Members of the 2024–25 MLA Delegate Assembly
Listed below are the 283 members of the 2024–25 Delegate Assembly (15 seats are currently unfilled). The date that follows each delegate’s name refers to the last convention in their term.
Forum Delegates
Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies [CLCS]
Medieval: Doaa Omran, Jan. 2027
Renaissance and Early Modern: David Sterling Brown, Jan. 2027
18th-Century: Rori I. Bloom, Jan. 2026
Romantic and 19th-Century: Rebecca Johnson, Jan. 2027
20th- and 21st-Century: May Hawas, Jan. 2027
Arthurian: Randy P. Schiff, Jan. 2027
Caribbean: Jennifer M. Wilks, Jan. 2025
Celtic: Hannah Zdansky, Jan. 2026
Classical and Modern: Rachel Eisendrath, Jan. 2026
European Regions: Jonathan B Monroe, Jan. 2027
Global Anglophone: Kaneesha Pasard, Jan. 2026
Global Arab and Arab American: Karim Mattar, Jan. 2027
Global Hispanophone: Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo, Jan. 2027
Global Jewish: Laini Kavaloski, Jan. 2025
Global South: Ivana Ancic, Jan. 2025
Gothic Studies: Joshua Tuttle, Jan. 2027
Hemispheric American: Regina Mills, Jan. 2026
Mediterranean: Oana Panaïté, Jan. 2027
Nordic: Jenna Coughlin, Jan. 2025
Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic: Weihsin Gui, Jan. 2026
Genre Studies [GS]
Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Gabrielle (Brie) Owen, Jan. 2025
Comics and Graphic Narratives: Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, Jan. 2025
Drama and Performance: Jennifer Buckley, Jan. 2026
Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale: Hector Calderon, Jan. 2026
Life Writing: Eleanor R. Ty, Jan. 2025
Nonfiction Prose: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
Poetry and Poetics: Courtney Weiss Smith, Jan. 2025
Prose Fiction: Pardis Dabashi, Jan. 2025
Speculative Fiction: Sandra Marie Grayson, Jan. 2025
Travel Writing: Andrea P. Zemgulys, Jan. 2027
Higher Education and the Profession [HEP]
Community Colleges: William Christopher Brown, Jan. 2026
Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues: Elizabeth Weixel, Jan. 2025
Teaching as a Profession: Jen McConnel, Jan. 2026
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures [LLC]
African Literatures to 1990: Kristen Stern, Jan. 2026
African Literatures since 1990: Olabode Ibironke, Jan. 2027
Early American: Ben Bascom, Jan. 2026
19th-Century American: Carrie Hyde, Jan. 2027
Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American: Sara Marcus, Jan. 2027
20th- and 21st-Century American: Christopher Freeburg, Jan. 2025
African American: Petal Samuel, Jan. 2027
Asian American: Trisha Federis Remetir, Jan. 2027
Chicana and Chicano Literature: Ariana Ruiz, Jan. 2025
Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada: Kathryn Walkiewicz, Jan. 2026
Italian American: Loredana Polezzi, Jan. 2026
Jewish American: Aimee Pozorski, Jan. 2025
Latina and Latino: Maritza Cardenas, Jan. 2025
Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English: Amy Sara Carroll, Jan. 2026
Southern United States: Stephanie Rountree, Jan. 2027
Arabic: Annette Lienau, Jan. 2027
East Asian: Janet Poole, Jan. 2026,
South Asian and South Asian Diasporic: Gaura Shankar Narayan, Jan. 2025
West Asian: Levi Thompson, Jan. 2027
Canadian: Janet Neigh, Jan. 2026
Catalan Studies: Anna Casa Aguilar, Jan. 2026
Pre-14th-Century Chinese: Benjamin Ridgeway, Jan. 2026
Ming and Qing Chinese: Xiaoqiao Ling, Jan. 2026
Modern and Contemporary Chinese: Lucas Klein, Jan. 2027
Dutch: Ulrich Tiedau, Jan. 2025
Old English: Heather Maring, Jan. 2027
Middle English: Catherine Sanok, Jan. 2027
Chaucer: Myra Seaman, Jan. 2026
16th-Century English: Laura Kolb, Jan. 2027
Shakespeare: Joyce Green MacDonald, Jan. 2026
17th-Century English: Sharon Achinstein, Jan. 2026
Restoration and Early-18th-Century English: Scott R. MacKenzie, Jan. 2027
Late-18th-Century English: John Havard, Jan. 2026
English Romantic: Manu Samriti Chander, Jan. 2025
Victorian and Early-20th-Century English: Devin Griffiths, Jan. 2027
20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone: Kalyan Nadiminti, Jan. 2027
Medieval French: Karen Sullivan, Jan. 2026
16th-Century French: Nora Peterson, Jan. 2025
17th-Century French: Allison Stedman, Jan. 2026
18th-Century French: Yann Robert, Jan. 2025
19th-Century French: Karen Quandt, Jan. 2025
20th- and 21st-Century French: Sonja Stojanovic, Jan. 2027
Francophone: Alison Rice, Jan. 2027
Galician: Laura Lesta Garcia, Jan. 2027
German to 1700: Alexandra C. Sterling-Hellenbrand, Jan. 2027
18th- and Early-19th-Century German: Eleanor E. ter Horst, Jan. 2026
19th- and Early-20th-Century German: Ilinca Iurascu, Jan. 2027
20th- and 21st-Century German: Ervin Malakaj, Jan. 2025
Hebrew: Allison Schachter, Jan. 2026
Hungarian: Zsuzsanna Varga, Jan. 2027
Irish: Paige Reynolds, Jan. 2025
Medieval and Renaissance Italian: Elizabeth Coggeshall, Jan. 2027
17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Italian: Rachel A. Walsh, Jan. 2025
20th- and 21st-Century Italian: Giovanna Faleschini Lerner, Jan. 2026
Japanese to 1900: Matthew Fraleigh, Jan. 2025
Japanese since 1900: Pedro Bassoe, Jan. 2026
Korean: Jina Kim, Jan. 2026
Colonial Latin American: Luis Fernando Restrepo, Jan. 2025
19th-Century Latin American: Patricia Arroyo Calderon, Jan. 2025
20th- and 21st-Century Latin American: Mathilda Shepard, Jan. 2027
Cuban and Cuban Diasporic: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
Mexican: Miguel Valerio, Jan. 2026
Puerto Rican: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
Occitan: María Sánchez-Reyes, Jan. 2027
Old Norse: Kate Heslop, Jan. 2026
Global Portuguese: Ligia Bezerra, Jan. 2025
Luso-Brazilian: Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte, Jan. 2026
Romanian: Cosana Eram, Jan. 2025
Scottish: Joan Garden Cooper, Jan. 2027
Sephardic: Katharine G. Trostel, Jan. 2025
Russian and Eurasian: Anastasiya Osipova, Jan. 2025
Slavic and East European: Daniel W. Pratt, Jan. 2027
Medieval Iberian: Dianne Moneypenny, Jan. 2025
16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama: Marta Albalá Pelegrín, Jan. 2025
16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose: Paul Michael Johnson, Jan. 2025
18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian: Elizabeth Franklin Lewis, Jan. 2027
20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian: William Nichols, Jan. 2025
Yiddish: Jordan Finkin, Jan. 2026
Language Studies and Linguistics [LSL]
Applied Linguistics: Chantelle Warner, Jan. 2025
General Linguistics: Irma Alcaron, Jan. 2026
Global English: Adam McKee, Jan. 2025
Language and Society: Julia Wagner, Jan. 2027
Language Change: Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino, Jan. 2026
Linguistics and Literature: Anne M. Furlong, Jan. 2025
Romance Linguistics: Amàlia Llombart, Jan. 2025
Second-Language Teaching and Learning: Mandy Menke, Jan. 2026
Media Studies [MS]
Opera and Musical Performance: Joseph M. Ortiz, Jan. 2026
Screen Arts and Culture: Katherine Fusco, Jan. 2027
Sound: John Melillo, Jan. 2026
Visual Culture: Hayley O'Malley, Jan. 2026
Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies [RCWS]
Creative Writing: Michael Leong, Jan. 2025
History and Theory of Composition: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
History and Theory of Rhetoric: Donnie Sackey, Jan. 2027
Literacy Studies: Romeo Garcia, Jan. 2027
Writing Pedagogies: Dara Rossman Regaignon, Jan. 2026
Theory and Method [TM]
Bibliography and Scholarly Editing: Amy Earhart, Jan. 2025
Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography: Rebecca Shapiro, Jan. 2026
Language Theory: Matthew Giancarlo, Jan. 2025
Libraries and Research: Brandon Walsh, Jan. 2025
Literary and Cultural Theory: Surya Parekh, Jan. 2025
Literary Criticism: Paul Nadal, Jan. 2026
The Teaching of Literature: Jessica DeSpain, Jan. 2026
Transdisciplinary Connections [TC]
Adaptation Studies: Katherine Gillen, Jan. 2027
Age Studies: Susan Bussey, Jan. 2027
Anthropology and Literature: Winter Werner, Jan. 2026
Cognitive and Affect Studies: Deborah Jenson, Jan. 2027
Digital Humanities: Alison Booth, Jan. 2025
Disability Studies: Clare Mullaney, Jan. 2027
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities: Shazia Rahman, Jan. 2025
History and Literature: José Villagrana, Jan. 2026
Law and the Humanities: Leila Neti, Jan. 2025
Marxism, Literature, and Society: Purnima Bose, Jan. 2027
Medical Humanities and Health Sciences: Travis Alexander, Jan. 2027
Memory Studies: Kate Polak, Jan. 2025
Philosophy and Literature: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
Popular Culture: [seat unfilled, Jan. 2025]
Postcolonial Studies: Jini Kim Watson, Jan. 2025
Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature: Gila Ashtor, Jan. 2027
Race and Ethnicity Studies: Julia Lee, Jan. 2025
Religion and Literature: Noël Valis, Jan. 2025
Science and Literature: Pamela Gossin, Jan. 2025
Sexuality Studies: Davy Knittle, Jan. 2027
Translation Studies: Silvia Guslandi, Jan. 2027
Women’s and Gender Studies: Natasha Hurley, Jan. 2026
Professional-Issues Delegates
Graduate Students
Megharaj Adhikari, Jan. 2027
Theodore Chelis, Jan. 2025
Robin Kello, Jan. 2025
Loriane Lafont, Jan. 2027
Cherie Rowe, Jan. 2026
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2026]
Independent Scholars
Monica F. Jacobe, Jan. 2027
Retired Scholars
Debra Rae Cohen, Jan. 2027
Careers outside the Classroom
Aimee Kling, Jan. 2027
Tara Mendola, Jan. 2026
Full-Time Contingent Faculty Members
Victoria M. Abboud, Jan. 2026
Natalie Carter, Jan. 2025
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2027]
Part-Time Contingent Faculty Members
Glenny Brock, Jan. 2025
Garrett Waters, Jan. 2026
Ying Xu, Jan. 2027
Scholars Residing outside the United States and Canada
Ozen Dolcerocca, Jan. 2025
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2027]
Disability in the Profession
Tekla Babyak, Jan. 2026
Sonya Freeman Loftis, Jan. 2027
Race and Ethnicity in the Profession
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Jan. 2026
Vanessa Corredera, Jan. 2025
Jenny Wang Medina, Jan. 2027
LGBTQ in the Profession
Dean Allbritton, Jan. 2027
Holly Cashman, Jan. 2026
Chris Coffman, Jan. 2025
Women and Gender in the Profession
Linda Gonzalez, Jan. 2026
Feroza Jussawalla, Jan. 2027
Elizabeth Sheehan, Jan. 2025
Continuing Education
Joseph A. Dimuro, Jan. 2026
Distance and Online Education
Ada Vilageliu-Diaz, Jan. 2027
Composition, Rhetoric, and Writing Programs
Richard Aberle, Jan. 2027
Kristen L. Marangoni, Jan. 2025
Reva Sias, Jan. 2026
Creative Writing Programs
Stefania Heim, Jan. 2025
Mónica-Ramón Ríos, Jan. 2026
Language Programs
Hatem N. Akil, Jan. 2027
Viktor I. Berberi, Jan. 2025
Janice McGregor, Jan. 2026
Less Commonly Taught Language Programs
Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Jan. 2026
Lina N. Insana, Jan. 2025
Community Colleges
Tracy Bealer, Jan. 2026
Alissa Bourbonnais, Jan. 2025
Rebecca Griffin, Jan. 2027
Jillian Hess, Jan. 2026
Boyda Johnstone, Jan. 2027
Gina Sipley, Jan. 2025
Academic Freedom
Amit Baishya, Jan. 2027
Carolyn Jane Betensky, Jan. 2026
Academic Labor
Megan Echevarria, Jan. 2025
Mia McIver, Jan. 2027
Politics and the Profession
Anthony Alessandrini, Jan. 2025
Karyn Ball, Jan. 2026
Publishing Issues in the Profession
Umme Al-wazedi, Jan. 2026
Beth Bouloukos, Jan. 2025
Libraries and Archives
Rebecca Gordon, Jan. 2027
Matthew Roberts, Jan. 2026
Regional Delegates
New England and Eastern Canada
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec
Elizabeth Blake, Jan. 2026
Rowshan Chowdhury, Jan. 2027
Sara Diaz, Jan. 2025
Sarah Dowling, Jan. 2027
Yael Halevi-Wise, Jan. 2026
Kate Singer, Jan. 2026
Travis D. Williams, Jan. 2025
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2027]
New Jersey and New York
Leah M. Anderst, Jan. 2026
Emily Antenucci, Jan. 2027
Farah Bakaari, Jan. 2027
Kirsten Beck, Jan. 2026
Nijah Cunningham, Jan. 2027
Chiara De Santi, Jan. 2026
Catalina Iannone, Jan. 2025
Kelly Roberts, Jan. 2025
Middle Atlantic
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Austin Anderson, Jan. 2027
Charlee Bezilla, Jan. 2026
Krista Brune, Jan. 2025
Matthew Robert Bush, Jan. 2027
Su Fang Ng, Jan. 2026
Lidia Radi, Jan. 2027
Luis Rodríguez-Rincón, Jan. 2025
Sharon Tran, Jan. 2026
Great Lakes
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Isabel Bethke, Jan. 2027
Noel Blanco Mourelle, Jan. 2025
Stephen Matthew Buttes, Jan. 2027
Douglas G. Dowland, Jan. 2025
Brittney Michelle Edmonds, Jan. 2026
Qian Liu, Jan. 2025
Elizabeth R. Mittman, Jan. 2026
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2027]
South
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands
Austin Horne, Jan. 2027
Liang Luo, Jan. 2026
Aruni Mahapatra, Jan. 2025
Devona Mallory, Jan. 2027
Carl F. Miller, Jan. 2026
Sara Ortega-Sierra, Jan. 2027
David Watson, Jan. 2026
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2025]
Central and Rocky Mountain
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
Hosam Mohamed Abou-Ela. 2026
Kanika Batra, Jan. 2026
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Jan. 2025
Nesrine Chahine, Jan. 2027
Kendall Dinniene, Jan. 2027
Ryan Hallows, Jan. 2025
Anita Obermeier, Jan. 2026
Santiago R. Vaquera-Vasquez, Jan. 2027
Western United States and Western Canada
Alaska, California, Hawai‘i, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Anderson Araujo, Jan. 2025
Rachel Arteaga, Jan. 2025
Nicole Blair, Jan. 2026
Maya Bornstein, Jan. 2026
Kimberly Teaman Carroll, Jan. 2027
Judith Paltin, Jan. 2027
Maria Anna Zazzarino, Jan. 2027
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2025]
Ex Officio Delegates
The ex officio members of the Delegate Assembly include the officers of the MLA, the members of the Executive Council, the members of the Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee (DAOC), and the representatives of the regional MLAs.
Officers
President: Dana A. Williams, Jan. 2025
First Vice President: Tina Lu, Jan. 2026 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Second Vice President: Herman Beavers, Jan. 2027
Executive Director: Paula M. Krebs (also ex officio DAOC member)
Members of the Executive Council
Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu, Jan. 2026
Esther Allen, Jan. 2025 (also DAOC member)
Brenda Brueggemann, Jan. 2026 (also DAOC member)
Rebecca Colesworthy, Jan. 2025
David Damrosch, Jan. 2027
Rita Bernice Dandridge, Jan. 2028
Stacey Lee Donohue, Jan. 2027 (also DAOC member)
Marisa Galvez, Jan. 2028
Erin D. Graff Zivin, Jan. 2025
Debora Maldonado-DeOliveira, Jan. 2028 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Leah S. Marcus, Jan. 2026
Luana Moreira Reis, Jan. 2028
Ifeoma C. Kiddoe Nwankwo, Jan. 2026
Virginia Ramos, Jan. 2027
Members of the DAOC
Elena Deanda, Jan. 2027
Pamela Lothspeich, Jan. 2025
Asha Sen, Jan. 2025
Nhora Lucía Serrano, Jan. 2026
Claire Sommers, Jan. 2026
Representatives of the Regional MLAs
Midwest MLA: John Donald Kerkering
Northeast MLA: Carine Mardorossian
Pacific Ancient and Modern Lang. Assn.: [seat unfilled]
Rocky Mountain MLA: Joy B. Landeira
South Atlantic MLA: LeeAnne Marie Richardson
South Central MLA: [seat unfilled]