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American Studies Association, 2007-2008 Officers

President: VICKI L. RUIZ, University of California, Irvine
President-elect: PHILIP J. DELORIA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Past President: EMORY ELLIOTT, University of California, Riverside
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, American Studies Association
Editor of American Quarterly: CURTIS MAREZ, ex officio, University of Southern California
Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online: MILES ORVELL, ex officio, Temple University
Crossroads Project Director: RANDALL BASS, ex officio, Georgetown University

Executive Committee

President: VICKI L. RUIZ, University of California, Irvine
President-elect: PHILIP J. DELORIA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Past President: EMORY ELLIOTT, University of California, Riverside
Council Member: CAROLYN T. DE LA PEÑA, University of California, Davis
Council Member: ALVINA QUINTANA, University of Delaware
Council Member: HENRY YU, University of California, Los Angeles

Council

RANDALL BASS, ex officio, Georgetown University, Director of American Studies Electronic Crossroads
PHILIP J. DELORIA, President-elect, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2010)
CAROLYN T. DE LA PEÑA, University of California, Davis (June 2010)
EMORY ELLIOTT, University of California, Riverside, Past President (June 2008)
RODERICK FERGUSON, University of Minnesota (June 2010)
RUTH WILSON GILMORE, University of Southern California (June 2010)
JUDITH HALBERSTAM, University of Southern California (June 2009)
EVELYN HU-DEHART, Brown University (June 2009)
MASUMI IZUMI, International Member of Council, Doshisha University, Japan (June 2008)
CURTIS MAREZ, ex officio, University of Southern California, Editor of American Quarterly
DANA D. NELSON, Vanderbilt University (June 2008)
MILES ORVELL, ex officio, Temple University, Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online
ALVINA QUINTANA, University of Delaware (June 2010)
PAULA RABINOWITZ, University of Minnesota (June 2009)
T.V. REED, Washington State University (June 2009)
VICKI L. RUIZ, University of California, Irvine, President (June 2009)
ROSAURA SÁNCHEZ, University of California, San Diego (June 2008)
JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association, Executive Director
KATHLEEN STOKER, Secondary Schools Member of Council, Westborough High School, Westborough, MA (June 2008)
LETI VOLPP, University of California, Berkeley (June 2009)
SUSIE WOO, Student Member of Council, Yale University (June 2008)
CARISA WORDEN, New York University (June 2010)
HENRY YU, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2010)

Delegate to American Council of Learned Societies

GARY Y. OKIHIRO, Columbia University (December 2010)

Office of The Executive Director

JOHN F. STEPHENS, Executive Director and Newsletter Editor
THOMAS APEl, Georgetown University, Research Coordinator
HEATHER ASHBY, Georgetown University, Publications Coordinator
KRISTEN HODGE, University of Maryland, Convention Coordinator

Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund

Chair: PHILIP J. DELORIA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2012)
VICKI L. RUIZ, University of California, Irvine (June 2011)
EMORY ELLIOTT, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)
SHELLEY FISHER FISHKIN, Stanford University (June 2008)
KAREN HALTTUNEN, University of Southern California (June 2009)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Finance Committee

Chair: PHILIP J. DELORIA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Council Member: CAROLYN T. DE LA PEÑA, University of California, Davis
Council Member: ALVINA QUINTANA, University of Delaware
Council Member: HENRY YU, University of California, Los Angeles
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Nominating Committee

Chair: SHARON P. HOLLAND, Northwestern University (June 2009)
LISA DUGGAN, New York University (June 2008)
ROSA LINDA FREGOSO, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2008)
JOHN HOWARD, King’s College, University of London (June 2010)
MARÍA JOSEFINA SALDAÑA-PORTILLO, Rutgers University (June 2010)
AMY STILLMAN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)

Committee on American Studies Programs and Centers

Chair: ANDREW ROSS, New York University (June 2008)
HANS BAK, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands (June 2008)
JAY GARCIA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (June 2010)
ANTHONY HARKINS, Western Kentucky University (June 2009)
LEE ANN LANDS, Kennesaw State University (June 2010)
CHERYL LESTER, University of Kansas (June 2009)
Council Member: DANA D. NELSON, ex officio, Vanderbilt University (June 2008)
Council Member: T.V. REED, ex officio, Washington State University (June 2009)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Committee on Ethnic Studies

Chair: SARIKA CHANDRA, Wayne State University (June 2009)
RACHEL BUFF, Bowling Green State University (June 2009)
MATTHEW GUTERL, Indiana University (June 2008)
DUCHESS HARRIS, Macalester College (June 2010)
DAVID J. LEONARD, Washington State University (June 2008)
GABRIEL MELENDEZ, University of New Mexico (June 2010)
RICARDO ORTIZ, California State University, Los Angeles (June 2010)
Council Member: SUSIE WOO, ex officio, Yale University (June 2008)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Committee on Graduate Education

Chair: GEORGE J. SANCHEZ, University of Southern California
LEONARD CASSUTO, Fordham University
DONALD A. GRINDE, State University of New York, Buffalo
ERIC J. SANDEEN, University of Wyoming
ANN SCHOFIELD, University of Kansas
SUSAN SMULYAN, Brown University
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

K-16 Collaboration Committee

Chair: ADAM GOLUB, California State University, Fullerton (June 2008)
SYLVIA AQUINO, University of California, Davis (June 2009)
JENNIFER BETTS, Howard School, Georgia (June 2010)
LESLIE FISHBEIN, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (June 2010)
KAREN HALTTUNEN, University of Southern California (June 2009)
JENNIFER JEFFERSON, University of Texas at Austin (June 2009)
JADE LEE, National Kaohsiung University, Taiwan (June 2010)
BERNADETTE MAY-BEAVER, The Lovett School (June 2009)
BARBARA TISCHLER, Horace Mann School, New York(June 2009)
Council Member: KATHLEEN STOKER, ex-officio, Westborough High School, Massachusetts (June 2008)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

International Committee

Chair: PAUL LAUTER, Trinity College (June 2009)
AVITAL BLOCH, University of Colima, Mexico (June 2010)
LILY CHO, University of Western Ontario, Canada (June 2009)
ISABEL DURÁN, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (June 2008)
R.J. ELLIS, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (June 2008)
ANDREW GROSS, Free University of Berlin, Germany (June 2009)
JENNIFER HARRIS, Mount Allison University, Canada (June 2009)
S. JAY KLEINBERG, Brunel University, United Kingdom (June 2008)
MARCY KNOPF-NEWMAN, American University of Beruit, Lebanon (June 2009)
PATRICK O’BRIEN, Hokkai Gakuen University, Japan (June 2010)
WIESLAW OLEKSY, University of Lodz, Poland (June 2008)
JEAN PFAELZER, University of Delaware (June 2010)
GREG ROBINSON, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada (June 2008)
MART STEWART, Western Washington University (June 2009)
DEREK VAILLIANT, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2010)
BORIS VEJDOVSKY, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (June 2010)
XIAO-HUANG YIN, Occidental College (June 2008)
Council Member: MASUMI IZUMI, ex officio, Doshisha University, Japan (June 2008)
Council Member: EMORY ELLIOTT, ex officio, University of California, Riverside, (June 2008)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association
International Initiative Coordinator: KATE DELANEY, ex officio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Minority Scholars’ Committee

Chair: ERNESTO CHÁVEZ, University of Texas, El Paso (June 2009)
JAN CHRISTIAN BERNABE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)
DANIEL BERNARDI, Arizona State University (June 2010)
D. ANTHONY TYEEME CLARK, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (June 2009)
CARY CORDOVA, Dickinson College (June 2010)
ANNA-LOUISE KEATING, Texas Women’s University (June 2010)
JOHN STREAMAS, Washington State University (June 2008)
HARROD J. SUAREZ, University of Minnesota (June 2008)
CYNTHIA TOLENTINO, University of Oregon (June 2009)
KYLA W. TOMPKINS, Pomona College (June 2008)
Council Member: CURTIS MAREZ, ex officio, University of Southern California (June 2010)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Regional Chapters’ Committee

Chair: DONNA M. CAMPBELL, Pacific Northwest ASA, Washington State University (June 2008)
MARIAN AITCHES, Texas ASA, University of Texas, San Antonio (June 2009)
SOPHIE BELL, Metropolitan New York ASA, Tufts University (June 2008)
JOHN HADDAD, Mid-Atlantic ASA, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg (June 2008)
MARK HELBLING, Hawai’i ASA, University of Hawai’i, Manoa (June 2010)
BETSY KLIMASMITH, New England ASA, University of Massachusetts, Boston (June 2009)
DENNIS MOORE, Southern ASA, Florida State University (June 2010)
SARAH MOORE, Rocky Mountain ASA, University of Arizona (June 2009)
JO B. PAOLETTI, Chesapeake ASA, University of Maryland, College Park (June 2010)
JANE E. SCHULTZ, Great Lakes ASA, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (June 2010)
S. TRAVIS SILCOX, California ASA, Sacramento City College (June 2008)
JANE SIMONSEN, , Mid-America ASA, Augustana College (June 2009)
MARTHA VIEHMANN, Kentucky-Tennessee ASA, Northern Kentucky University (June 2010)
Council Member: PAULA RABINOWITZ, ex officio, University of Minnesota (June 2009)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Students’ Committee

Chair: AMI SOMMARIVA, University of California, Davis (June 2008)
Chair: SHARON HEIJIN LEE, University of Michigan (June 2009)
LIZA BURBANK, Brown University (June 2008)
JOAN FRAGASZY, George Washington University (June 2009)
STACY JAMESON, University of California, Davis (June 2009)
JENNY MOFFITT, Florida State University (June 2009)
TOM PERRIN, University of Chicago (June 2009)
STEPHANIE RICKER SCHULTE, George Washington University (June 2008)
ELIZABETH SWIFT, University of New Mexico (June 2008)
Council Member: SUSIE WOO, ex officio, Yale University (June 2008)
Council Member: CARISA WORDEN, ex officio, New York University (June 2010)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Women’s Committee

Chair: KRISTEN A. HOGAN, Louisiana State University (June 2008)
Chair: CATHERINE RAMIREZ, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2010)
JUDITH JACKSON FOSSETT, University of Southern California (June 2009)
M. ALISON KIBLER, Franklin & Marshall University (June 2010)
SHIRLEY JENNIFER LIM, State University of New York, Stony Brook (June 2008)
SHARON O’BRIEN, Dickinson College (June 2008)
JONI PALMER, University of Colorado, Boulder (June 2009)
SARAH ROBBINS, Kennesaw State University (June 2010)
SONIA TORRES, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil (June 2008)
JENNIFER WILLIAMS, Michigan State University (June 2010)
Council Member: ALVINA QUINTANA, ex officio, University of Delaware (June 2010)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Bode-Pearson Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: SHARON O’BRIEN, Dickinson College
SHARON HARLEY, University of Maryland, College Park
TERESA McKENNA, University of Southern California

John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: RODRIGO LAZO, University of California, Irvine
SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN, University of Virginia
LISA LOWE, Yale University

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: JOHN GENNARI, University of Vermont
MAE NGAI, Columbia University
DAVID SERLIN, University of California, San Diego

Laura Romero First Book Publication Award Committee for 2008

Chair: EILEEN BORIS, University of California, Santa Barbara
ELISE V. LEMIRE, Purchase College, SUNY
JULIE SZE, University of California at Davis

Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: JENNIFER DeVERE BRODY, Northwestern University
NICOLE FLEETWOOD, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
ARI KELMAN, University of California at Davis

Yasuo Sakaibara International Scholar Paper Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: PAUL KRAMER, University of Iowa
SCOTT LADERMAN, University of Minnesota, Duluth
KAREN LEONG, Arizona State University
DAVID STOWE, Michigan State University

Gene Wise-Warren Susman Student Paper Prize Committee for 2008

Chair: ELIZABETH ESCOBEDO, University of Denver
EILEEN LUHR, California State University, Long Beach
ANNA PEGLER-GORDON, Michigan State University

MARY C. TURPIE AWARD COMMITTEE FOR 2008

Chair: MICHAEL STEINER, California State University, Fullerton
JUNE HOWARD, University of Michigan
BILL MULLEN, Purdue University

Program Committee for the 2008 Annual Meeting

Co-Chair: JULIE ELLISON, University of Michigan
Co-Chair: ROBERT WARRIOR, University of Oklahoma
Co-Chair: NIKHIL SINGH, University of Washington
JONI ADAMSON, Arizona State University
SYLVIA AQUINO, Vacaville (California) Unified School District
BRUCE BURGETT, University of Washington Bothell
JENNIFER DENETDALE, University of New Mexico
SHARON HOLLAND, Northwestern University
HSINYA HUANG, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan)
ADRIA IMADA, University of California San Diego
ALEX LUBIN, University of New Mexico
RAUL RUBIO, Wellesley College

Site Resource Committee for the 2008 Annual Meeting

Chair: ALEX LUBIN, University of New Mexico
ED BOLES, City of Albuquerque Historic Preservation Office
BRIAN HERRERA, University of New Mexico
MELANIE LaBORWIT, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
GABRIEL MELENDEZ, University of New Mexico
TEY MARIANNA NUNN, National Hispanic Cultural Center
REBECCA SCHREIBER, University of New Mexico
JUSTIN TRAGER, Native American Charter Academy, Albuquerque
DENNIS TRUJILLO, Office of the New Mexico State Historian
CHRIS WILSON, University of New Mexico

American Quarterly Editors

Editor: CURTIS MAREZ, University of Southern California (June 2009)
Associate Editor: RODERICK FERGUSON, University Minnesota (June 2010)
Associate Editor: KATHERINE KINNEY, University of California, Riverside (June 2009)
Associate Editor: JAMES KYUNG JIN LEE, University of California, Santa Barbara (June 2009)
Associate Editor: LISA LOWE, University of California, San Diego (June 2009)
Associate Editor: DYLAN RODRIGUEZ, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)
Book Review Editor: GLENN HENDLER, University of Notre Dame (June 2010)
Exhibition Review Editor: JENNIFER DOYLE, University of California, Riverside (June 2010)

American Quarterly Board of Advisory Editors

NED BLACKHAWK, University of Wisconsin, Madison (June 2010)
CASEY BLAKE, Columbia University (June 2008)
DAPHNE A. BROOKS, Princeton University (June 2010)
BRUCE BURGETT, University of Washington, Bothell (June 2010)
KAREN HALTTUNEN, University of Southern California (June 2010)
SHARON P. HOLLAND, University of Illinois, Chicago (June 2009)
LIAM KENNEDY, University College Dublin (June 2008)
GUENTHER LENZ, Humboldt University, Berlin (June 2008)
GEORGE LIPSITZ, University of California, Santa Cruz (June 2010)
MELANI MCALISTER, George Washington University (June 2010)
JOSÉ MUÑOZ, New York University (June 2010)
MARIA MONTOYA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (June 2009)
DANA NELSON, Vanderbilt University (June 2008)
MAE NGAI, University of Chicago (June 2008)
DONALD PEASE, Dartmouth College (June 2009)
PENNY VON ESCHEN, University of Michigan (June 2010)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

American Quarterly Board of Managing Editors

SARAH BANET-WEISER, University of Southern California (June 2008)
RUTH BLOCH, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2009)
JUDITH JACKSON FOSSETT, University of Southern California (June 2007)
GREG HISE, University of Southern California (June 2008)
JOSH KUN, University of California, Riverside (June 2008)
FRED MOTEN, University of Southern California (June 2009)
LAURA PULIDO, University of Southern California (June 2008)
JOHN CARLOS ROWE, University of Southern California (June 2010)
SHELLEY STREEBY, University of California, San Diego (June 2010)
DANIEL WIDENER, University of California, San Diego (June 2009)
GRACE HONG, University of California, Los Angeles (June 2010)
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Crossroads Project Advisory Board

Chair: TIMOTHY POWELL, University of Pennsylvania (June 2008)
ELIZABETH ABELE, Nassau Community College (June 2009)
AURELIANO DESOTO, Metropolitan State University (June 2008)
SUSAN GARFINKEL, Library of Congress (June 2010)
RICHARD LOWRY, The College of William and Mary (June 2010)
T. V. REED, Washington State University (June 2008)
AMANDA REES, Columbus State University (June 2009)
DEBORAH SCHMALHOLZ, Elgin High School, Illinois (June 2010)
LINDA WATTS, University of Washington, Bothell (June 2010)
JUDITH WEISENFELD, Princeton University (June 2009)
ERIC WERTHIEMER, Arizona State University (June 2010)
Project Director: RANDY BASS, ex officio, Georgetown University
Associate Director: JEFF SELEN, ex officio, Washington State University
Council Member: CAROLYN T. DE LA PEÑA, ex officio, University of California, Davis (June 2010)
Editor of Encyclopedia of American Studies Online: MILES ORVELL, ex officio, Temple University
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

ASA-JAAS Project Advisory Committee

Chair: STEPHEN H. SUMIDA, University of Washington
EMORY ELLIOTT, University of California, Riverside
NATALIA MOLINA, University of California, San Diego
VIET NGUYEN, University of Southern California
GAIL NOMURA, University of Washington
GARY OKIHIRO, Columbia University
VICKI L. RUIZ, University of California, Irvine
Executive Director: JOHN F. STEPHENS, ex officio, American Studies Association

Officers of ASA Regional Chapters:

California

President: Scot Guenter, San Jose State University
Vice-President: James Spady, SOKA University
Secretary: Hertha Sweet Wong, UC Berkeley
Treasurer: Jackie Donath, California State University, Sacramento

Chesapeake

President/Treasurer: Jo B. Paoletti, University of Maryland
Fall Conference Chair: Francine Jamine, Montgomery College Takoma Park-Silver Spring
Spring Conference Chair: Patrice McDermott, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Member-At-Large: Martha Swearingen, George Mason University
Member-At-Large: Psyche Williams-Forson, University of Maryland

Great Lakes

President: Thomas Scanlan, Ohio Univeristy
Vice-President: Vacant
Secretary-Newsletter Editor: Philip Terrie, Bowling Green State University
Electronics Editor: Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University
Treasurer: Donna M. Deblasio, Youngstown State University
Graduate Student Representative: Lisa Gabbert, Indiana University

Hawai’i

President: Kristy Ringor,University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Vice President: Gleniss Kaiulani Akamine,University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Membership: Stephanie Lani Teves, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Treasurer: Constancio Arnaldo, Jr., University of Hawai’i, Manoa
Graduate Student Organization Representative: Darlene Mortel,University of Hawai’i, Manoa

Kentucky-Tennessee

President: Nedra Lundberg, Kentucky State University
Vice President: Elizabeth Boyd, Vanderbilt University
Executive Director-Treasurer: John Dougan, Middle Tennessee State University
Editors, Border States: Ellen Donovan, Middle Tennessee State University, and Mary Hoffschwelle, Middle Tennessee State University

Mid-America

President: Kathryn Kuhn, St. Louis University
Vice-President: Jane Simonsen, Augustana College
Secretary: Nelson Hathcock, St. Xavier University
2007 Conference Coordinator: Mary Ann Wynkoop, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Executive Director: Kathleen Wells Morgan, Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri

Mid-Atlantic

President: Mark Sawin, Eastern Mennonite University
Vice President: Carolyn Kitch, Temple University
Secretary-Treasurer: Louise Stevenson, Franklin and Marshall College
Newsletter Editor: John Haddad, Penn State Harrisburg

New England

President: J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University
Vice-President: Mary Battenfield, Wheelock College
Secretary: Veronica Savory McComb, Boston University
Treasurer: Elif Armbruster, Suffollk University in Boston

New York Metro

President: Sophie Bell, Tufts University
Vice President/Secretary: Jean Murley, Queens Community College, CUNY
Treasurer: Sarah Chinn, Hunter College, CUNY
Member-at-Large: Jon Hartman

Pacific Northwest

President: Brian Donahue, Eastern Washington University
Vice President: John Trombold, Linfield College
Secretary/Treasurer: Position still open; an election will be held by e-mail
PNASA representative to the Regional Chapters Committee, 2008-2011: Patricia Hart, University of Idaho.
Student Liaison: Jeff Dodd, Eastern Washington University

Rocky Mountains

President: Rebecca Schreiber, University of New Mexico
Vice President: Melody Graulich, Utah State University
Treasurer: Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming

Southern

President: Annette Trefzer, University of Mississippi
Vice President: Eric Anderson, George Mason University
Sec-Treasurer: Lynne Adrian, University of Alabama
Past President: John Lowe, Louisiana State University
SASA Regional Chapters Link: Dennis Moore, Florida State University

Texas

President: Doug Ferdon, Baylor University
Vice President: Annemarie Whaley, East Texas Baptist University
Secretary-Treasurer: Greg Giddings, Midwestern State University
JASAT Editor: Maxey Parrish, Baylor University

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