2017 AWSS Officers and Board

The 2017 Board has eleven members including two graduate students.

Officers

  • President: Betsy Jones Hemenway (2017-2018)
  • Vice-President/President Elect: Paula Michaels (2017-2018)
  • Past-President: Choi Chatterjee (2017-2018)
  • Secretary: Melissa Stockdale (2016-2017)
  • Treasurer: Lisa Kirschenbaum (2016-2017)
  • Clerk: Valerie Sperling (2016-2017)
  • Investment Officer: Rochelle Ruthchild (2016-)

Communications

  • AWSS-L Representative: Christine Worobec, Northern Illinois University
  • Co-Editors, WEW: Barbara Allen, La Salle University, allenb@lasalle.edu and Jill Massino, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Facebook Monitor: Paula Michaels

2017 Board Members

  • Sharon Kowalsky, Texas A&M University-Commerce (2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2016-2017)
  • Cynthia Simmons, Boston College (2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2016-2017)
  • Adrienne Harris, Baylor University (2016-2017)
  • Amy E. Randall, Santa Clara University (2016-2017)
  • Sally Boniece, Frostburg State University (2016-2017)
  • Michele Rivkin-Fish, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2014-2015, 2016-2017)
  • Hilde Hoogenboom, Arizona State University (2014-2015, 2016-2017)
  • Elena Gapova, University of Western Michigan (2017-2018)
  • Mary Neuburger, University of Texas, Austin (2017-2018)
  • Graduate Student Representatives (2017-2018):
    Natasha (Natalie) McCauley Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan (2015-2016, 2017-2018)
    Alisha Kirchoff, Indiana University (2017-2018)

Committees & Chairs

  • AWSS Travel Grants: Rochelle Ruthchild and Michele Rivkin-Fish
  • Graduate Essay Prize Committee: Karen Petrone, Adrienne Harris and Amy Randall
  • Graduate Research Prize Committee: Sharon Kowalsky
  • Heldt Prize Committee: Betsy Jones Hemenway, Charlotte Rosenthal, Melissa Bokovoy and Carol Nechemias
  • Mary Zirin Prize Committee: Marilyn Schwinn Smith
  • Membership and Publicity Committee: Natalie McCauley and Laurie Stoff
  • Mentoring Committee: Cynthia Simmons
  • Nominating Committee: Sally Boniece
  • Outstanding Achievement Award Committee: Choi Chatterjee, Betsy Jones Hemenway and Karen Petrone
  • Research: Sharon Kowalsky
  • AATSEEL Liaison: Jessica Zychowicz