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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–209), dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
By 1980, the committees' programming agendas had been greatly broadened and the NEH had begun to refer to them as "state humanities councils." [ 6 ] The Federation of State Humanities Councils was founded in 1977 as a membership organization for the state councils.
The Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the executive leader of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency created in 1965. The Chair directs the NEH and is the sole position in the agency with the legal authority to make grants and awards.
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is an advisory committee to the President of the United States on cultural issues.It works directly with the White House and the three primary cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as well as other federal ...
James Albert Smith Leach (October 15, 1942 – December 11, 2024) was an American academic and politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 [1] [2] and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1977–2007).
Cheney served as the sixth chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) from 1986 to 1993. [6] In 1995, she founded the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a think tank devoted to reforming higher education. [7] She is a senior fellow in education and culture at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
William Drea "Bro" Adams is an American educator and advocate for the humanities. He was the tenth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2014 to 2017. [1] [2] He served as the 14th President of Bucknell University from 1995 to 2000, and as the 19th President of Colby College from 2000 to 2014.
Weingart graduated from the University of Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in the history of science and a minor in computer engineering.He then worked as a research assistant at the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at Indiana University until 2015, when he became director of digital humanities programs at Carnegie Mellon University (2015–2021) and the University of ...