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Members of the 2013–14 MLA Delegate Assembly

Listed below are the 272 members of the 2013–14 Delegate Assembly (6 seats are currently unfilled). The date that follows each delegate’s name refers to the last convention in his or her term.

Divisional Delegates

American Literature
American Literature to 1800: Timothy Sweet, Jan. 2014
Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Jordan Alexander Stein, Jan. 2015
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature: Donald E. Pease, Jan. 2015
Twentieth-Century American Literature: Deborah L. Clarke, Jan. 2016
Black American Literature and Culture: Jennifer DeVere Brody, Jan. 2015
American Indian Literatures: Janis A. Johnson, Jan. 2014
Asian American Literature: Sue J. Kim, Jan. 2015
Chicana and Chicano Literature: Yolanda Padilla, Jan. 2016

Comparative Studies
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature: Sylvia Tomasch, Jan. 2015
Comparative Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Literature: Carmen Nocentelli, Jan. 2015
Comparative Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature: Laura C. Mandell, Jan. 2014
Comparative Studies in Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century: Brian McGrath, Jan. 2015
Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature: Marcel H. Cornis-Pope, Jan. 2015
European Literary Relations: Sandra L. Bermann, Jan. 2015

English Literature
Old English Language and Literature: Kathleen Davis, Jan. 2015
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer: Martin B. Shichtman, Jan. 2015
Chaucer: Candace Barrington, Jan. 2014
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare: Alan Stewart, Jan. 2015
Shakespeare: Yu Jin Ko, Jan. 2014
Seventeenth-Century English Literature: Thomas H. Luxon, Jan. 2014
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Rivka Swenson, Jan. 2015
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Rajani Sudan, Jan. 2014
The English Romantic Period: Andrew Franta, Jan. 2016
The Victorian Period: Beverly White Taylor, Jan. 2015
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature: Kate Flint, Jan. 2015
Twentieth-Century English Literature: Aarthi Vadde, Jan. 2015
English Literature Other Than British and American: Joya F. Uraizee, Jan. 2014

French Literature
French Medieval Language and Literature: Julie E. Singer, Jan. 2014
Sixteenth-Century French Literature: Katie Chenoweth, Jan. 2016
Seventeenth-Century French Literature: Jeffrey N. Peters, Jan. 2014
Eighteenth-Century French Literature: Joanna Stalnaker, Jan. 2016
Nineteenth-Century French Literature: Corry Cropper, Jan. 2016
Twentieth-Century French Literature: Olivier Bourderionnet, Jan. 2016
Francophone Literatures and Cultures: Cilas Kemedjio, Jan. 2016

Genre Studies
Drama: Nicole Tabor, Jan. 2014
Film: Siobhan S. Craig, Jan. 2015
Nonfiction Prose Studies, Excluding Biography and Autobiography: Linda Camarasana, Jan. 2014
Poetry: Alan Golding, Jan. 2016
Prose Fiction: John Marx, Jan. 2016
Literary Criticism: Brian Lennon, Jan. 2014
Methods of Literary Research: Laura Heffernan, Jan. 2016
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing: Thomas Russell Smith, Jan. 2016

German Literature
German Literature to 1700: Albrecht Classen, Jan. 2015
Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth-Century German Literature: [seat unfilled pending election report]
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature: David Pan, Jan. 2015
Twentieth-Century German Literature: Deniz Göktürk, Jan. 2016

Hispanic Literatures
Colonial Latin American Literatures: Anna H. More, Jan. 2016
Latin American Literature from Independence to 1900: Joshua K. Lund, Jan. 2016
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature: Héctor Hoyos, Jan. 2015
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: David Arbesu, Jan. 2016
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry and Prose: Alison Parks Weber, Jan. 2016
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama: Bruce R. Burningham, Jan. 2014
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature: Daniel Frost, Jan. 2015
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature: Gina Ann Herrmann, Jan. 2016
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature: Robert Simon, Jan. 2014

Interdisciplinary Approaches
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature: Jackie Cuevas, Jan. 2014
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature: Stephen P. Knadler, Jan. 2016
Popular Culture: David R. Shumway, Jan. 2015
Anthropological Approaches to Literature: Gaurav G. Desai, Jan. 2015
Linguistic Approaches to Literature: Jean-Jacques Thomas, Jan. 2016
Philosophical Approaches to Literature: Natania Meeker, Jan. 2014
Psychological Approaches to Literature: Lydia Kerr, Jan. 2015
Literature and Religion: Liam Corley, Jan. 2016
Sociological Approaches to Literature: Imre Szeman, Jan. 2015
Literature and Other Arts: Melissa Tuckman, Jan. 2015
Literature and Science: Christy Tidwell, Jan. 2016
Children’s Literature: Joseph Terry Thomas, Jan. 2016
Gay Studies in Language and Literature: Ashley Shelden, Jan. 2015
Disability Studies: Sharon Snyder, Jan. 2015
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture: Ato Quayson, Jan. 2016
Cognitive Approaches to Literature: Lisa Zunshine, Jan. 2015

Italian Literature
Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature: Pina Palma, Jan. 2015
Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Nineteenth-Century Italian Literature: Irene Zanini-Cordi, Jan. 2016
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature: Laura Wittman, Jan. 2014

Language Studies
Language and Society: Frank Farmer, Jan. 2014
Language Theory: Paul Hopper, Jan. 2016
Applied Linguistics: Jessica Greenfield, Jan. 2016
Language Change: Margaret A. Noori, Jan. 2014
History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition: Patricia Roberts-Miller, Jan. 2014

Other Languages and Literatures
African Literatures: Tsitsi Jaji, Jan. 2014
Arabic Literature and Culture: Shaden M. Tageldin, Jan. 2015
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900: Jiwon Shin, Jan. 2014
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900: Ming-Bao Yue, Jan. 2014
Slavic and East European Literatures: Jessie M. Labov, Jan. 2016

Teaching
The Teaching of Language: Fernando Rubio, Jan. 2014
The Teaching of Literature: Jeanne A. Follansbee, Jan. 2014
The Teaching of Writing: Katherine H. Adams, Jan. 2014
Teaching as a Profession: Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Jan. 2014

Special-Interest Delegates

Composition, Rhetoric, and Writing
Rebecca Lynn Ingalls, Jan. 2014
Steven H. Shoemaker, Jan. 2016

Continuing and Distance Education
Donna M. Campbell, Jan. 2015
Barbara C. Ewell, Jan. 2014

Creative Writing
David Galef, Jan. 2016
Laura Mullen, Jan. 2014

Disability Issues
Robin Sandra Grey, Jan. 2015
Petra Kuppers, Jan. 2014

Ethnic Studies
Patrick S. Bernard, Jan. 2015
Sheila Marie Contreras, Jan. 2014
Luis Duno-Gottberg, Jan. 2015
Mohammed Hirchi, Jan. 2015
Dolan Hubbard, Jan. 2016
Trimiko Melancon, Jan. 2014
Dory Nason, Jan. 2015
Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Jan. 2014
Hertha D. Sweet Wong, Jan. 2016

Foreign Language Teaching
Michael E. Geisler, Jan. 2014
Cristina Maria Guardiola, Jan. 2015
Derrick Miller, Jan. 2016

Gays and Lesbians in the Profession
Katherine Biers, Jan. 2016
Robert D. Tobin, Jan. 2014

Graduate Students
Priyanka Jacob, Jan. 2015
Matt Langione, Jan. 2015

Independent Scholars and Alternative Careers
Gabrielle Dean, Jan. 2016
Regine I. Heberlein, Jan. 2014
Laurie Taylor, Jan. 2014

Lecturers, Adjuncts, and Instructors
Marion Gehlker, Jan. 2015
Jeongoh Kim, Jan. 2016
Leah Strobel, Jan. 2016

Less-Taught Languages
Christopher E. Larkosh, Jan. 2016
Andrew Schonebaum, Jan. 2015
Barbara Thornbury, Jan. 2014

Politics and the Profession
Nathan Brown, Jan. 2016
Lisa Cacho, Jan. 2016
Luis Martin-Cabrera, Jan. 2015
Debra Ann Moddelmog, Jan. 2015
Steven L. Newman, Jan. 2014

Retired
Patricia Ann Ward, Jan. 2015

Scholars Residing outside the United States and Canada
Clara Rowland, Jan. 2015

Two-Year Colleges
Emory Reginald Abbott, Jan. 2014
David Clemens, Jan. 2016
H. Edward Higginbotham, Jan. 2016
Jami L. Huntsinger, Jan. 2015
Amy Sparks Kolker, Jan. 2015
Miles McCrimmon, Jan. 2014

Women in the Profession
Monica Feinberg Cohen, Jan. 2015
Basuli Deb, Jan. 2016
Aparna Gollapudi, Jan. 2014
Susan Elizabeth Gustafson, Jan. 2014
Beth Ellen Jörgensen, Jan. 2015
Rachael King, Jan. 2016
Tonya Moutray, Jan. 2015
Miriam L. Wallace, Jan. 2016

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

Amy Boylan, Jan. 2016
Ute T. Brandes, Jan. 2015
Daniel Frank Chamberlain, Jan. 2014
Sébastien Côté, Jan. 2014
Peter M. Coviello, Jan. 2015
Eda Dedebas, Jan. 2015
Benjamin Friedlander, Jan. 2016
Heather Klemann, Jan. 2016
Cathryn M. Mercier, Jan. 2015
Anjali Prabhu, Jan. 2014
Shawn Christopher Salvant, Jan. 2015
Susan Solomon, Jan. 2014
Victoria Wolff, Jan. 2014

New York State
Sari Altschuler, Jan. 2014
Gustavo Arango, Jan. 2014
Sara Armengot, Jan. 2015
Barbara J. Black, Jan. 2015
Mia Chen, Jan. 2015
Nathalie Marie Degroult, Jan. 2014
Marilynn R. Desmond, Jan. 2014
Granville Ganter, Jan. 2014
Christine Henseler, Jan. 2015
William Michael Mudrovic, Jan. 2016
Seth Perlow, Jan. 2016
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2014]

Middle Atlantic
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

Chiji Akoma, Jan. 2016
Kristin Bergen, Jan. 2015
Christine Blackshaw, Jan. 2015
Mark Cantrell, Jan. 2015
David B. Downing, Jan. 2014
Ellen G. Friedman, Jan. 2014
Margaret Vallone Gardineer, Jan. 2016
Scott Paul Gordon, Jan. 2014
Mark Larabee, Jan. 2015
Mirona Magearu, Jan. 2015
Daniel Purdy, Jan. 2014
Heather Steffen, Jan. 2016
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2014]

Great Lakes
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

Elizabeth Berkebile McManus, Jan. 2015
Martin Joseph Camargo, Jan. 2014
John E. Davidson, Jan. 2016
Larnell Dunkley, Jr., Jan. 2016
Patrick L. Gallagher, Jan. 2016
Enrique García Santo-Tomás, Jan. 2015
Andrea Lyn Knutson, Jan. 2015
Juliet Lynd, Jan. 2016
Damaris Punales-Alpizar, Jan. 2015
George Gordon Shuffelton, Jan. 2014
Jennifer M. P. Solheim, Jan. 2014
Theresa Tinkle, Jan. 2015
Johannes Türk, Jan. 2014
Jacquilyn Weeks, Jan. 2016
Jennifer Willging, Jan. 2015
Heather Willis Allen, Jan. 2016
[two seats unfilled, Jan. 2014]

South
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virgin Islands

Pascale M. Barthe, Jan. 2014
Joanne M. Braxton, Jan. 2014
Alexandra Campana, Jan. 2015
Jacqueline Couti, Jan. 2014
Susan C. Dixon, Jan. 2015
Audrey Magre-Burba, Jan. 2016
Mary McCay, Jan. 2015
Margaret McGehee, Jan. 2016
Lisa Nalbone, Jan. 2016
Joshua Phillips, Jan. 2015
Uriel Quesada, Jan. 2015
Lynn Ramey, Jan. 2014
Mark A. Reid, Jan. 2016
Rashna Wadia Richards, Jan. 2014
Roopika Risam, Jan. 2015
Daniel Cross Turner, Jan. 2016
Judson D. Watson III, Jan. 2016
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2014]

Central and Rocky Mountain
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming

Jesse Alemán, Jan. 2016
Adam Coon, Jan. 2016
Kimberly Cox, Jan. 2014
Irina Dumitrescu, Jan. 2015
Katherine Fama, Jan. 2014
Emily A. Haddad, Jan. 2016
Lisa Haegele, Jan. 2015
Gina Hausknecht, Jan. 2016
Susan Sage Heinzelman, Jan. 2014
Emily Hind, Jan. 2014
Salvador Mercado, Jan. 2016
Mary Ann O’Farrell, Jan. 2015
Richard Mark Preiss, Jan. 2015
Karen E. Ramirez, Jan. 2016
Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz, Jan. 2015

Western United States and Western Canada
Alaska, California, Hawai‘i, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan

Maria Faini, Jan. 2016
Susan L. Gaylard, Jan. 2014
Bishnupriya Ghosh, Jan. 2014
Kevin G. Guerrieri, Jan. 2015
Gillian H. Harkins, Jan. 2015
Jason Herbeck, Jan. 2016
Alex Hernandez, Jan. 2014
James Kyung-Jin Lee, Jan. 2016
Diana Leong, Jan. 2016
Margherita R. Long, Jan. 2015
Christopher M. Lupke, Jan. 2016
Julia Reinhard Lupton, Jan. 2015
Emily McGann, Jan. 2015
Giovanna Montenegro, Jan. 2014
Allison Muri, Jan. 2016
Cheryl Narumi Naruse, Jan. 2016
Paul W. Peppis, Jan. 2014
Gerhard Richter, Jan. 2014
Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, Jan. 2016

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: Marianne Hirsch, Jan. 2014
First Vice President: Margaret W. Ferguson, Jan 2015 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Second Vice President: Roland Greene, Jan. 2016
Executive Director: Rosemary G. Feal (also ex officio DAOC member)

Members of the Executive Council
Samer M. Ali, Jan. 2016 (also DAOC member)
Barbara K. Altmann, Jan. 2015
Jonathan Arac, Jan. 2014 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Lawrence I. Buell, Jan. 2014
Debra Ann Castillo, Jan. 2015 (also DAOC member)
Alicia M. de la Torre Falzon, Jan. 2017
Donald E. Hall, Jan. 2017
Dorothea Heitsch, Jan. 2014
María Herrera-Sobek, Jan. 2015
Lanisa Kitchiner, Jan. 2016
Lutz Koepnick, Jan. 2016
Paula M. Krebs, Jan. 2017
Richard M. Ohmann, Jan. 2014
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Jan. 2016 (also DAOC member)

Members of the DAOC
Maria Damon, Jan. 2014
Stephanie Louise Kirk, Jan. 2016
Ana-Maria Medina, Jan. 2014
Julie Rak, Jan. 2016
Jennifer Wicke, Jan. 2015

Representatives of the Regional MLAs
Midwest MLA: David M. Posner
Northeast MLA: Kristin A. Le Veness
Pacific Ancient and Modern Lang. Assn.: Craig Svonkin
Rocky Mountain MLA: Joy B. Landeira
South Atlantic MLA: Renée Schatteman
South Central MLA: Nancy Anne LaGreca

 

 
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