As of July 2024, the Portland State Department of History proudly serves as the editorial home for WASM's production. This five-year project involves the editorship of Professor Patricia Schechter (PhD Princeton, 1993) and a team of historians who together put out a fresh issue of WASM twice a year (fall and spring). Erica Hayden, Professor of History at Trevecca University, and Michelle Moravec of Rosemont College serve as book review editor and public history editor, respectively.
The WASM editorship offers exciting opportunities for graduate students in Portland State's MA Program in History. Each year, two students serve as graduate assistants. The Graduate Assistantship covers tuition and provides a monthly stipend for the academic year. GAs engage in a number of exciting editorial tasks to publish each issue. They edit copy, manage permissions, engage in outreach and promotion through social media, identify books for review by WASM, and more.
Graduate Assistants for 2025-26: Isabelle Amezcua & Lally Pollen
Past Graduate Assistant (2024-25) : Genevieve Davis
Interested in publishing with WASM? Check out our submission guidelines.
Questions? Contact the editor at wasmedtior@pdx.edu.
To see examples of WASM projects by PSU students, see the History of the YWCA Of Greater Portland and a History of the Oregon Nurses Association (note: you must be logged into the PSU domain to view the Oregon nurses project).
Follow WASM on social media! @wasm_psu
Immediate past editors: Rebecca Jo Plant (UCSD) and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (UCI)
New MA students interested in applying for a graduate assistantship with WASM should follow the instructions in the program application within the Slate online system through the PSU Graduate School.
Currently enrolled students should contact the Director of Graduate Studies in History, Professor Joe Bohling (jbolhing@pdx.edu), for instructions.