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Announcement of Dr. Scott Kurashige Stepping Down From Executive Director Role
Monday, November 6, 2023 – Scott Kurashige has announced that he is moving on from his position as Executive Director of the American Studies Association. The ASA wants to acknowledge Scott’s committed service to the Association in several capacities, as President-Elect (2018-19), President (2019-20), Past-President (2020-21), and then as our Executive Director starting in April 2022.
We’d like to begin with our thanks to Scott for having steered the organization into a period of greater financial stability and institutional growth. Furthermore, the successful Spring 2023 hire of two new Program Coordinators—one for Membership and Events and the other for Media ...(Read more)
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The Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award for Independent Scholars, Contingent or Community College Faculty- Nominations Open
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Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award - Nominations Open
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To the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, in Defense of Angela Davis
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Statement on White Supremacist Violence in Pittsburgh (2018)
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Carceral Humanism: CFP for 2017 Co-Sponsored Panel
Posted for Critical Disability Studies Caucus, Critical Prison Studies Caucus in Annual Meeting
Call for Sports Studies Panels at 2017 Annual Meeting
Posted for Sports Studies Caucus in Annual Meeting
Critical Prison Studies and Related 2016 Panels
Posted for Critical Prison Studies Caucus in Annual Meeting
New Grad Student Rep on SASA’s Board AND New Deadline for Critoph Prize
Posted for Southeastern American Studies Association in Awards, Prizes, and Grants
Sports Studies Schedule for ASA 2016
Posted for Sports Studies Caucus in Annual Meeting