ASA Officers and Committees

American Studies and the Question of Empire:
Histories, Cultures and Practices

November 19-22, 1998

ASA Officers and Committees

Officers

President: Janice Radway, Duke University

President-Elect: Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College

Past President: Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, American Studies Association

Editor of American Quarterly: Lucy Maddox, Georgetown University

Executive Committee

President: Janice Radway, Duke University

President-Elect: Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College

Past President: Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland

Council Member: Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland

Council Member: Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University

Council Member: Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan

Council

Elsa Barkeley Brown, University of Maryland (June 2001)

George Chauncey, University of Chicago (June 1999)

Thadious Davis, Vanderbilt University (June 2000)

Ann Ducille, University of California, San Diego (June 2001)

Gerald Early, Washington University (June 1999)

Ramón Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego (June 2001)

Karen Halttunen, University of California, Davis (June 1999)

John Kasson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (June 2001)

Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College, President-Elect (June 2001)

Joanne Meyerowitz, University of Cincinnati (June 2000)

Doris M. Meadows, Wilson Magnet H.S., Secondary School Representative (June 1999)

Stephen Nissenbaum, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (June 2000)

Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon (June 2001)

Janice Radway, Duke University, President (June 2000)

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, Past President (June 1999)

Office of Executive Director

John F. Stephens, Executive Director and Newsletter Editor

Toby Chieffo, Publications Coordinator

Cathy Eisenhower, Convention Coordinator

Christopher Just, Research Coordinator

Margo M. Lambert, Publications Coordinator

Tamara Masters Wilds, 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: Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College (June 2002)

Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado, Boulder (June 2000)

Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota (June 1999)

Janice Radway, Duke University (June 2002)

Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland (June 2001)

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

Finance Committee

Chair: Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College

Council Member: Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland

Council Member: Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University

Council Member: Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan

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

American Studies Crossroads Project

Director: Randall J. Bass, 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: Margaretta M. Lovell, University of California, Berkeley (June 1999)

Kevin Gaines, University of Texas, Austin (June 2001)

Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University (June 2000)

Lois Rudnick, University of Massachusetts, Boston (June 2000)

Mary P. Ryan, University of California, Berkeley (June 1999)

Rafia Zafar, University of Texas, Austin (June 2001)

Committee on American Studies Programs

Chair: Daniel Horowitz, Smith College (June 1999)

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University (June 2001)

Sherry Lee Linkon, Youngstown State University (June 2000)

Vera Norwood, University of New Mexico (June 1999)

Paula Rabinowitz, University of Minnesota (June 2000)

Thomas V. Reed, Washington State University (June 2001)

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

Committee on Secondary Education

Chair: Doris M. Meadows, Wilson Magnet High School (June 1999)

Co-Chair: Robert G. Tisdale, Carleton College (June 1999)

Vicki Adamson, Montgomery County Public Schools (June 2000)

Ardis Cameron, University of Southern Maine (June 2000)

Marsha Ehlers, Montebello High School (June 2001)

James Hall, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle (June 2001)

Sara Parrott, Mt. Hebron High School (June 30, 2000)

Kathleen Wells-Morgan, David H. Hickman High School (June 1999)

International Committee

Chair: Maureen Montgomery, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (June 2000)

Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Temple University (June 2001)

Victor Greene, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (June 1999)

Ramón Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego (June 1999)

Guenter Lenz, Humboldt University, Germany (June 2001)

Gönül Pultar, Bilkent University, Turkey (June 2000)

Hiroko Sato, Tokyo Women's Christian University, Japan (June 2001)

Bruce Tucker, University of Windsor, Canada (June 2001)

Allen Winkler, Miami University (June 2000)

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

Minority Scholars' Committee

Chair: Danille Taylor-Guthrie, Indiana University, Northwest (June 1999)

Ernesto Chávez, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2000)

David Eng, Columbia University (June 2001)

Jonathan Holloway, University of California, San Diego (June 1999)

Dwight Mcbride, University of Pittsburgh (June 2001)

Inés M. Salazar, University of Pennsylvania (June 2000)

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)

Lynn M. Adrian, Southern ASA, University of Alabama (June 2001)

James Farrell, Mid-America ASA, Saint Olaf College (June 2000)

Ellen Garvey, Metropolitan New York ASA, Columbia University (June 1999)

Scot Guenter, California ASA, San Jose State University (June 1999)

William H. Kenney, Great Lakes ASA, Kent State University (June 2001)

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)

Harold D. Tallant, Kentucky-Tennessee ASA, Georgetown College (June 2001)

Richard Tuerk, Texas ASA, East Texas State University (June 1999)

Mari Yoshihara, Hawaii ASA, University of Hawaii (June 2001)

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

Students' Committee

Chair: Debra DeRuyver, University of Maryland (June 1999)

Matthew Basso, University of Minnesota (June 2000)

Estevan Rael Y Gálvez, ex officio, Student Member of Council (June 1999)

Maureen Elizabeth Reed, University of Texas (June 1999)

Sara Romeyn, George Washington University (June 1999)

Lynn Sacco, University of Southern California (June 2000)

David Silver, University of Maryland (June 2000)

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

Women's Committee

Chair: Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 1999)

Kandice Chuh, University of Maryland (June 2001)

Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University (June 2001)

Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware (June 2000)

Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Howard University (June 1999)

Angela Winand, Spelman College (June 2000)

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

Presidential Advisory Committee on Relations with Ethnic Studies Programs, Faculty and Students

Chair: Mary Helen Washington, University of Maryland

Ernesto Chávez, University of Texas, El Paso

Thadious Davis, Vanderbilt University

Gerald Early, Washington University

Jonathan Holloway, University of California, San Diego

Elaine Kim, University of California, Berkeley

George Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

Lisa Lowe, University of California, San Diego

Carol Miller, University of Minnesota

Janice Radway, Duke University, President

Estevan Rael Y Gálvez, University of Michigan

Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University

Inés M. Salazar, University of Pennsylvania

Jose David Saldivar, University of California, Berkeley

George Sánchez, University of Southern California

John F. Stephens, Executive Director, American Studies Association,

ex officio

Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan

Danielle Taylor-Guthrie, Indiana University, Northwest

Bode-Pearson Prize Committee for 1998

Chair: Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado, Boulder

Thadious Davis, Vanderbilt University

Sarah Deutsch, Clark University

John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee for 1998

Chair: Harvard Sitkoff, University of New Hampshire

Robert Stepto, Yale University

Joanna Schnieder Zangrando, Skidmore College

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee for 1998

Chair: Dwight Mcbride, University of Pittsburgh

Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware

Shirley Wajda, Kent State University

Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee for 1998

Chair: William Andrews, University of North Carolina

Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland

Rosa Linda Fregoso, University of California, Davis

Gene Wise - Warren Susman Student Paper Prize Committee for 1998

Chair: Ann Ducille, University of California, San Diego

Joel Martin, Franklin and Marshall College

Cheryl Wall, Rutgers University

Mary C. Turpie Award Committee for 1998

Chair: Stephen H. Sumida, University of Michigan

Stephen Nissenbaum, University of Massachusetts

Patricia Turner, University of California, Davis

Program Committee for the 1998 Annual Meeting

Co-Chair: George Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

Co-Chair: Lisa Lowe, University of California, San Diego

Co-Chair: Janice Radway, ASA President, Duke University, ex officio

Ned Blackhawk, University of Washington

Stelamaris Coser, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil

Amy Kaplan, Mount Holyoke College

Jay Mechling, University of California, Davis

David Noble, University of Minnesota

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Hamilton College

Jose David Saldivar, University of California, Berkeley

John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University

Robyn Wiegman, University of California, Irvine

Local Arrangements Committee for the 1998 Annual Meeting

Chair: Johnnella Butler, University of Washington

Keith Benson, University of Washington

Sohyun Park Lee, University of Washington

Mark Patterson, University of Washington

Ross Posnock, University of Washington

Robert Schulman, University of Washington

Pauline Escadero Shafer, University of Washington

Priscilla Wald, University of Washington

Shirley Yee, University of Washington

Program Committee Staff for the 1998 Annual Meeting

Cathy Eisenhower, American Studies Association

Phyllis Jeffers, University of Maryland

Christopher Just, George Washington University

Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, University of Maryland

John G. Staudt, George Washington University

Tamara Masters Wilds, University of Maryland

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 South Carolina (June 2001)

Managing Editor: Justin Hoffman, Georgetown University

Editorial Assistant: Evan Karachailos, 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 2001)

Daniel Horowitz, Smith College (June 2000)

Amy Ling, University of Wisconsin (June 1999)

Mario Materassi, University of Florence (June 1999)

Angela Miller, Washington University (June 2001)

Sharon O'Brien, Dickinson College (June 2000)

Gary Y. Okihiro, Cornell University (June 1999)

Jose Quiroga, George Washington University (June 2001)

Howard Segal, University of Maine (June 1999)

Patricia Turner, University of California, Davis (June 1999)

Jace Weaver, Yale University (June 2001)

Christopher P. Wilson, Boston College (June 2000)

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

Board of Managing Editors

Jennifer Devere Brody, George Washington University (June 2001)

Pete Daniel, National Museum of American History (June 2000)

Michael Kazin, American University (June 1999)

Helen F. Levy, George Mason University (June 1999)

David Peeler, United States Naval Academy (June 1999)

Leslie Prosterman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (June 2001)

Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Howard University (June 2001)

Ellen Wiley Todd, George Mason University (June 1999)

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

California

President: Gail Jardine, San Jose State University

Vice-President: Renny Christopher, California State University, Stanislaus

Secretary-Treasurer: Jackie Donath, California State University, Sacramento

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 H. Kenney, Kent State University

First Vice-President: Linda Borish, Western Michigan University

Second Vice-President: Shirley Wajda, Kent State University

Secretary-Treasurer: Sherry Lee Linkon, Youngstown State University

Hawaii

President: Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Graduate Student President: Vicki Dworkin, University of Hawaii

at Manoa

Graduate Student Secretary: Alison Hartle, University of Hawaii

at Manoa

Graduate Student Treasurer: David Mayeda, University of Hawaii

at Manoa

Kentucky-Tennessee

President: Anne Leslie Owens, Tennessee Historical Society

Vice President: Harold Tallant, Georgetown College

Secretary-Treasurer: R.E. Forderhase, Eastern Kentucky University

Mid-America

President: Joanne Fritz, University of Iowa

Vice President: Greg Zacharias, Creighton University

Executive Director: Kathleen Wells-Morgan, David H. Hickman

High School

Mid-Atlantic

Convener: Simon Bronner, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Convener: Louise L. Stevenson, Franklin and Marshall College

New England

President: Nicholas Bromell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Vice-President: Dane Morrison, Salem State College

Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Lauri Umanski, Suffolk University

Treasurer: Robert Macieski, University of New Hampshire, Manchester

New York Metro ASA

President: Alondra Nelson, New York University

Vice President: Leah Dilworth, Long Island University

Secretary: Josh Miller, Columbia University

Treasurer: Paul Lauter, Trinity College

Pacific Northwest

President: Creighton Lindsay, Mount Angel Seminary

Vice President: Shelli B. Fowler, Washington State University

Secretary-Treasurer: Wendy Dasler Johnson, Washington State University, Vancouver

Rocky Mountains

President: Gabriel Melendez, University of New Mexico

Secretary-Treasurer: Eric J. Sandeen, University of Wyoming

Southern

President: Lynne Adrian, University of Alabama

Secretary-Treasurer: Michael D. Clark, University of New Orleans

Texas

President: Gena Dagel Caponi, University of Texas at San Antonio

Vice President: Katharine Gillespie, Sam Houston State University

Secretary-Treasurer: Jerrie Callan, Baylor University