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ASA Program Book
ASA Officers and Committees

Officers

President: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

President-elect: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California

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

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, American Studies Association

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

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

Executive Committee

President: Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

President-elect: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California

Past President: Philip J. Deloria, 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 British Columbia

Council

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

Ernesto Chávez, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2012)

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

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

Philip J. Deloria, past president, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2010)

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

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

David Eng, University of Pennsylvania (June 2011)

Roderick Ferguson, University of Minnesota (June 2010)

Kevin Gaines, president, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2011)

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, president-elect, University of Southern California (June 2012)

Laura G. Gutiérrez, University of Arizona (June 2012)

Curtis Marez, ex officio, University of California, San Diego, Editor of American Quarterly

Michele Mitchell, New York University (June 2012)

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

Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware (June 2010)

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

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

Priscilla Wald, Duke University (June 2012)

Robert Warrior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (June 2012)

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

Henry Yu, University of British Columbia (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

Barry McCarron, Georgetown University, research coordinator

Zackary Gardner, Georgetown University, publications coordinator

Gabriel Peoples, University of Maryland, convention coordinator

Board of Trustees Trust and DeveLopment Fund

Chair: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California (June 2014)

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

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

Karen Halttunen, University of Southern California (June 2010)

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

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

Finance Committee

Chair: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California

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

Council Member: Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware

Council Member: Henry Yu, University of British Columbia

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

Nominating Committee

Chair: María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, New York University (June 2010)

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

John D. Márquez, Northwestern University (June 2012)

Micki McElya, University of Connecticut (June 2011)

Gail M. Nomura, University of Washington (June 2012)

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

Committee On American Studies Programs and Centers

Chair: Lee Ann Lands, Kennesaw State University (June 2010)

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

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

Kim Marra, University of Iowa (June 2012)

Bryant Simon, Temple University (June 2012)

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

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

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

Committee On Ethnic Studies

Chair: Ricardo Ortiz, Georgetown University (June 2010)

Julius Bailey, University of Redlands (June 2011)

Duchess Harris, Macalester College (June 2010)

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

Karen Midori Inouye, Indiana University (June 2012)

Gabriel Melendez, University of New Mexico (June 2010)

Hiram Perez, Princeton University (June 2012)

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

Committee On Graduate Education

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

Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University (June 2011)

Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico (June 2012)

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

Suzanne Smith, George Mason University (June 2012)

Susan Smulyan, Brown University (June 2010)

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

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

International Committee

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

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

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

Kate Delaney, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (June 2012)

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

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

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

Masumi Izumi, Doshisha University, Japan (June 2011)

Deborah L. Madsen, University of Geneva, Switzerland (June 2012)

Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez, University of California, Merced (June 2012)

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

Jean Pfaelzer, University of Delaware (June 2010)

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

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

K–16 Collaboration Committee

Chair: Adam Bush, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Jennifer Betts, Howard School, Georgia (June 2010)

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

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

Catherine Michna, Boston College (June 2011)

Jane Simonsen, Augustana College (June 2012)

K–12 Council Member: Barbara Tischler, ex officio, Horace Mann School, New York (June 2011)

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

Minority Scholars' Committee

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

Council Member: Ernesto Chávez, ex officio, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2012)

Cary Cordova, University of Texas at Austin (June 2010)

Denise Cruz, Indiana University (June 2012)

Gabriella Nuñez, University of Louisville (June 2012)

Laura Pulido, University of Southern California (June 2011)

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

Regional Chapters' Committee

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

Anthony Antonucci, New England ASA, University of Connecticut (June 2012)

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

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

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

Hildegard Hoeller, Metropolitan New York ASA, College of Staten Island (June 2011)

Kim Marra, Mid-America ASA, University of Iowa (June 2012)

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

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)

James O'Neil Spady, California ASA, Soka University of America (June 2011)

Michael Trujillo, Rocky Mountain ASA, University of New Mexico (June 2012)

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

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

Students' Committee

Chair: Sara Rogers, California State University, Fullerton (June 2011)

Chair: Erik Wade, Purdue University (June 2010)

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

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

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

Alison Fields, University of New Mexico (June 2010)

Nathan D. Leahy, Northwestern University (June 2011)

Adam Lewis, University of California, San Diego (June 2011)

Tara L. McLellan, University of Mis sissippi (June 2011)

Jasmine Mitchell, University of Minnesota (June 2010)

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

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

Chair: Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Arizona State University (June 2011)

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

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

Alison McCracken, DePaul University (June 2012)

Nina Yermakov Morgan, Kennesaw State University (June 2012)

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

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

Maureen Reed, Lewis and Clark College (June 2011)

Sarah Robbins, Texas Christian University (June 2010)

Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2012)

Jennifer Williams, Michigan State University (June 2010)

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

Bode-Pearson Prize Committee For 2009

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 2009

Chair: Stephen Pitti, Yale University

Janet Davis, University of Texas, Austin

Jake Kosek, University of California, Berkeley

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee For 2009

Chair: Catherine McNicol Stock, Connecticut College

Daniel Ho-Sang, University of Oregon

Anthony J. Stanonis, Queen's University Belfast

Laura Romero First Book Publication Award Committee For 2009

Chair: Wendy Kozol, Oberlin College

Tanya Erzen, Ohio State University

Susan Koshy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee For 2009

Chair: Jennifer Devere Brody, Northwestern University

Nicole Fleetwood, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Ari Kelman, University of California, Davis

Yasuo SaKaibara International Scholar Paper Prize Committee For 2009

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 2009

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 2009

Chair: Michael Steiner, California State University, Fullerton

June Howard, University of Michigan

Bill Mullen, Purdue University

Program Committee For The 2009 Annual Meeting

Co-Chair: Joanna Brooks, San Diego State University

Co-Chair: Melani McAlister, George Washington University

Co- Chair: Barry Shank, Ohio State University

Luis Alvarez, University of California, San Diego

Devon Carbado, University of California, Los Angeles

Angela Dillard, University of Michigan

Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan

Natalia Molina, University of California, San Diego

Kelly Quinn, Miami University of Ohio

Robert Reid-Pharr, City University of New York, Graduate Center

Sarita See, University of Michigan

Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania

American Quarterly Editors

Editor: Curtis Marez, University of California, San Diego (June 2010)

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

Associate Editor: James Kyung Jin Lee, University of California, Irvine (June 2010)

Associate Editor: Lisa Lowe, University of California, San Diego (June 2010)

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

Book Review Editor: Glenn Hendler, Fordham University (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)

Anna Brickhouse, University of Virginia (June 2011)

Daphne A. Brooks, Princeton University (June 2010)

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

Sharon P. Holland, Duke University (June 2012)

Min-Jung Kim, Ewha Woman's University, Korea (June 2011)

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

Melani McAlister, George Washington University (June 2010)

José Muñoz, New York University (June 2010)

Fumiko Nishiszki, Seikei University, Japan (June 2011)

Donald Pease, Dartmouth College (June 2012)

Brenda Gayle Plummer, University of Wisconsin, Madison (June 2011)

Penny Von Eschen, University of Michigan (June 2010)

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

American Quarterly Board of Managing Editors

William Deverell, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Macarena Gomez-Barris, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Judith Halberstam, University of Southern California (June 2012)

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

Kara Keeling, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Josh Kun, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Tara McPherson, University of Southern California (June 2011)

Laura Pulido, University of Southern California (June 2011)

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 2012)

Clyde Woods, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 2012)

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

Kevin Gaines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Masumi Izumi, ASA International Committee, Doshisha University, Japan

Gail Nomura, University of Washington

Gary Okihiro, Columbia University

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: Adam Golub, University of California, Fullerton

Treasurer: Jackie Donath, California State University, Sacramento

Regional Representative: James Spady, Soka University

Chesapeake

President: Vacant

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 Univeristy

Vice President: Vacant

Electronics Editor: Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University

Treasurer: Donna M. Deblasio, Youngstown State University

Hawai'i

President: Vernadette V. Gonzalez, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

Vice President: Vacant

Membership: Vacant

Treasurer: Vacant

Graduate Student Organization Representative: Vacant

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: Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas

Secretary: Cynthia McCown, Beloit College

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

Mid-Atlantic

President: Charles Kupfer, Penn State, Harrisburg

Vice President: Catherine Turner, Misericordia College

Secretary-Treasurer: Louise Stevenson, Franklin & Marshall College

Newsletter Editor: John Haddad, Penn State, Harrisburg

New England

President: Mary Battenfield, Wheelock College

Vice President: Mike Miller, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Secretary: Veronica Savory McComb, Boston University

Treasurer: Elif Armbruster, Suffolk University in Boston

Webmaster: Nirmal Trivedi, Boston College

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

Secretary: Krystyna Zamorska, CUNY

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: Gabriel Melendez, 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: Mark Busby, Texas State University

Vice President: John Wegner, Angelo State University

Secretary-Treasurer: Greg Giddings, Midwestern State University

JASAT Editor: Doug Ferdon, Baylor University