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ASA OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Officers and Committees
American Studies Association, 2016–2017

The term end date is June 30 of the year indicated in parentheses.

Officers

President: Robert Warrior, University of Kansas

President-elect: Kandice Chuh, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Past President: David Roediger, University of Kansas

Executive Director: John F. Stephens, American Studies Association

Editor of American Quarterly: Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Executive Committee

President: Robert Warrior, University of Kansas

President-elect: Kandice Chuh, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Past President: David Roediger, University of Kansas

Councilor: Jodi Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Councilor: Christina Hanhardt, University of Maryland, College Park

Councilor: Sharon Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Council

Jodi Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2017)

Laura Briggs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2017)

Kandice Chuh, president-elect, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Genevieve Clutario, student councilor, Harvard University (2017)

Christina Hanhardt, University of Maryland, College Park (2017)

Natalie Havlin, secondary schools councilor, La Guardia Community College, CUNY (2017)

Sharon Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2018)

Hsinya Huang, international councilor, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2017)

Miranda Joseph, University of Arizona (2019)

Laura Kang, University of California, Irvine (2019)

Wendy Kozol, Oberlin College (2017)

Eng-beng Lim, Dartmouth College (2019)

Jodi Melamed, Marquette University (2018)

Nadine Naber, University of Illinois, Chicago (2018)

David Roediger, immediate past president, University of Kansas (2017)

Steven Salaita, American University of Beirut, Lebanon (2018)

Michelle Stephens, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2019)

Shirley Thompson, University of Texas, Austin (2019)

Rosie Uyola, student councilor, Rutgers University, Newark (2019)

Robert Warrior, president, University of Kansas

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

Mari Yoshihara, ex officio, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, editor of American Quarterly

Delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies

Kandice Chuh, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (December 2019)

Office of the Executive Director

John F. Stephens, executive director

Emily Bierman, Georgetown University, Publications Coordinator

Molly Thacker, Georgetown University, Research Coordinator

Melissa Benitez, University of Maryland, College Park, Convention Coordinator

Michael Casiano, University of Maryland, College Park, Convention Coordinator

Cory James Young, Georgetown University, Publications Coordinator

Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund

President-elect and Chair: Kandice Chuh, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (2022)

Lisa Duggan, New York University (2019)

David Eng, University of Pennsylvania (2020)

Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University (2017)

Curtis Marez, University of California, San Diego (2018)

David Roediger, University of Kansas (2020)

Councilor: Robert Warrior, ex officio, University of Kansas (2021)

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

Finance Committee

President-elect and Chair: Kandice Chuh, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Past President: David Roediger, University of Kansas

President: Robert Warrior, University of Kansas

Council Member: Jodi Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Council Member: Christina Hanhardt, University of Maryland, College Park

Council Member: Sharon Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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

Nominating Committee

Chair: Shana Redmond, University of Southern California (2017)

Mishuana Goeman, University of California, Los Angeles (2019)

Jodi Kim, University of California, Riverside (2017)

Karen Leong, Arizona State University (2018)

Ernesto Javier Martínez, University of Oregon (2019)

Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, Northwestern University (2018)

Committee on American Studies Departments, Programs and Centers

Chair: Robert Bleil, College of Coastal Georgia (2017)

Chair: Lynnell Thomas, University of Massachusetts, Boston (2017)

Carmen Birkle, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany (2019)

Dana Dudley, Pepperdine University (2018)

Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University of Ohio (2018)

Frieda Knobloch, University of Wyoming (2019)

Samuele Pardini, Elon University (2017)

Roy Perez, Williamette University (2018)

Committee on Critical Ethnic Studies

Chair: Ralina L. Joseph, University of Washington (2018)

Ronak Kapadia, University of Illinois, Chicago (2018)

Audra Simpson, Columbia University (2017)

Cherise Smith, University of Texas, Austin (2019)

David K. Yoo, University of California, Los Angeles (2017)

Manu Vimalassery, Barnard College (2018)

Kathryn Walkiewicz, Kennesaw State University (2019)

Councilor: Jodi Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2017)

Committee on Gender and Sexuality Studies

Chair: Ebony E. A. Coletu, Pennsylvania State University, University Park (2017)

Tami Albin, University of Kansas (2018)

Cynthia Current, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2019)

Birgit Däwes, University of Vienna, Austria (2017)

Amy Farrell, Dickinson College (2018)

Perin Gurel, University of Notre Dame (2019)

Jeannette E. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2017)

Leah Perry, SUNY-Empire State College (2017)

Committee on Graduate Education

Chair: Lisa A. Guerrero, Washington State University (2017)

Regina Bradley, Armstrong University (2019)

Elizabeth Esch, University of Kansas (2019)

Michael Innis-Jiménez, University of Alabama (2018)

Roshanak Kheshti, University of California, San Diego (2017)

Patricia Sawin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2018)

Councilor: Christina Hanhardt, ex officio, University of Maryland, College Park (2017)

Critical Ethnic Studies Committee

Chair: Ralina L. Joseph, University of Washington (2018)

Jodi Kim, University of California, Riverside (2016)

Kirstie Dorr, University of California, San Diego (2016)

Ronak Kapadia, University of Illinois, Chicago (2018)

Audra Simpson, Columbia University (2017)

David K. Yoo, University of California, Los Angeles (2017)

Manu Vimalassery, Barnard College (2018)

Councilor: Jodi Byrd, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2017)

International Committee

Chair: Bryce Traister, Western University, Canada (2017)

Birgit Bauridl, University of Regensburg, Germany (2019)

Claude Chastagner, Université Paul Valéry–Montpellier, France (2019)

Robert McKee Irwin, University of California, Davis (2017)

Nina Morgan, Kennesaw State University (2019)

Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico (2017)

Wilfried Raussert, University of Bielefeld, Germany (2018)

Jennifer Reimer, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (2018)

Oliver Scheiding, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Germany (2017)

Councilor: Laura Briggs, ex officio, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2017)

Councilor: Hsinya Huang, ex officio, National Sun Yat-sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2017)

K–16 Collaboration Committee

Chair: Amrah Salomon Johnson, University of California, San Diego (2017)

Chair: Connie Wun, University of Illinois, Chicago (2017)

Ujju Aggarwal, City University of New York Graduate Center (2019)

Sabina E. Vaught, Tufts University (2019)

Councilor: Natalie Havlin, ex officio, LaGuardia Community College at CUNY (2017)

Minority Scholars' Committee

Chair: Randy Ontiveros, University of Maryland, College Park (2017)

Lauren Araiza, Dennison University (2017)

Raúl Coronado, University of California, Berkeley (2018)

Habiba Ibrahim, University of Washington, Seattle (2017)

Doug Kiel, Northwestern University (2019)

Shanté Paradigm Smalls, St. Johns University (2019)

C. Riley Snorton, Cornell University (2018)

Kiara M. Vigil, Amherst College (2017)

Councilor: Nadine Naber, ex officio, University of Illinois, Chicago (2018)

Regional Chapters' Committee

Chair: Rosie Jade Uyola, Metropolitan New York ASA, Rutgers University, Newark (2018)

Kreg Abshire (pro temp), Rocky Mountains ASA, Johnson & Wales University, Denver Campus

Elizabeth Boyd (pro temp), Chesapeake ASA, University of Maryland, College Park

Geraldo Cadava (pro temp), Great Lakes ASA, Northwestern University

Ruben Flores, Mid-America ASA, University of Kansas (2016)

Vernadette Gonzalez, Hawai'i ASA, University of Hawai'i, Manoa (2016)

Mark Metzler Sawin, Eastern ASA, Eastern Mennonite University (2016)

Brett Mizelle, California ASA, California State University, Long Beach (2017)

Dennis Moore, Southern ASA, Florida State University (2016)

Susan Myers-Shirk (pro temp), Kentucky-Tennessee ASA, Middle Tennessee State University

Christopher Schedler, Pacific Northwest ASA, Central Washington University (2017)

Lauren Tilton, New England ASA, Yale University (2017)

Students' Committee

Co-Chair: Christopher M. Elias, Brown University (2017)

Co-Chair: Amanda Stuckey, College of William and Mary (2017)

Tanja Aho, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (2017)

Nicholas D. Krebs, Washington State University (2019)

John Marquez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2017)

Anni Pullagura, Brown University (2019)

Student Councilor: Genevieve Clutario, ex officio, Harvard University (2017)

Student Councilor: Rosie Jade Uyola, ex officio, Rutgers University, Newark (2019)

Bode-Pearson Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Michael Cowan, University of California, Santa Cruz

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Janice A. Radway, Northwestern University

Angela Davis Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Rod Ferguson, University of Illinois, Chicago

May C. Fu, University of San Diego

Dylan Rodriguez, University of California, Riverside

Mary C. Turpie Award Committee for 2016

Chair: Lucy Maddox, Georgetown University

Bruce Burgett, University of Washington, Bothell

Mark Metzler Sawin, Eastern Mennonite University

John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Lynnell L. Thomas, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Randal Maurice Jelks, University of Kansas

Josh Kun, USC Annenberg School

Laura Romero First Book Publication Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Rachel Buff, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

David Kazanjian, University of Pennsylvania

Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Kevin Mumford, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University

Chandan Reddy, University of Washington

Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Laura Briggs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Lisa Marie Cacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Yasuo Sakakibara International Scholar Paper Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Ira Dworkin, Texas A&M University

Paul Amar, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gene Wise–Warren Susman Student Paper Prize Committee for 2016

Chair: Lisa Kahaleole Hall, Wells College

Jayna Brown, University of California, Riverside

Robert McRuer, George Washington University

Program Committee for the 2016 Annual Meeting

Co-Chair: Sharon Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Co-Chair: J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University

Co-Chair: Jean M. O'Brien, University of Minnesota

Joshua Chambers-Letson, Northwestern University

Maria Cotera, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Nicole Fleetwood, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University

Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico

Kevin Murphy, University of Minnesota

Richard Rodriguez, University of California, Riverside

Susan Stryker, University of Arizona

Robert Warrior, President-elect and University of Kansas

American Quarterly Editors

Editor: Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawai'i

Associate Editor: Hokulani Aikau, University of Hawai'i

Associate Editor: Monisha Das Gupta, University of Hawai'i

Associate Editor: Min-Jung Kim, Ewha Woman's University, Korea

Book Review Editor: Matthew Basso, University of Utah

Book Review Editor: Laura Briggs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Event Review Editor: Heather Diamond, 'Iolani Palace, Hawai'i

Event Review Editor: Theodore Gonzalves, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Digital Projects Review Editor: Stephen Berry, University of Georgia

Digital Projects Review Editor: Scott Nesbit, University of Georgia

Managing Editor: Stacy Nojima, University of Hawai'i

Editorial Assistant: Jeanette Hall, University of Hawai'i

Editorial Assistant: Sanae Nakatani, University of Hawai'i

American Quarterly Board of Managing Editors

Elizabeth Colwill, University of Hawai'i

Vernadette Gonzalez, University of Hawai'i

Laura Lyons, University of Hawai'i

Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Richard Rath, University of Hawai'i

Kathleen Sands, University of Hawai'i

Alice Te Punga Somerville, University of Hawai'i

Chih-Ming Wang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Yujin Yaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan

Henry Yu, University of British Columbia, Canada

American Quarterly Board of Advisory Editors

Rachel Buff, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California

Keith Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles

Oscar Campomanes, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Bianet Castellanos, University of Minnesota

Grace Hong, University of California, Los Angeles

Shari Huhndorf, University of California, Berkeley

Melani McAlister, George Washington University

Tiya Miles, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Scott Morgenson, Queen's University, Canada

Marita Sturken, New York University

Encyclopedia of American Studies Online Board of Editors

William Calvo-Quirós, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Perin Gurel, University of Notre Dame

Udo Hebel, University of Regensburg (Germany)

Steven D. Hoelscher, University of Texas, Austin

Evangelia Kindinger, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)

William D. Moore, Boston University

Olga Najera-Ramirez, University of California, San Cruz

Miles Orvell, editor emeritus: Temple University

Patricia A. Turner, University of California, Los Angeles

Keiko Wells, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)

American Studies Association–Japanese Association for American Studies Project Advisory Committee

Chair: Moon-ho Jung, University of Washington, Seattle

Chair: Chia Youyee Vang, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Lisa Duggan, ex officio, New York University

Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University

Daryl Joji Maeda, University of Colorado, Boulder

Anita Mannur, Miami University of Ohio

David Roediger, ex officio, University of Kansas

Nikhil Singh, New York University

Meg Wesling, University of California, San Diego

OFFICERS OF ASA REGIONAL CHAPTERS

This is the list of regional chapter officers as reported to the ASA on or before July 1, 2016.

California ASA

Councilor: Edward Blum, San Diego State University

Vice Councilor: Elaine Lewinnek, California State University, Fullerton

Treasurer: Edward Blum, San Diego State University

Regional Representative: Brett Mizelle, California State University, Long Beach

Website: http://amst.fullerton.edu/casa.asp

Chesapeake ASA

Councilor: Vacant

Vice-Councilor: Dan Greene, University of Maryland, College Park

Treasurer: Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland, College Park

Regional Representative: Vacant

At-large board member: Elizabeth Boyd, University of Maryland, College Park

At-large board member: Susan Garfinkel, Library of Congress

At-large board member: Kelly Quinn, Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art

Website: http://www.amst.umd.edu/chasa/

Eastern ASA

Councilor: John Haddad, Penn State, Harrisburg

Vice Councilor: Emily Blanck, Rowan University

Secretary-Treasurer: Louise Stevenson, Franklin & Marshall College

Newsletter Editor: John Haddad, Penn State, Harrisburg

Newsletter Editor: Christie Briley, Penn State, Harrisburg

Executive Board member: Anthony Buccitelli, Penn State Harrisburg

Executive Board member (student representative): Megan McGee Yinger

President of Honor Society: Anthony Buccitelli, Penn State Harrisburg

Website: http://harrisburg.psu.edu/eastern-american-studies-association

Hawai'i

Information Unavailable

Kentucky-Tennessee

Executive Director: Susan Myers-Shirk, Middle Tennessee University

Councilor: Anne-Leslie Owens, Metro Nashville Arts Commission

Vice Councilor: Leigh Anne Gardner, Heritage Center of Murfreesboro

Executive Board member: Carol Crowe Carraco, Western Kentucky University

Executive Board member: Mary Hoffschwelle, Middle Tennessee State University

Executive Board member: John Dougan, Middle Tennessee State University (ex officio)

Contact: ky.tn.asa@gmail.com

Website: http://ktasa.wordpress.com

Mid-America

Councilor: Tom Oates, University of Iowa

Vice Councilor: Ben Looker, St. Louis University

Treasurer: Michael Krysko, Kansas State University

Secretary: Jeannette Jones, University of Nebraska

Executive Director: F. Walter Kihm, Lawrence, Kansas

Regional Representative: Ruben Flores, University of Kansas

Elected Representative: Joseph Bauerkemper, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Elected Representative: Matthew Calihman, Missouri State University

Elected Representative: Erica Hannickel, Northland College

Elected Representative: Jeanette Jones, University of Nebraska

Elected Representative: John Kinder, Oklahoma State University

Elected Representative: Michael Krysko, Kansas State University

Faculty Representative: Ruben Flores, University of Kansas

Faculty Representative: Ben Looker, St. Louis University

Faculty Representative: Tom Oates, University of Iowa

Graduate Student Representative: Tim Collins, University of Iowa

Graduate Student Representative: Mingwei Huang, University of Minnesota

Graduate Student Representative: Hannah Bailey, University of Kansas

Graduate Student Representative: Alan Blair, St. Louis University

Editor, American Studies: Randal Jelks

Editor, American Studies: Sherrie Tucker

Website: http://maasa.net/

Journal Website: https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/amerstud/index

New England

Councilor: Jeffrey Meriwether, Roger Williams University

Vice Councilor: Gretchen Sinnet, Salem State University/Wheaton College

Treasurer: Beazley Kanost, University of Rhode Island

Secretary: Kathryn Edney, Regis College

Webmaster: Jonathan Silverman, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Regional Representative: Aaron Lecklider, University of Massachusetts, Boston

President ex officio: Elif Armbruster, Suffolk University, and Akeia Benard, Wheelock College

Council e-mail: neasacouncil@gmail.com

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/neasaweb/

New York Metro

Councilor: Rosie Jayde, Uyola, Rutgers University

Vice Councilor: Justin Rogers-Cooper, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Treasurer: Sarah Chinn, Hunter College, CUNY

Secretary: Vacant

Regional Representative: Tyler T. Schmidt, Lehman College

Website: http://www.nymasa.org/

Pacific Northwest

Councilor: Peter Donahue, Wenatchee Valley College

Vice Councilor: David Noon, University of Alaska Southeast

Secretary-Treasurer: C. J. Dosch, South Puget Sound Community College

Regional Representative: Christopher Schedler, Central Washington University

Website: http://pnasa.blogspot.com/

Rocky Mountains

Councilor: Gabriel Melendez, University of New Mexico

Secretary-Treasurer: Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming

Regional Representative: Bruce Ronda, Colorado State University, Central

Website: http://www.colostate.edu/orgs/rmasa

Southern

Councilor: Krystyn R. Moon, University of Mary Washington

Vice Councilor: Vacant

Secretary-Treasurer: Lynne Adrian, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Regional Representative: Dennis Moore, Florida State University

Website: http://southernamericanstudiesassociation.org/

Texas

Councilor: Greg Giddings, Midwestern State University

Vice Councilor: Vacant

Secretary-Treasurer: Greg Giddings, Midwestern State University

Regional Representative: Unknown

Website: http://www.asatexas.org

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