Committees & Councils
2020-2021
Standing Committees
Budget Committee
- Chair: Glenn Martinez, The Ohio State University (Treasurer)
- Kendall King, University of Minnesota (President)
- Patricia Duff, University of British Columbia (1st Vice President)
- Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University (2nd Vice President)
- Laura Collins, Concordia University (Immediate Past President)
- Terry Dougherty, AAAL Business Office (ex officio)
FFAL Trustees
- Chair: Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University (term ends March 2022)
- Past Chair: Tom Ricento, the University of Calgary (term ends March 2021)
- Associate Chair: Joan Kelly Hall, The Pennsylvania State University
- Haoshan Ren, Georgia State University (GSC representative, non-voting)
- Josiah Murphy, Kent State University (GSC representative, non-voting)
- Glenn Martinez, The Ohio State University (Treasurer, ex officio, voting)
Nominating Committee
- Chair: Andrea Revesz, UCL IoE, University College London
- Laura Collins, Concordia University (ex officio, Immediate Past President)
- Junko Mori, The University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Manka Varghese, The University of Washington
- Angel Lin, Simon Fraser University
- Xuesong Gao, University of New South Wales
Resolutions Committee
- Chair: Renee Jourdenais, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
- Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University
- Hae In (Lauren) Park, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Public Affairs and Engagement Committee
- Chair: Netta Avineri, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
(term ends March 2021) - Vice-Chair: Rachel Showstack, Wichita State University (term ends March 2022)
- Joel Gómez, Center for Applied Linguistic (ex officio: President of CAL) (term ends March 2023)
- Meg Malone, Georgetown University (ex officio: JNCL Representative) (term ends March 2021)
- Laura Collins, Concordia University (ex officio: Immediate Past President)
- Svetlana Koltovskaia, Oklahoma State University (GSC Designee) (term ends March 2021)
- Bedrettin Yazan, The University of Texas at San Antonio (term ends March 2023)
Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award Committee
- Chair: Teresa McCarty, University of California, Los Angeles
- Wayne Wright, Purdue University
- Ofelia Garcia, City University of New York
- Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia (ex officio: 2020 awardee)
- Laura Collins, Concordia University (ex officio: Immediate Past President)
Graduate Student Award Committee
- Chair: Angelica Galante, McGill University
- Jongbong Lee, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan
- Zhongfeng Tian, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Ron Darvin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Claudia Helena Sanchez-Gutierrez, The University of California, Davis
Book Award Committee
- Chair: Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country, Spain (elected; term ends March 2022)
- Nancy Bell, Washington State University (elected; term ends March 2022)
- Theresa Catalano, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Christina Higgins, The University of Hawaii at Manoa (Member-at-Large, Executive Committee; term ends March 2022)
- Aline Godfroid, Michigan State University (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Anne Marie Guerrettaz, Washington State University (appointed; term ends March 2022)
- Angela Creese, The University of Stirling (appointed; term ends March 2022)
- Mary Schleppegrell, The University of Michigan (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Xuesong (Andy) Gao, University of New South Wales (elected; term ends March 2023)
- Judit Kormos, Lancaster University (elected; term ends March 2023)
- John Hedgcock, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (elected; term ends March 2023)
Dissertation Award Committee
- Chair: Amanda Kibler, Oregon State University (elected; term ends March 2021)
- Sarah Benesch, Staten Island College, CUNY (elected; term ends March 2021)
- Xuesong (Andy) Gao, The University of New South Wales (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Jin Sook Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Viviana Cortes, Georgia State University (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Yasuko Kanno, Boston University (elected; term ends March 2021)
- Charlene Polio, Michigan State University (Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, term ends March 2021)
Research Article Award Committee
- Chair: Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales (appointed; term ends March 2021)
- Ute Römer, Georgia State University (elected; term expires March 2022)
- Junko Mori, The University of Wisconsin (elected; term expires March 2022)
- Yuko Butler, The University of Pennsylvania (appointed; term expires March 2023)
- Jennifer Leeman, George Mason University (Member-at-Large, Executive Committee)
Distinguished Public Service Award Committee
- Chair: Ari Sherris, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (appointed; term expires March 2022)
- Suhanthie Motha, The University of Washington (appointed; term expires March 2022)
- Charlene Polio, Michigan State University (Member-at-Large, Executive Committee; term ends March 2021)
- Manka Varghese, The University of Washington (elected, term expires March 2023)
- Uju Anya, Penn State (elected, term expires March 2023)
Committee on Online Education and Outreach
- Chair: Carolin Fuchs, Northeastern University (appointed; term expires March 2022)
- Vice-Chair: Michael Amory, Oklahoma State University (appointed; term expires March 2023)
- Joe Cunningham, Georgetown University (appointed; term expires March 2023)
- Yu Jung Han, The University of Rochester (appointed; term expires March 2022)
- Jinrong Li, Georgia Southern University (appointed; term expires March 2023)
- Stephanie Link, Oklahoma State University (appointed; term expires March 2022)
- Stephen Skalicky, Victoria University Wellington (appointed; term expires March 2024)
- Laura Collins, Concordia University (ex officio: Immediate Past President)
Committee on Conference Connections
- Chair: Bethany Gray, Iowa State University
- Dustin Crowther, University of Hawaii
- Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Matt Kessler, University of South Florida
- Jiyoon Lee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Matt Poehner, Penn State University
- Christina Ponzio, Michigan State University
- Andrea Révész, University College London
- Bedrettin Yazan, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Laxmi Prasad Ojha, Michigan State University
The Graduate Student Council
- Co-Chair: Haoshan (Sally) Ren, Georgia State University
- Co-Chair: Laxmi Prasad Ojha, Michigan State University
- Secretary: Josiah Murphy, Kent State University
- Member-at-large (Social Media): Svetlana Koltovskaia, Oklahoma State University
- Member-at-large (Newsletter): Stefan Vogel, University of Arizona
Representatives on External Boards/Associations
AILA
- International Committee - Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala, INTO Colorado State
- Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, Past President
- Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Indiana University, Research Networks Coordinator
JNCL (Joint National Committee for Languages)
- Meg Malone, Georgetown University (term ends March 2021)
Cambridge University Press/Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
- Editor: Alison Mackey, Georgetown University
- 2 board-appointed editorial directors:
- Elizabeth (Liz) R. Miller, University of North Carolina Charlotte (term ends March 2022)
- Uju Anya, Pennsylvania State University (term ends December 2021)
American Anthropological Association Open-Access Repository Advisory Board
- Sabina Perrino, SUNY Binghamton
History
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