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ASA Program Book
ASA Officers and Committees

Officers

President: Philip J. Deloria, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

President-elect: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Past President: Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California, Irvine

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, American Studies Association

Editor of American Quarterly : Curtis Marez, ex officio, University of Southern California

Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online : Miles Orvell, ex officio, Temple University

Crossroads Project Director: Randall Bass, ex officio, Georgetown University

Executive Committee

President: Philip J. Deloria, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

President-elect: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Past President: Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California, Irvine

Council Member: Carolyn T. de la Peña, University of California, Davis

Council Member: Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware

Council Member: Henry Yu, University of California, Los Angeles

Council

Rodolfo Aguilar, student member of council, University of Minnesota (June 2011)

Randall Bass, ex officio, Georgetown University, Director of American Studies Electronic Crossroads

Maria Cotera, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2011)

Carolyn T. de la Peña, University of California, Davis (June 2010)

Gina Dent, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2011)

Isabel Duran, international member of council, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (June 2011)

David Eng, University of Pennsylvania (June 2011)

Roderick Ferguson, University of Minnesota (June 2010)

Kevin Gaines, President-elect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2011)

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Judith Halberstam, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Brown University (June 2009)

Curtis Marez, ex officio, University of Southern California, Editor of American Quarterly

Miles Orvell, ex officio, Temple University, Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online

Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware (June 2010)

Paula Rabinowitz, University of Minnesota (June 2009)

T. V. Reed, Washington State University (June 2009)

Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California, Irvine, President (June 2009)

John F. Stephens,ex officio, American Studies Association, executive director

Barbara Tischler, secondary schools member of council, Horace Mann School, New York (June 2011)

Leti Volpp, University of California, Berkeley (June 2009)

Carisa Worden, student member of council, New York University (June 2010)

Henry Yu, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2010)

Rafia Zafar, Washington University, Saint Louis (June 2011)

Delegate to American Council of Learned Societies

Gary Y. Okihiro, Columbia University (December 2010)

Office of The Executive Director

John F. Stephens, executive director and newsletter editor

Thomas Apel, Georgetown University, research coordinator

Heather Ashby, Georgetown University, publications coordinator

Kristen Hodge, University of Maryland, convention coordinator

Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund

Chair: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2013)

Philip J. Deloria, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2012)

Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)

Karen Halttunen, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California, Irvine (June 2011)

Executive Director : John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Finance Committee

Chair: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Council Member: Carolyn T. de la Peña, University of California, Davis

Council Member: Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware

Council Member: Henry Yu, University of California, Los Angeles

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Nominating Committee

Chair: Sharon P. Holland, Duke University (June 2009)

John Howard, King's College, University of London (June 2010)

Micki Mcelya, University of Alabama (June 2011)

Maria Ochoa, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2011)

María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Rutgers University (June 2010)

Amy Stillman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)

Committee on American Studies Programs and Centers

Chair: Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas (June 2009)

Jay Garcia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (June 2010)

Anthony Harkins, Western Kentucky University (June 2009)

Liam Kennedy, University College Dublin, Ireland (June 2011)

Lee Ann Lands, Kennesaw State University (June 2010)

Julie Sze, University of California, Davis (June 2011)

Council Member: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, ex officio, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Council Member: T. V. Reed, ex officio, Washington State University (June 2009)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Committee on Ethnic Studies

Chair : Sarika Chandra, Wayne State University (June 2009)

Julius Bailey, University of Redlands (June 2011)

Rachel Buff, Bowling Green State University (June 2009)

Duchess Harris, Macalester College (June 2010)

Adria Imada, University of California, San Diego (June 2011)

Gabriel Melendez, University of New Mexico (June 2010)

Ricardo Ortiz, California State University, Los Angeles (June 2010)

Council Member: Susie Woo, ex officio, Yale University (June 2008)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Committee on Graduate Education

Chair : George J. Sanchez, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University (June 2011)

Jean M. O'Brien, University of Minnesota (June 2011)

Eric J. Sandeen, University of Wyoming (June 2009)

Ann Schofield, University of Kansas (June 2009)

Susan Smulyan, Brown University (June 2010)

Council Member: Carisa Worden, ex officio, New York University (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

K–16 Collaboration Committee

Chair: Jennifer Jefferson, University of Texas at Austin (June 2009)

Sylvia Aquino, University of California, Davis (June 2009)

Jennifer Betts, Howard School, Georgia (June 2010)

Adam Bush, California State University, Fullerton (June 2011)

Leslie Fishbein, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (June 2010)

Karen Halttunen, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Jade Lee, National Kaohsiung University, Taiwan (June 2010)

Bernadette May-Beaver, The Lovett School (June 2009)

Catherine Michna, Boston College (June 2011)

Council Member: Barbara Tischler,ex-officio,Horace Mann School, New York (June 2011)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

International Committee

Chair: Paul Lauter, Trinity College (June 2009)

Avital Bloch, University of Colima, Mexico (June 2010)

Lily Cho, University of Western Ontario, Canada (June 2009)

Birgit Daewes, University of Wuerzburg, Germany (June 2011)

Andrew Gross, Free University of Berlin, Germany (June 2009)

Jennifer Harris, Mount Allison University, Canada (June 2009)

Udo Hebel, University of Regensburg, Denmark (June 2011)

Hsinya Huang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (June 2011)

Masumi Izumi, Doshisha University, Japan (June 2011)

Marcy Knopf-Newman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon (June 2009)

Patrick O'Brien, Hokkai Gakuen University, Japan (June 2010)

Jean Pfaelzer, University of Delaware (June 2010)

Mart Stewart, Western Washington University (June 2009)

Derek Vailliant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2010)

Boris Vejdovsky, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (June 2010)

Council Member: Isabel Duran, ex officio, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (June 2011)

Council Member: Emory Elliott, ex officio, University of California, Riverside (June 2008)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

International Initiative Coordinator: Kate Delaney, ex officio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Minority Scholars' Committee

Chair: Ernesto Chávez, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2009)

Jan Christian Bernabe, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)

Daniel Bernardi, Arizona State University (June 2010)

D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (June 2009)

Cary Cordova, Dickinson College (June 2010)

Anna-Louise Keating, Texas Women's University (June 2010)

Laura Pulido, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Cynthia Tolentino, University of Oregon (June 2009)

Council Member: Curtis Marez, ex officio, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Regional Chapters' Committee

Chair: John Haddad, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg (June 2011)

Marian Aitches, Texas ASA, University of Texas, San Antonio (June 2009)

Sophie Bell, Metropolitan New York ASA, St. John's University (June 2011)

Patricia Hart, Pacific Northwest ASA, University of Idaho (June 2011)

Mark Helbling, Hawai'i ASA, University of Hawai'i, Manoa (June 2010)

Betsy Klimasmith, New England ASA, University of Massachusetts, Boston (June 2009)

Dennis Moore, Southern ASA, Florida State University (June 2010)

Sarah Moore, Rocky Mountain ASA, University of Arizona (June 2009)

Jo B. Paoletti, Chesapeake ASA, University of Maryland, College Park (June 2010)

Jane E. Schultz, Great Lakes ASA, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (June 2010)

S. Travis Silcox, California ASA, Sacramento City College (June 2008)

Jane Simonsen, Mid-America ASA, Augustana College (June 2009)

Martha Viehmann, Kentucky-Tennessee ASA, Northern Kentucky University (June 2010)

Council Member: Paula Rabinowitz, ex officio, University of Minnesota (June 2009)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Students' Committee

Chair: Sharon Heijin Lee, University of Michigan (June 2009)

Chair: Eric Wade, Purdue University (June 2010)

Brenda Beza, University of Texas, Austin (June 2010)

Alison Fields, University of New Mexico (June 2010)

Joan Fragaszy, George Washington University (June 2009)

Stacy Jameson, University of California, Davis (June 2009)

Jasmine Mitchell, University of Minnesota (June 2010)

Jenny Moffitt, Florida State University (June 2009)

Tom Perrin, University of Chicago (June 2009)

Paul Saeidi, California State University, Fullerton (June 2010)

Eric Wade, Purdue University (June 2010)

Council Member: Rodolfo Aguilar, ex officio, University of Minnesota (June 2011)

Council Member: Carisa Worden, ex officio, New York University (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Women's Committee

Chair: Catherine Ramirez, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2010)

Judith Jackson Fossett, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Avery Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 2011)

M. Alison Kibler, Franklin & Marshall University (June 2010)

Iping Liang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan (June 2011)

Joni Palmer, University of Colorado, Boulder (June 2009)

Sarah Robbins, Kennesaw State University (June 2010)

Claudia Sadowski-smith, Arizona State University (June 2011)

Jennifer Williams, Michigan State University (June 2010)

Council Member: Alvina Quintana, ex officio, University of Delaware (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Bode-Pearson Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: Sharon O'Brien, Dickinson College

Sharon Harley, University of Maryland, College Park

Teresa McKenna, University of Southern California

John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: Rodrigo Lazo, University of California, Irvine

Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia

Lisa Lowe, Yale University

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: John Gennari, University of Vermont

Mae Ngai, Columbia University

David Serlin, University of California, San Diego

Laura Romero First Book Publication Award Committee for 2008

Chair: Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara

Elise V. Lemire, Purchase College, SUNY

Julie Sze, University of California at Davis

Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: Jennifer DeVere Brody, Duke University

Nicole Fleetwood, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Ari Kelman, University of California at Davis

Yasuo Sakaibara International Scholar Paper Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: Paul Kramer, University of Iowa

Scott Laderman, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Karen Leong, Arizona State University

David Stowe, Michigan State University

Gene Wise-Warren Susman Student Paper Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: Elizabeth Escobedo, University of Denver

Eileen Luhr, California State University, Long Beach

Anna Pegler-Gordon, Michigan State University

MARY C. TURPIE AWARD COMMITTEE FOR 2008

Chair: Michael Steiner, California State University, Fullerton

June Howard, University of Michigan

Bill Mullen, Purdue University

Program Committee for the 2008 Annual Meeting

Co-chair: Julie Ellison, University of Michigan

Co-chair: Robert Warrior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Co-chair: Nikhil Singh, New York University

Joni Adamson, Arizona State University

Sylvia Aquino, Vacaville (California) Unified School District

Bruce Burgett, University of Washington Bothell

Jennifer Denetdale, University of Northern Arizona

Sharon Holland, Duke University

Hsinya Huang, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan)

Adria Imada, University of California San Diego

Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico

Raul Rubio, Wellesley College

Site Resource Committee for the 2008 Annual Meeting

Chair: Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico

Ed Boles, City of Albuquerque Historic Preservation Office

Brian Herrera, University of New Mexico

Melanie LaBorwit, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Gabriel Melendez, University of New Mexico

Tey Marianna Nunn, National Hispanic Cultural Center

Rebecca Schreiber, University of New Mexico

Justin Trager, Native American Charter Academy, Albuquerque

Dennis Trujillo, Office of the New Mexico State Historian

Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico

American Quarterly Editors

Editor: Curtis Marez, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Associate Editor: Roderick Ferguson, University of Minnesota (June 2010)

Associate Editor: Katherine Kinney, University of California, Riverside (June 2009)

Associate Editor: James Kyung Jin Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 2009)

Associate Editor: Lisa Lowe, University of California, San Diego (June 2009)

Associate Editor: Dylan Rodriguez, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)

Book Review Editor: Glenn Hendler, University of Notre Dame (June 2010)

Exhibition Review Editor: Jennifer Doyle, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)

American Quarterly Board of Advisory Editors

Ned Blackhawk, University of Wisconsin, Madison (June 2010)

Casey Blake, Columbia University (June 2008)

Daphne A. Brooks, Princeton University (June 2010)

Bruce Burgett, University of Washington, Bothell (June 2010)

Karen Halttunen, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Sharon P. Holland, Duke University (June 2009)

Liam Kennedy, University College, Dublin (June 2008)

Guenther Lenz, Humboldt University, Berlin (June 2008)

George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2010)

Melani McAlister, George Washington University (June 2010)

José Muñoz, New York University (June 2010)

Maria Montoya, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)

Dana Nelson, Vanderbilt University (June 2008)

Mae Ngai, University of Chicago (June 2008)

Donald Pease, Dartmouth College (June 2009)

Penny Von Eschen, University of Michigan (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

American Quarterly Board of Managing Editors

Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California (June 2008)

Ruth Bloch, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2009)

Judith Jackson Fossett, University of Southern California (June 2007)

Greg Hise, University of Southern California (June 2008)

Josh Kun, University of California, Riverside (June 2008)

Fred Moten, University of Southern California (June 2009)

Laura Pulido, University of Southern California (June 2008)

John Carlos Rowe, University of Southern California (June 2010)

Shelley Streeby, University of California, San Diego (June 2010)

Daniel Widener, University of California, San Diego (June 2009)

Grace Hong, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2010)

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

Crossroads Project Advisory Board

Elizabeth Abele, Nassau Community College (June 2009)

Susan Garfinkel, Library of Congress (June 2010)

Richard Lowry, The College of William and Mary (June 2010)

Esperanza Ramon-Mendoza, George Mason University (June 2011)

Amanda Rees, Columbus State University (June 2009)

Deborah Schmalholz, Elgin High School, Illinois (June 2010)

Linda Watts, University of Washington, Bothell (June 2010)

Judith Weisenfeld, Princeton University (June 2009)

Eric Wertheimer, Arizona State University (June 2010)

Project Director: Randy Bass, ex officio, Georgetown University

Associate Director: Jeff Selen, ex officio, Washington State University

Council Member: Carolyn T. de la Peña, ex officio, University of California, Davis (June 2010)

Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online : Miles Orvell, ex officio, Temple University

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

ASA-JAAS Project Advisory Committee

Chair: Stephen H. Sumida, University of Washington

Juri Abe, Rikkyo University, Japan

Philip J. Deloria, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Masumi Izumi, ASA International Committee, Doshiba University, Japan

Gail Nomura, University of Washington

Gary Okihiro, Columbia University

Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California, Irvine

Nikhil Singh, New York University

Linda Vo, University of California, Irvine

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

California

President: Brett Mizelle, California State University, Long Beach

Vice President: Ann Marie Plane, University of California, Santa Barbara

Secretary: Hertha Sweet Wong, University of California, Berkeley

Treasurer: Jackie Donath, California State University, Sacramento

Regional Representative: James Spady, Soka University

Chesapeake

President/Pending Treasurer: Jo B. Paoletti, University of Maryland

Spring Conference Chair: Paul Smith, George Mason University

Member-at-Large: Randi Gray, George Washington University

Member-at-Large: Patrice McDermott, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Great Lakes

President: Thomas Scanlan, Ohio University

Vice President: Vacant

Electronics Editor: Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University

Treasurer: Donna M. Deblasio, Youngstown State University

Hawai'i

President: Kristy Ringor, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Vice President: Gleniss Kaiulani Akamine, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Membership: Stephanie Lani Teves, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Treasurer: Constancio Arnaldo Jr., University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Graduate Student Organization Representative: Darlene Mortel, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Kentucky-Tennessee

President: Susan Myers-Shirk, Middle Tennessee State University

Vice President: Vacant

Executive Director-Treasurer: John Dougan, Middle Tennessee State University

Editors, Border States : Ellen Donovan, Middle Tennessee State University, and Mary Hoffschwelle, Middle Tennessee State University

Mid-America

President: Kathryn Kuhn, St. Louis University

Vice President: Jane Simonsen, Augustana College

Secretary: Nelson Hathcock, St. Xavier University

2007 Conference Coordinator: Mary Ann Wynkoop, University of Missouri at Kansas City

Executive Director: Kathleen Wells Morgan, Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

Mid-Atlantic

President: Angus Gillespie, Rutgers University

Vice President: Fran Ryan, Lasalle University

Secretary/Treasurer: Louise Stevenson, Franklin and Marshall College

Newsletter Editor: John Haddad, Penn State Harrisburg

New England

President: J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University

Vice President: Mary Battenfield, Wheelock College

Secretary: Veronica Savory McComb, Boston University

Treasurer: Elif Armbruster, Suffolk University in Boston

New York Metro

President: Sophie Bell, St. John's University

Vice President/Secretary: Jean Murley, Queens Community College, CUNY

Treasurer: Sarah Chinn, Hunter College, CUNY

Member-at-Large: Jon Hartman

Pacific Northwest

President: Brian Donahue, Eastern Washington University

Vice President: John Trombold, Linfield College

Secretary/Treasurer: Tracy McHenry, Eastern Washington University

PNASA representative to the Regional Chapters Committee, 2008–2011: Patricia Hart, University of Idaho

Rocky Mountains

President: Rebecca Schreiber, University of New Mexico

Vice President: Melody Graulich, Utah State University

Treasurer: Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming

Southern

President: Annette Trefzer, University of Mississippi

Vice President: Eric Anderson, George Mason University

Secretary/Treasurer: Lynne Adrian, University of Alabama

Past President: John Lowe, Louisiana State University

SASA Regional Chapters Link: Dennis Moore, Florida State University

Texas

President: Annemarie Whaley, East Texas Baptist University

Vice President: Mark Busby, Texas State University

Secretary/Treasurer: Greg Giddings, Midwestern State University

JASAT Editor: Doug Ferdon, Baylor University