: 
Publicizes conference and banquet information through email and social media; works with ITAC Engagement to set up portal for conference abstracts and papers; choses vendors for food for both events; communicates with speakers; helps with setup and cleanup of in-person events.

Advisory Council

Advisory Council Member Duties:
Advisory Board members attend all officers meetings and general meeting and help plan PAT events.

Advisory Council Members

  • Matt Dobbs
  • Bridget Dunbar 
  • Grayson Gilaspia 
  • Sydney Salazar 
  • Hailey Stewart 
  • Neil Surio
  • Montana Copeland

Past Student Leadership

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  • President | Amy Bushong  
    Vice President | Jamie Sackett
    Secretary | Luiz Francisco Osorio  
    Treasurer | Gabriel Odom
    Historian | Andrew Ward  
    Archivist | Issac X. Nelson 
    Social Media Coordinator | Hannah Martin
    Banquet Chair | Rachel Lopez

    Advisory Council:  
    Matt Dobbs
    Bridget Dunbar 
    Grayson Gilaspia 
    Sydney Salazar 
    Hailey Stewart 
    Neil Surio
    Montana Copeland

  • President | Amy Bushong  
    Vice President | Bridget Dunbar  
    Secretary | Luiz Francisco Osorio  
    Treasurer | Andrew Turner  
    Historian | Andrew Ward  
    Social Media Coordinator | Sarah Habeeb  
    Archivist | Cortney Smith  
     
    Advisory Council:  
    Issac X Auld, Jr.  
    Steven Bradford  
    Tori Villarreal  
    Emma Beard  
    Hannah Martin  
    Makayla Buescher  
    Grayson Gillaspia  
     
    President Ex Officio:
    Wesley Moore

  • President | Wesley Moore (term expires Dec. 2022)  
    Vice Presidents | Zoey Elkins & Estevan Balderrama
    Treasurer | Bridget Dunbar
    Historian | Andrew Ward
    Archivist | Cortney Smith
    Social Media Coordinator | Elena Rios
    Advisory Board Officers | Keenan, Sarah Habeeb, & Tori

  • President | Wesley Moore
    Vice President | Amber Hullum
    Secretary | Jaclyn Zapata

  • President | Natasha Beck-King
    Vice President/Treasurer | Alex Navarrete
    Secretary | Wesley Moore
    Social Media Coordinator |     Nancy Heise
    Historian |     Jaclyn Tirres
    Archivist | Avery Armstrong
    Conference Coordinator | Amber Hullum & Leslie Villarreal

  • President | Kayla Campbell
    Vice President | Nikolas A. Koetting
    Secretary | Rayanna Hoeft
    Secretary/Historian | Jason J. Rivas

  • President | Jennifer Blackwell
    Vice President | Suzanne Schatz
    Treasure | Rayanna Hoeft
    Secretary/Historian | Kyla Campbell

  • President |   | Cori McDonald
    Vice-President |  Jennifer Blackwell
    Treasure/Secretary |   Rayanna Hoef
    Historian |  Suzanne Schatz

  • President | Krista Pollett
    Vice-President | Cori McDonald
    Treasurer | Courtney Stevens
    Secretary | Blake Gandy
    Historian | Jason Rivas

  • President | Krista Pollett
    Vice-President | Cori McDonald
    Treasurer | Madison Reitler
    Secretary | Courtney Stevens
    Historian | Jason Rivas

  • President | Kimi Diedrich
    Vice-President | Rachael Lunsford
    Treasurer | Madison Reitler
    Secretary | Krista Pollett
    Historian | Cori McDonald

  • President | Heather Haley
    Vice-President | Chris Simons
    Treasurer | Mary Murphy
    Historian | Kathleen DesOrmeaux
    Secretary | Rachael Lunsford
    Board Members | Edward Erdmann II

  • President | Malak Carrillo
    Vice-President | Heather Haley
    Treasurer | Mary Murphy
    Historian | James Scanlan
    Secretary | Chris Simons
    Board Members | Kathleen DesOrmeaux, Edward Erdmann II, and Todd Richardson

  • President | Malak Carrillo
    Vice-President | Heather Brown
    Treasurer | Mary Murphy
    Historian | James Scanlan
    Secretary | Rebecca Spann
    Board Members | Russell Hill, Courtney McClure, Todd Richardson

  • President | Brian Brown
    Vice-President | Malak Carrillo
    Treasurer | Russell Hill
    Historian | Rebecca Spann
    Secretary | Todd Richardson
    Board Members | Heather Brown, Pablo Martinez, James Scanlan