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Discussion Group Executive Committees

The MLA has forty-nine discussion groups that are designed to accommodate the scholarly and professional interests of small constituencies concerned with discrete literatures or with literary and linguistic subjects that are not encompassed by one of the divisions. MLA members have the option of joining up to two discussion groups. (If you are an MLA member and wish to review or update your discussion group affiliations, please click here.)

Each discussion group is governed by an elected executive committee whose five members serve terms of five convention years. A convention year begins after the close of one convention and continues through the close of the next; it is named for the convention that concludes the year. Listed here are the discussion group executive committees for the 2009 convention year. The dates after the names of executive committee members designate the final convention years of their terms. Unless otherwise noted, the member whose final convention year is 2011 serves as chair for 2009, the member whose final convention year is 2012 serves as secretary for 2009 and as chair for 2011, and the member whose final convention year is 2013 serves as secretary for 2011 and as chair for 2012.

Age Studies (G049)
Teresa Mangum, 2009
Cynthia R. Port, 2011
Theodore Anton, 2012
Erin Lamb, 2013
Leni Marshall, 2014

Anglo-Irish Literature (G001)
Gregory R. Castle, 2009
Paul K. Saint-Amour, 2011
Margot Gayle Backus, 2012
Enda Duffy, 2013
Susan Cannon Harris, 2014

Arabic Literature and Culture (G002)
Shaden M. Tageldin, 2009
Samer M. Ali, 2011
Nouri Gana, 2012
Ibtissam Bouachrine, 2013
Ken Seigneurie, 2014

Arthurian Literature (G003)
Patricia Clare Ingham, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
Michelle R. Warren, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Will Hasty, 2012
Dorsey Armstrong, 2013
Randy P. Schiff, 2014

Bibliography and Textual Studies (G004)
Peter Joseph Kalliney, 2009
Margaret Jane Kidnie, 2011
Matthew Gary Kirschenbaum, 2012
Sarah Brouillette, 2013
Alan Galey, 2014

Canadian Literature in English (G005)
Susan A. Rudy, 2009
Sarah P. Casteel, 2011
Julie Rak, 2012
Jennifer Anne Henderson, 2013
Sophie McCall, 2014

Catalan Language and Literature (G006)
Sharon G. Feldman, 2009
Sara Nadal-Melsió, 2011
Enric Bou, 2012
Paula A. Sprague, 2013
Javier Krauel, 2014

Celtic Languages and Literatures (G007)
Lisabeth Claire Buchelt, 2009
Sarah E. McKibben, 2011
Abigail Palko, 2012
Richard Murphy, 2013
Tara MacLeod, 2014

Classical Studies and Modern Literature (G008)
Barbara Weiden Boyd, 2009
Daniel Selden, 2011
Ralph Hexter, 2012
Henry Erik Butler, 2013
Ramona A. Naddaff, 2014

Cognitive Approaches to Literature (G009)
Frederick Luis Aldama, 2009
Elizabeth Hart, 2011
Michael Sinding, 2012
Isabel Jaén-Portillo, 2013
Elizabeth Nixon, 2014

Comparative Romance Linguistics (G010)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Kendra Douglas, 2011
Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, 2012
Roslyn Sue Raney, 2013
Andrei Barashkov, 2014

Computer Studies in Language and Literature (G011)
Stephen J. Ramsay, 2009
Tanya Clement, 2011
David Lee Gants, 2012
Sara Steger, 2013
Paul Fyfe, 2014

Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Cultural Production (G031)
Sara E. Cooper, 2009
Dinora C. Cardoso, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
H. J. Manzari, 2012 (2009 Ch.)
Guillermina De Ferrari, 2013
Odette Casamayor Cisneros, 2014

Folklore and Literature (G012)
David T. Lawrence, 2009
Alexander J. Hunt, 2011
Sharon R. Wilson, 2012
Jacqueline McGrath, 2013
Jacqueline M. Fulmer, 2014

General Linguistics (G013)
Iulia Pittman, 2009
Eric J. Hyman, 2011
Seunghun J. Lee, 2012
Marnie Jo Petray, 2013
Elizabeth Craig, 2014

Germanic Philology (G014)
Hans Christian Boas, 2009
Tonya Kim Dewey, 2011
Yuri Yerastov, 2012
Richard Whitt, 2013
Ilona Vandergriff, 2014

Hebrew Literature (G015)
Adam L. Rovner, 2009
Shai Ginsburg, 2011
Yael Halevi-Wise, 2012
Adriana X. Tatum, 2013
Stacy N. Beckwith, 2014

Hungarian Literature (G016)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Gabriella Kecskés, 2011
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Andras Kisery, 2013
Ildiko Olasz, 2014

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society (G017)
Gaurav G. Desai, 2009
Deborah Cohn, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Lynne Huffer, 2012
Catherine Taylor, 2013 (2009 Ch.)
Sophia A. McClennen, 2014

Italian American Literature (G018)
Dennis B. Barone, 2009
Peter Covino, 2011
JoAnne Ruvoli, 2012
Michael A. Antonucci, 2013
Tom Cerasulo, 2014

Jewish American Literature (G019)
Ann R. Shapiro, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
Derek Parker Royal, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Monica Osborne, 2012
Miriam Jaffe-Foger, 2013
Laurence D. Roth, 2014

Jewish Cultural Studies (G020)
Lori Harrison-Kahan, 2009
Warren D. Hoffman, 2011
Robert Samuels, 2012
Jonathan S. Skolnik, 2013
Elizabeth Loentz, 2014

Law as Literature (G021)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Todd Wayne Butler, 2011
Elliott Visconsi, 2012
April Miller, 2013 (2009 Ch.)
Harry Keyishian, 2014

Lexicography (G022)
Felicia Jean Steele, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Chris P. Pearce, 2012
Erin M. McKean, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

Literature of the United States in Languages Other Than English (G023)
Clint Bruce, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
Laura Isabel Serna, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Sandra L. Dahlberg, 2012
Heidi Kathleen Kim, 2013
Norma Mouton, 2014

Lusophone Literatures and Cultures outside Portugal and Brazil (G024)
Nechama Kramer-Hellinx, 2009
Luis Manuel Madureira, 2011
Kathryn M. Sanchez, 2012
Christopher Larkosh, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

Media and Literature (G025)
Matthew Gary Kirschenbaum, 2009
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 2011
Lisa Gitelman, 2012
David A. Golumbia, 2013
Jessica Pressman, 2014

Mexican Cultural and Literary Studies (G026)
Laura G. Gutierrez, 2009
Robert McKee Irwin, 2011
Rosana Blanco-Cano, 2012
Maria-Socorro Tabuenca, 2013
Cristine Soliz, 2014

Netherlandic Language and Literature (G027)
Inez Hollander Lake, 2009
Peter J. Schwartz, 2011
Bettina Brandt, 2012
Jeroen Dewulf, 2013
Thomas F. Shannon, 2014

Old Norse Language and Literature (G028)
Robin Waugh, 2009
Kathryn A. Laity, 2011
Sarah May Anderson, 2012
Joseph C. Harris, 2013
Richard L. Harris, 2014

Opera as a Literary and Dramatic Form (G029)
Jeongwon Joe, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
Nassim Winnie Balestrini, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Caryl Emerson, 2012
Peter Brooks, 2013
Mary Ann Smart, 2014

Part-Time Faculty Members (G030)
Lila M. Harper, 2009
Gwendolyn Bradley, 2011
Monica F. Jacobe, 2012
Andrew William Smith, 2013
Sue Rowe Doe, 2014

Present-Day English Language (G032)
Yolanda Chavez-Cappellini, 2009
Janina Brutt-Griffler, 2011
Sarah Catherine Dean, 2012
Dulce M. Estevez, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

Provençal Language and Literature (G033)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Eric T. Matheis, 2012 (2009 Ch.)
Valerie Wilhite, 2013
Marisa Galvez, 2014

Puerto Rican Literature and Culture (G034)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Guillermo Bey Irizarry Díaz, 2011
Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia, 2012
Carmelo Esterrich, 2013
Tomás Urayoán Noel, 2014

Romance Literary Relations (G035)
Kathy Richman, 2009
Mary Malcolm Gaylord, 2011
Anna Klobucka, 2012
Andrea Baldi, 2013
Lynn Tarte Ramey, 2014

Romanian Studies (G036)
Monica Popescu, 2009
Adriana Varga, 2011
Rodica C. Ieta, 2012
Jeanine Teodorescu, 2013
Valentina N. Glajar, 2014

Scandinavian Languages and Literatures (G037)
Anne G. Sabo, 2009
Kristine J. Anderson, 2011
Jennifer Watson, 2012
Anna W. Stenport, 2013
Ursula Lindqvist, 2014

Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature (G038)
Phillip Edward Wegner, 2009
Dale Knickerbocker, 2011
Shoshana Milgram Knapp, 2012
Sharon R. Wilson, 2013
Peter Yoonsuk Paik, 2014

Scottish Literature (G039)
John Corbett, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
David Radcliffe, 2012
Donna Heddle, 2013
Caroline McCracken-Flesher, 2014

Sephardic Studies (G040)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Gloria J. Ascher, 2011 (2009 Acting Ch. and Sec.)
Nechama Kramer-Hellinx, 2012
Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez, 2013
Johann Sadock, 2014

Slavic Literatures and Cultures (G041)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Ilya Vinitsky, 2011
William S. Nickell, 2012
Elizabeth Skomp, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

South Asian Languages and Literatures (G042)
Lopamudra B. Basu, 2009
Bed Prasad Giri, 2011
Moumin Quazi, 2012
Karni Pal Bhati, 2013
Nyla Ali Khan, 2014

Southern Literature (G043)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Riché D. Richardson, 2011
Annette Trefzer, 2012
Leigh Anne Duck, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

Translation (G044)
Suzanne Jill Levine, 2009
Michael Berry, 2011
Christopher Larkosh, 2012
Michael Henry Heim, 2013
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]

Travel Literature (G045)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Gary Totten, 2011
Miguel Angel Cabañas 2012
Jennifer Hayward, 2013
Stacy Burton, 2014

The Two-Year College (G046)
Andrea Broomfield, 2009
Jo Ann Buck, 2011
Michelle S. Pacht, 2012
Susannah Mary Chewning, 2013
Elizabeth M. Schwartz, 2014

West Asian Languages and Literatures (G047)
Julie C. Sears, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
[position unfilled on 2009 committee]
Hussam S. Timani, 2012
Kamala Platt, 2013 (2009 Sec.)
Hosam Mohamed Aboul-Ela, 2014

Yiddish Literature (G048)
Esther Leysorek Goodman, 2009 (2009 Ch.)
Amelia Glaser, 2011 (2009 Sec.)
Ken Frieden, 2012
Naomi Prawer Kadar, 2013
Sarah Ponichtera, 2014