Officers and Committees
Officers of the ASA include both elected and appointed members of the association.
The president-elect, who becomes president, then past president during their three-year term, is selected by a vote by ASA members during the annual election, while the executive director and the editor of the American Quarterly are appointed by the Executive Committee and ratified by the National Council.
2023-2024 Officers
President: Sharon Patricia Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
President-elect: Mishuana Goeman, University at Buffalo (on leave from UCLA)
Past President: Shana L. Redmond, Columbia University
Editor of American Quarterly: Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
2023-2024 Committees
Executive Committee
National Council
Delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies
Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund
Finance Committee
Nominating Committee
Prize Committees
Program Committee
American Quarterly Editors
American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies Project Advisory Committee
For the officers listed below, the term end date is June 30 of the year indicated in parentheses.
Please browse Committees and Chapters for the officers of specific committees and chapters.
Executive Committee
President: Sharon Patricia Holland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
President-elect: Mishuana Goeman, University of Buffalo (on leave from UCLA)
Past President: Shana L. Redmond, Columbia University
Councilors:
Wendy Cheng, Scripps College
Iyko Day, Mt. Holyoke College
Monica Huerta, Princeton University
Elliott Powell, University of Minnesota
National Council
Aren Aizura, University of Minnesota (2026)
Darius Bost, University of Utah (2024)
Kimberly Juanita Brown, Dartmouth College (2024)
Wendy Cheng, Scripps College (2025)
Iyko Day, Mt. Holyoke College (2024)
Kate Drabinski, contingent faculty representative, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2026)
Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Michigan State University (2025)
Emily Hobson, University of Nevada, Reno (2026)
Sharon Patricia Holland, president-elect, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2025)
Monica Huerta, Princeton University (2025)
Habiba Ibrahim, University of Washington (2026)
Christian Keeve, interim student representative, University of Kentucky (2024)
Mimi Thi Nguyen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2025)
Yumi Pak, Occidental College (2024)
Minh-Ha T. Pham, Pratt Institute (2026)
Olivia Polk, student representative, Yale University (2025)
Elliott Powell, University of Minnesota (2025)
Shana L. Redmond, president, Columbia University (2024)
Chih-ming Wang, international representative, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (2026)
Mari Yoshihara, ex officio, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, editor of American Quarterly
Scott Kurashige, ex officio, executive director, American Studies Association
Delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies
Robert Warrior, University of Kansas (2026)
Board of Trustees Trust and Development Fund
President-elect and Chair: Mishuana Goeman, University at Buffalo
Roderick Ferguson, Yale University (2024)
Scott Kurashige, American Studies Association (2025)
Dylan Rodriguez, University of California, Riverside (2026)
Cathy Schlund-Vials, University of Texas at Austin (2027)
Shana L. Redmond, Columbia University (2028)
Finance Committee
President-elect and Chair: Mishuana Goeman, University at Buffalo
Councilor 1:
Councilor 2:
Councilor 3:
Executive Director: Scott Kurashige, ex-officio
Nominating Committee
Chair: Greta LaFleur, Yale University (2024)
Mireya Loza, Georgetown University (2024)
Tao Leigh Goffe, Cornell University (2025)
Shanté Paradigm Smalls, New York University (2025)
Alyosha Goldstein, University of New Mexico (2026)
A. Naomi Paik, University of Illinois at Chicago (2026)
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Prize Committees
Bode-Pearson Prize Committee for 2023-2025
Chair: Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Macalester College
Laura Pulido, University of Oregon
Barry Shank, Ohio State University
Angela Y. Davis Prize Committee for 2022-2024
Chair: Dayo Gore, Georgetown University
Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Rutgers University
H.L.T. (HQ) Quan, Arizona State University
John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee for 2023
Chair: María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, NYU
J. Kameron Carter, Indiana University
Julie Sze, University of California, Davis
Laura Romero First Book Publication Prize Committee for 2023
Chair: Roshanak Kheshti, University of California, Berkeley
Nicole Nguyen, University of Illinois, Chicago
Emily Thuma, University of Washington, Tacoma
Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee for 2023
Chair: Eric Tang, University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer DeClue, Smith College
Daniel Gilbert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Constance Rourke Article Prize Committee for 2023-2024
Chair: Andrew Friedman, Haverford College
Jessica Marie Johnson, Johns Hopkins University
Nohelani Teves, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Yasuo Sakakibara International Scholar Paper Prize Committee for 2022-2023
Chair: Eve Tuck, University of Toronto
Ethan Blue, University of Western Australia
Fanon Che Wilkins, Doshisha University
Gene Wise-Warren Susman Student Paper Prize Committee for 2022-2023
Chair: Susie Woo, California State University, Fullerton
Sarah Jane Cervenak, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Teresa Gonzales, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Program Committee
Program Committee for the 2023 Annual Meeting
Co-Chairs:
Jodi Byrd - Cornell University
Lisa Marie Cacho - University of Virginia
Heidi Kim - UNC Chapel Hill
Committee Members:
GerShun Avilez - University of Maryland
Stefanie Dunning - Miami University
Chad B. Infante - University of Maryland
Soo Ah Kwon - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Koritha Mitchell - The Ohio State University
Dory Nason - University of British Columbia
Nitasha Tamar Sharma - Northwestern University
Ruby Tapia - University of Michigan
American Quarterly Editors
Editor: Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Associate Editor: Vernadette Gonzalez, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Associate Editor: Suzanna Reiss, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Associate Editor: Chris Lee, University of British Columbia
Book Review Editor: Alyosha Goldstein, University of New Mexico
Book Review Editor: Britt Rusert, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Event Review Editor: Theodore Gonzalves, Smithsonian Institution
Event Review Editor: Laura Kina, DePaul University
Digital Projects Review Editor: Micha Cárdenas, University of Washington, Bothell
Digital Projects Review Editor: Scott Nesbit, University of Georgia
Digital Projects Review Editor: Miriam Posner, University of California, Los Angeles
Managing Editor: Katherine Achacoso, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Editorial Assistant: Logan Narikawa, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Editorial Assistant: Brooke Newell, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
American Quarterly Board of Managing Editors
Marie Alohalani Brown, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Marcus Daniel, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jonna Eagle, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jane Haggis, Flinders University, Australia
Ju Young Jin, Soonchunhyang University, South Korea
Ikue Kina, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Brandy Nālani McDougall, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Colin Moore, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
American Quarterly Board of Advisory Editors
Tanja Aho, University at Buffalo
Hokulani Aikau, University of Utah
Sari Altschuler, Northeastern University
Rachel Buff, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Bianet Castellanos, University of Minnesota
Susan Garfinkel, Library of Congress
Melani McAlister, George Washington University
Richard Rath, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Nitasha Sharma, Northwestern University
Chih-ming Wang, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
Henry Yu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies Project Advisory Committee
Chair: Jolie A. Sheffer, Bowling Green State University
Chair: Meg Wesling, University of California, San Diego
Martin Manalansan, Rutgers University
William Nessly, West Chester University
Junaid Rana, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jason Ruiz, University of Notre Dame
Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut
Simeon Man, University of California, San Diego
Patricia Ventura, Spelman College
Scott Kurashige, ex-officio