ASA Officers and Committees, 1997-1998

OFFICERS

President: Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland
President-Elect: Janice Radway, Duke University
Past President: Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, American Studies Association
Editor of American Quarterly: Lucy Maddox, Georgetown University

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland
President-Elect: Janice Radway, Duke University
Past President: Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado
Council Member: James A. Miller, University of South Carolina
Council Member: Vicki L. Ruiz, Claremont Graduate School
Council Member: Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan

COUNCIL

Johnnella E. Butler, University of Washington (June 1998)
George Chauncey, University of Chicago (June 1999)
Thadious Davis, Vanderbilt University (June 2000)
Sarah Deutsch, Clark University (June 1998)
Gerald Early, Washington University (June 1999)
Karen Halttunen, University of California, Davis (June 1999)
Patricia Hills, Boston University (June 1998)
Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado, Past President (June 1998)
Joanne Meyerowitz, University of Cincinnati (June 2000)
Doris M. Meadows, Wilson Magnet H.S., Secondary School Representative (June 1999)
James A. Miller, University of South Carolina (June 1998)
Stephen Nissenbaum, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (June 2000)
Miles Orvell, Temple University (June 1998)
Estevan Rael Y Gálvez, University of Michigan, Student Councilor, (June 1999)
Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University (June 1999)
George Sánchez, University of Southern California (June 2000)
Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan (June 1999)
Cheryl Wall, Rutgers University (June 2000)
Lucy Maddox, ex officio, Georgetown University, Editor of American Quarterly
John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association, Executive Director
Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland, President (June 1999)
ASA Officers

OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

John F. Stephens, Executive Director and Newsletter Editor
Christopher Just, George Washington University, Administrative Assistant
Margo M. Lambert, Georgetown University, Research Coordinator
John G. Staudt, George Washington University, Convention Coordinator
Tamara Masters Wilds, University of Maryland, Convention Coordinator

DELEGATE TO AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES

Michael Cowan, University of California, Santa Cruz (December 1998)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUST AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

Chair: Janice Radway, President-Elect (June 2002)
Paul Lauter, Trinity College (June 1998)
Patricia Nelson Limerick, President-Elect (June 2000)
Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota (June 1999)
Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland, President-Elect (June 2001)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Chair: Janice Radway, Duke University, President-Elect (June 1998)
Council Member: Sarah Deutsch, Clark University (June 1998)
Council Member: James A. Miller, University of South Carolina (June 1998)
Council Member: Miles Orvell, Temple University (June 1998)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

AMERICAN STUDIES CROSSROADS PROJECT

Director: Randall J. Bass, Georgetown University
Project Administrator: Jeffrey Finlay, Georgetown University
Workshop Coordinator: Lynn Weiss, Georgetown University

BOARD OF WORKING EDITORS FOR THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN STUDIES

Johnnella Butler, University of Washington
Robert A. Gross, College of William and Mary
Miles Orvell, Temple University

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Chair: David Leverenz, University of Florida (June 1998)
Margaretta M. Lovell, University of California, Berkeley (June 1999)
Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University (June 2000)
Lois Rudnick, University of Massachusetts, Boston (June 2000)
Mary P. Ryan, University of California, Berkeley (June 1999)
Patricia A. Turner, University of California, Davis (June 1998)

COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS

Chair: Vera Norwood, University of New Mexico (June 1999)
Erika Doss, University of Colorado (June 1998)
Daniel Horowitz, Smith College (June 1999)
Sherry Lee Linkon, Youngstown State University (June 2000)
Deborah Dash Moore, Vassar College (June 1998)
Paula Rabinowitz, University of Minnesota (June 2000)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

COMMITTEE ON ELECTRONIC PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Chair: Paul Lauter, Trinity College (June 1999)
Kate Delaney, Cultural Attache, U.S. Embassy, Warsaw (June 1998)
P. Gabrielle Foreman, Occidental College (June 1998)
Steven Mintz, University of Houston (June 2000)
Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University (June 1999)
Ramón Saldívar, Stanford University (June 2000)
Crossroads Project Director: Randall J. Bass, ex officio, Georgetown University
Editor of American Quarterly: Lucy Maddox, ex officio, Georgetown University
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

COMMITTEE ON SECONDARY EDUCATION

Chair: Lois Rudnick, University of Massachusetts, Boston (June 1998)
Ardis Cameron, University of Southern Maine, (June 2000)
Alton E. Flynn, Stoughton High School (June 1998)
Steve Hilsabeck, New Trier High School (June 1998)
Doris M. Meadows, ex officio, Secondary School Member of Council (June 1999)
Sara Parrott, Mt. Hebron High School (June 30, 2000)
Robert G. Tisdale, Carleton College (June 1999)
Kathleen Wells-Morgan, David H. Hickman High School (June 1999)

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

Chair: Eric J. Sandeen, University of Wyoming (June 1998)
Victor Greene, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (June 1999)
Ramón Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego (June 1999)
Maureen Montgomery, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (June 2000)
Gönül Pultar, Bilkent University, Turkey (June 2000)
Edward Simmen, Universidad De Las Americas-Puebla, Mexico (June 1998)
Allen Winkler, Miami University (June 2000)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

MINORITY SCHOLARS' COMMITTEE

Chair: Carol Miller, University of Minnesota (June 1998)
Ernesto Chávez, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2000)
Michiko Hase, University of Colorado (June 1998)
Jonathan Holloway, University of California, San Diego (June 1999)
Inés M. Salazar, University of Pennsylvania (June 2000)
Danille Taylor-Guthrie, Indiana University, Northwest (June 1999)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

REGIONAL CHAPTERS' COMMITTEE

Chair: Jennifer Tebbe, New England ASA, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences (June 2000)
Shelley Armitage, Hawaii ASA, University of Hawaii, Manoa (June 1998)
Ruth Banes, Southern ASA, University of South Florida (June 1998)
Thomas Blues, Kentucky-Tennessee ASA, University of Kentucky (June 1998)
Sarah E. Chinn, Metropolitan New York ASA, Columbia University (June 1999)
James Farrell, Mid-America ASA, Saint Olaf College (June 2000)
Scot Guenter, California ASA, San Jose State University (June 1999)
Sherry Lee Linkon, Great Lakes ASA, Youngstown State University (June 1998)
Richard Masteller, Pacific Northwest ASA, Whitman College (June 1999)
Bernard Mergen, Chesapeake ASA, George Washington University (June 2000)
Bruce A. Ronda, Rocky Mountain ASA, Colorado State University (June 2000)
Louise Stevenson, Mid-Atlantic ASA, Franklin and Marshall College (June 1999)
Richard Tuerk, Texas ASA, East Texas State University (June 1999)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

STUDENTS' COMMITTEE

Chair: Carolyn Thomas De La Peña, University of Texas (June 1998)
Jaime Cárdenas, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles (June 1998)
Debra Deruyver, University of Maryland (June 1999)
David Mitchell, University of Wyoming (June 1998)
Estevan Rael y Gálvez, ex officio, Student Member of Council (June 1999)
Maureen Elizabeth Reed, University of Texas (June 1999)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE

Chair: Maggie Sale, Columbia University (June 1998)
Kandice Chuh, University of Maryland (June 2001)
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 1999)
Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware (June 2000)
Deborah Rosenfelt, University of Maryland, College Park (June 1998)
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Howard University (June 1999)
Angela Winand, Spelman College (June 2000)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN STUDIES FOR 1997-1998

Chair: Alice Kessler Harris, Rutgers University
Allen F. Davis, Temple University
Emory B. Elliott, Jr., University of California, Riverside
Ramón Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego
James O. Horton, George Washington University
Paul Lauter, Trinity College
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

PRESIDENT'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TASK FORCE FOR 1997-98

Chair: Jeanne Pfaelzer, University of Delaware
Doris Friedensohn, Jersey City State College
Alice Kessler Harris, Rutgers University
James O. Horton, George Washington University
Carol Miller, University of Minnesota
Carla Peterson, University of Maryland
Deborah Rosenfelt, University of Maryland
Maggie Sale, Columbia University
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

BODE-PEARSON PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Paul Lauter, Trinity College
William Andrews, University of North Carolina
Claudia Tate, George Washington University

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN PUBLICATION PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Emory B. Elliott, Jr., University of California, Riverside
Albert Raboteau, Princeton University
Sarah Way Sherman, University of New Hampshire

RALPH HENRY GABRIEL DISSERTATION PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Grantland Rice, Ohio State University
Ann Fabian, Columbia University
Ellen Herman, Harvard University

CONSTANCE ROURKE ARTICLE PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Mark Pittenger, University of Colorado
Eric Lott, University of Virginia
Lois Rudnick, University of Massachusetts, Boston

GENE WISE - WARREN SUSMAN STUDENT PAPER PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Russ Castronovo, University of Miami
Theodora Rapp Graham, Pennsylvania State University
Lisa Lock, Winterthur Museum

MARY C. TURPIE AWARD COMMITTEE FOR 1997

Chair: Charles Bassett, Colby College
Lee Chambers-Schiller, University of Colorado
Joanna Schneider Zangrando, Skidmore College

PROGRAM COMMITTEE FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETING

Co-Chair: Sarah Deutsch, Clark University
Co-Chair: Gary Okihiro, Cornell University
Co-Chair: Patricia A. Turner, University of California, Davis
Christine Bold, University of Guelph
Rosa Linda Fregoso, University of California, Davis
Kevin Gaines, University of Texas, Austin
Herman Gray, University of California, Santa Cruz
Juanita Marie Holland, University of Maryland, College Park
Lois E. Horton, George Mason University
Robert K. Martin, Universite De Montreal
Kevin Meehan, University of Central Florida
Phyllis Palmer, George Washington University
Bruce Tucker, University of Windsor
Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETING

Co-Chair: Ronald M. Johnson, Georgetown University
Co-Chair: Teresa B. Lachin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
John Caughey, University of Maryland
Perry Frank, American Dreams and Associates, Inc.
Howard Gillette, Jr., George Washington University
Teresa Grana, Independent Scholar
James O. Horton, George Washington University
Michael Licht, D.C. Lore
E. Ethelbert Miller, Howard University
Elizabeth Null, National Digital Library
Kathryn Schneider Smith, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Elaine Todd, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Howard University
Joseph Wood, George Mason University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETING

Annika Abel, George Mason University
Christopher Just, George Washington University
Margo M. Lambert, Georgetown University
Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, University of Maryland
John G. Staudt, George Washington University
Jochen Wierich, College of William and Mary
Tamara Masters Wilds, University of Maryland
American Quarterly

American Quarterly EDITORS

Editor: Lucy Maddox, Georgetown University (June 2000)
Associate Editor: Teresa Murphy, George Washington University (June 1999)
Book Review Editor: Barry Shank, University of Kansas (June 1999)
Exhibition Review Editor: Katherine Grier, University of Utah (June 1997)
Managing Editor: Justin Hoffman, Georgetown University
Editorial Assistant: John Dimoia, Georgetown University

BOARD OF ADVISORY EDITORS

Gail Bederman, University of Notre Dame (June 2000)
Frances Foster, Emory University (June 2000)
Michael Frisch, State University of New York, Buffalo (June 1998)
Daniel Horowitz, Smith College (June 2000)
Amy Ling, University of Wisconsin (June 1999)
Katherine Martinez, Research Libraries Group (June 1998)
Mario Materassi, University of Florence (June 1999)
Angela Miller, Washington University (June 1998)
Sharon O'Brien, Dickinson College (June 2000)
Gary Y. Okihiro, Cornell University (June 1999)
Vicki Ruiz, Arizona State University (June 1998)
Howard Segal, University of Maine (June 1999)
Patricia Turner, University of California, Davis (June 1999)
Christopher P. Wilson, Boston College (June 2000)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association

BOARD OF MANAGING EDITORS

Pete Daniel, National Museum of American History (June 2000)
Michael Kazin, American University (June 1999)
R. Gordon Kelly, University of Maryland (June 1998)
Helen F. Levy, George Mason University (June 1999)
David Peeler, United States Naval Academy (June 1999)
Carla L. Peterson, University of Maryland (June 1998)
Leslie Prosterman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (June 1998)
Ellen Wiley Todd, George Mason University (June 1999)
Executive Director: John F. Stephens, ex officio, American Studies Association
1997 Officers of ASA Regional Chapters

CALIFORNIA

President: Jackie Donath, California State University, Sacramento
Northern Vice President: Gail Jardine, San Jose State University
Southern Vice President: Arthé Anthony, Occidental College
Secretary-Treasurer: Wayne Hobson, California State University, Fullerton

CHESAPEAKE

President: Bernard Mergen, George Washington University
Vice President: Andrea Moore Kerr, Independent Scholar, Washington, D.C.
Secretary-Treasurer: Joel Foreman, George Mason University

GREAT LAKES

President: William Kenney, Kent State University
First Vice-President: Marjorie Mclellan, Miami University
Second Vice-President: Linda Borish, Western Michigan University
Secretary-Treasurer: Sherry Lee Linkon, Youngstown State University

HAWAII

President: Mark Ott, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Secretary-Treasurer: Lori Adolewski, University of Hawaii at Manoa

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE

President: Joseph De Spain, University of Kentucky
Vice President: Carroll Van West, Middle Tennessee State University
Secretary-Treasurer: R.E. Forderhase, Eastern Kentucky University

METROPOLITAN NEW YORK ASA

President: Sarah E. Chinn, Barnard College
Vice-President: Michael A. Elliott, Columbia University
Secretary: Jennifer Fleishner, Suny-Albany
Treasurer: Paul Lauter, Trinity College

MID-AMERICA

President: Elaine Berland, Washington University
Vice President: James Farrell, St. Olaf College
Executive Director: Kathleen Wells-Morgan, David H. Hickman High School

MID-ATLANTIC

Convener: Louise L. Stevenson, Franklin and Marshall College

NEW ENGLAND

President: Stephen Nissenbaum, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Vice President: Dona Brown, University of Vermont
Treasurer: David Sanjek, BMI Archives
Secretary: Mary Battenfeld, Wheelock College

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

President: Gary Scharnhorst, University of New Mexico
Vice President: Susan Danielson, Portland State University
Secretary-Treasurer: Wendy Dasler Johnson, Washington State University, Vancouver

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

President: Eric J. Sandeen, University of Wyoming
Secretary-Treasurer: Dorothy Broaddus, Arizona State University West

SOUTHERN

President: Lynne Adrian, University of Alabama
Secretary-Treasurer: Michael D. Clark, University of New Orleans

TEXAS

President: Marvin Harris, East Texas Baptist University
Vice President: Gena Capone, University of Texas, San Antonio
Secretary-Treasurer: Jerrie Callan, Baylor University