The 2019 Board has five officers and eleven board members (including two graduate student representatives). The Board also includes ad hoc members, such as the AATSEEL liaison.

Officers

President: Paula Michaels (2019-2020)

Vice-President/President Elect: Melissa Bokovoy (2019-2020)

Past-President: Betsy Jones Hemenway (2019-2020)

Secretary: Melissa Stockdale (2018-2019)

Treasurer: Lisa Kirschenbaum (2018-2019)

Clerk: Valerie Sperling (2018-2019)

Investment Officer: Rochelle Ruthchild (2016-)

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Communications

AWSS-L Representative: Christine Worobec, Northern Illinois University

WEW Co-editors: Adrienne Harris, Baylor University and Jill Massino, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Facebook Monitor: Paula Michaels

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2019 Board Members

Heather Coleman, University of Alberta (2019-2020)

Sharon Kowalsky, Texas A&M University-Commerce (2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2018-2019)

Adrienne Harris, Baylor University (2016-2017, 2018-2019)

Amy E. Randall, Santa Clara University (2016-2017, 2018-2019)

Hilde Hoogenboom, Arizona State University (2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2018-2019)

Laurie Stoff, Arizona State University (2018-2019)

Barbara Allen, La Salle University (2018-2019)

Katya Jordan, Brigham Young University (2018-2019)

Elizabeth Skomp, Sewanee, The University of the South (2019-2020)

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Graduate Student Representatives (2019-2020)

Alisha Kirchoff, Indiana University (2019-2020)

Grace Mahoney, University of Michigan (2019-2020)

AATSEEL Liaison: Melissa Miller, University of Notre Dame

ASEEES Diversity Liaison: Jennifer Suchland, Ohio State University

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Committees – 2019

AWSS Travel Grants: Michele Rivkin-Fish (chair), Rochelle Ruthchild, and Adrienne Harris

Graduate Essay Prize Committee: Betsy Jones Hemenway (chair), Amy Randall, and Emily Shuckman-Matthews

Graduate Research Prize Committee: Sharon Kowalsky (chair), Melissa Stockdale, and Debbie Field

Heldt Prize Committee: Melissa Bokovoy (chair), Jenny Kaminer, Diane Nemec Ignashev, and Anika Walke

Mary Zirin Prize Committee: Ellen Elias-Bursac (chair), Iva Glisic, Laura Schlosberg, and Marilyn Schwinn Smith

Membership and Publicity Committee: Laurie Stoff (chair), Natasha McCauley, and Alisha Kirchoff

Mentoring Committee: Karen Petrone (chair), TBA

Nominating Committee: Hilde Hoogenboom (chair) and Natasha McCauley

Outstanding Achievement Award Committee: Paula Michaels (chair), Betsy Jones Hemenway, and Melissa Bokovoy

Research: Karen Petrone (chair), TBA