Governance

All members are encouraged to attend the business meeting held as a catered luncheon at each annual conference. All members are welcome to participate in governance by running for society office. Each year a nominating committee collects nominations and self-nominations for open offices. Members interested in serving on the publications committee should correspond with an executive committee or current publications committee member.

For SLSA Europe governance, please see the SLSAeu site.

Please see SLSA’s policies for respectful behavior and freedom of speech commitment

Elections

Elections for officers and graduate liaisons are held in spring. Current members will be invited via email to vote online. Incoming officers and members-at-large (and periodically members of publications committee) take office at the executive committee meeting of that fall’s annual conference.

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SLSA Executive Board, 2024-2026

President	Rajani Sudan	Southern Methodist University
Executive Director	Carol Colatrella	Georgia Institute of Technology
First Vice-President	Adam Nocek	Arizona State University
Second Vice-President	Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal	University of Basel
Members-at-Large	Katherine Buse (2025-27)	University of Chicago
	Nat Mengist (2024-26)	University of Washington
	Shane Denson (2023-25)	Stanford University
	Paula Leverage (2023-25)	Purdue University
Graduate Student Liaisons (2025-26)	Damian Enyaosah	University of Texas-Dallas
	Yangqiao Lu	University of Chicago
	Christina (Ting-Ting) Shiea	University of Washington
Editors of Configurations	Melissa Littlefield	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Rajani Sudan	Southern Methodist University; configurations@smu.edu
Configurations Book Review Editor	Jay Labinger List of Books to Review	Jay Labinger Beckman Institute 139-74 California Institute of Technology 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125
Publications Committee	Pamela Gossin	University of Texas at Dallas
	Raymond Malewitz	Oregon State University
	Bruce Clarke	Texas Tech University
Electronic Resources Coordinator	Wayne Miller
Social Media Liaisons	Ed Chang	Ohio University
	Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal	University of Basel
Arts Liaison	Dennis Summers
	Maria Whiteman
Ombudspersons	Marcel 0’Gorman	University of Waterloo
	Kari Nixon	Whitworth University
Nomination Committee	Laura Otis (chair), Ron Broglio, Paula Leverage
Conference Committee	Adam Nocek, David Cecchetto, Ron Broglio, Marcel Gorman
Website Redesign Committee	Adam Nocek, Rajodh Singh Dhaliwal, Ed Chang, Wayne Miller, Gabriela Baka (designer)
Outreach & Belonging	Ed Chang (chair), Laura Otis, Ray Malewitz, Nat Mengist, Steve Denison
Bruns Essay Prize Committee	Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal
Schachterle Essay Prize Committee	Carol Colatrella, Blake Leland, Irina Aristarkhova
Kendrick Book Prize Committee	Rob Mitchell
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee	Dennis Summers, Elizabeth Donaldson, Shane Denson

Past Presidents