Officers 2025

President: Michelle M. Dowd
Department of English
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244
mmdowd1@ua.edu

Vice President: Amy Froide
Department of History
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
froide@umbc.edu

Past President: Andrea Pearson
American University
Washington, DC
pearson@american.edu

Treasurer: Maria DePrano
Department of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
mdeprano@ucmerced.edu

Secretary: Grace E. Coolidge
Department of History
Grand Valley State University
MAK D 1160
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401
coolidgg@gvsu.edu

Executive Appointments 2025

Listserv Coordinator: Karen L. Nelson
Department of English
University of Maryland
Tawes Hall Rm. 2120B
7751 Alumni Dr.
College Park, MD 20742
knelson@umd.edu

Web Editor: Jess Hamlet
Department of the Humanities
Alvernia University
400 Saint Bernardine Street
Reading, PA 19607
jessica.hamlet@alvernia.edu

Social Media Liaisons: Caroline Koncz and Bar Leshem

Caroline Koncz
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Angelo State University
2601 W. Avenue N
San Angelo, TX 76909
caroline.koncz@angelo.edu

Bar Leshem
Department of the Arts
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
653 Beer-Sheva 8410501 Israel
bleshem@univ.haifa.ac.il

Archivist: Julie Eckerle
Department of English
University of Minnesota, Morris
600 East 4th Street
Morris, MN 56267
ecker014@morris.unm.edu

Committees 2025

Executive Committee 

2025-2027

  • Kimberly Coles, University of Maryland, College Park (English) kcoles@umd.edu

  • Shannon McHugh, Huntington Library (Italian/Gender) Shannon.mchugh@umb.edu

2024-2026

  • Yoonsoo Kim, Purdue University (Spanish and Portuguese) kim153@purdue.edu

  • Sharon Strocchia, Emory University (History) sharon.strocchia@emory.edu

2023-2025

 

 Graduate Student/Early Career Member

Awards Committee

2025-2027

  • Susan Cogan, Utah State University (History)

  • Kate Driscoll, Duke University (Italian & Romance Studies)

  • Elizabeth L’Estrange, University of Birmingham, UK (Art History)

  • Tara Lyons, Illinois State University (English)

2024-2026

  • Margaret Boyle, Bowdoin College (Spanish), mboyle2@bowdoin.edu

  • Tanja Jones, University of Alabama (Art History), tljones10@ua.edu

  • Kate Narveson, Luther College (English), narveska@luther.edu

  • Jennifer Welsh, Eastern New Mexico University (History), jennifer.welsh@enmu.edu

2023-2025

  • Liza Blake, University of Toronto (English) liza.blake@utoronto.ca

  • Ana Maria Diaz Burgos, Oberlin College (Hispanic Studies) Ana.DiazBurgos@oberlin.edu

  • Martine van Elk, California State University, Long Beach (English) vanelk@csulb.edu

  • Emily C. Francomano, Georgetown University (Iberian Studies) Emily.francomano@georgetown.edu

Nominating Committee

2025-2027

  • Núria Silleras-Fernández, University of Colorado, Boulder (Spanish & Portugese)

  • Paola Ugolini, University of Buffalo (Romance Languages)

2024-2026

2023-2025

2022-2024