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Members of the 2010–11 MLA Delegate Assembly

Listed below are the 275 members of the 2010–11 Delegate Assembly (two 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: Sharon M. Harris, Jan. 2011
Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Susan K. Gillman, Jan. 2012
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature: Dana Seitler, Jan. 2012
Twentieth-Century American Literature: John Wharton Lowe, Jan. 2013
Black American Literature and Culture: Howard Rambsy II, Jan. 2012
American Indian Literatures: Malea Powell, Jan. 2011
Asian American Literature: Kimberly M. Jew, Jan. 2012
Chicana and Chicano Literature: Marissa K. López, Jan. 2013

Comparative Studies
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature: Richard Utz, Jan. 2012
Comparative Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Literature: Lisa Voigt, Jan. 2012
Comparative Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature: Ruth Mack, Jan. 2011
Comparative Studies in Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century: Paul Grimstad, Jan. 2012
Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature: Eleni Eva Coundouriotis, Jan. 2012
European Literary Relations: Steven Ungar, Jan. 2011

English Literature
Old English Language and Literature: Stacy S. Klein, Jan. 2012
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer: Martin B. Shichtman, Jan. 2012
Chaucer: Sarah Stanbury, Jan. 2011
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare: Natasha Korda, Jan. 2012
Shakespeare: [election of a new delegate is under way]
Seventeenth-Century English Literature: Mihoko Suzuki, Jan. 2011
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Jennifer Ellis Snead, Jan. 2012
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Tony Jarrells, Jan. 2011
The English Romantic Period: Orrin Nan Chung Wang, Jan. 2013
The Victorian Period: Julia F. Saville, Jan. 2012
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature: Mark A. Wollaeger, Jan. 2012
Twentieth-Century English Literature: Andrew Gaedtke, Jan. 2012
English Literature Other Than British and American: John C. Hawley, Jan. 2011

French Literature
French Medieval Language and Literature: Lynn Tarte Ramey, Jan. 2011
Sixteenth-Century French Literature: Dora E. Polachek, Jan. 2013
Seventeenth-Century French Literature: Christine M. Probes, Jan. 2011
Eighteenth-Century French Literature: Ourida Mostefai, Jan. 2013
Nineteenth-Century French Literature: Gerald Joseph Prince, Jan. 2013
Twentieth-Century French Literature: Aaron Prevots, Jan. 2011
Francophone Literatures and Cultures: [election of a new delegate is under way]

Genre Studies
Drama: Scott Proudfit, Jan. 2011
Film: Chuck Tryon, Jan. 2012
Nonfiction Prose Studies, Excluding Biography and Autobiography: Laura Elizabeth Lyons, Jan. 2011
Poetry: Susan McCabe, Jan. 2013
Prose Fiction: Robert Lawrence Caserio, Jan. 2013
Literary Criticism: Anne-Lise François, Jan. 2011
Methods of Literary Research: Katherine D. Harris, Jan. 2013
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing: Julie Rak, Jan. 2013

German Literature
German Literature to 1700: Rosmarie T. Morewedge, Jan. 2012
Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth-Century German Literature: Gail K. Hart, Jan. 2013
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature: Peter M. McIsaac, Jan. 2012
Twentieth-Century German Literature: Leslie Morris, Jan. 2013

Hispanic Literatures
Colonial Latin American Literatures: Stephanie Louise Kirk, Jan. 2013
Latin American Literature from Independence to 1900: Joshua K. Lund, Jan. 2013
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature: María Rosa Olivera-Williams, Jan. 2012
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Erik G. Ekman, Jan. 2013
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Poetry and Prose: Edward H. Friedman, Jan. 2013
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama: Robert M. Johnston, Jan. 2011
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature: Mary L. Coffey, Jan. 2012
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature: Jorge P. Pérez, Jan. 2013
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature: Victor K. Mendes, Jan. 2011

Interdisciplinary Approaches
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature: [election of a new delegate is under way]
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature: Wenxin Li, Jan. 2013
Popular Culture: Thomas Foster, Jan. 2012
Anthropological Approaches to Literature: Ali Behdad, Jan. 2012
Linguistic Approaches to Literature: Mary E. Faraci, Jan. 2013
Philosophical Approaches to Literature: Jason Smith, Jan. 2011
Psychological Approaches to Literature: Brian J. Reilly, Jan. 2012
Literature and Religion: James Hiester Najarian, Jan. 2013
Sociological Approaches to Literature: Roderick A. Ferguson, Jan. 2012
Literature and Other Arts: Marc A. Weiner, Jan. 2013
Literature and Science: John Bruni, Jan. 2013
Children’s Literature: Jan Christopher Susina, Jan. 2013
Gay Studies in Language and Literature: Bethany Schneider, Jan. 2012
Disability Studies: Ann R. Keefer, Jan. 2012
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture: David Chioni Moore, Jan. 2013

Italian Literature
Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature: Nathalie Hester, Jan. 2012
Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Nineteenth-Century Italian Literature: Marco Arnaudo, Jan. 2013
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature: Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Jan. 2011

Language Studies
Language and Society: James V. Catano, Jan. 2011
Language Theory: Hector A. Torres, Jan. 2012
Applied Linguistics: Robert Train, Jan. 2013
Language Change: Felicia Jean Steele, Jan. 2011
History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition: Patricia Roberts-Miller, Jan. 2011

Other Languages and Literatures
African Literatures: Lokangaka Losambe, Jan. 2011
Arabic Literature and Culture: Samer M. Ali, Jan. 2013
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900: Takayuki Yokota-Murakami, Jan. 2011
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900: Christopher Lupke, Jan. 2011
Slavic and East European Literatures: Edith W. Clowes, Jan. 2013

Teaching
The Teaching of Language: H. Jay Siskin, Jan. 2011
The Teaching of Literature: Nancy J. Peterson, Jan. 2011
The Teaching of Writing: Dale Larson, Jan. 2011
Teaching as a Profession: Sheila T. Cavanagh, Jan. 2011

Special-Interest Delegates

Composition, Rhetoric, and Writing
Linda S. Bergmann, Jan. 2013
Sheryl I. Fontaine, Jan. 2011

Continuing and Distance Education
Kathryn Good, Jan. 2011
Ashley Tarbet, Jan. 2012

Creative Writing
Melanie Almeder, Jan. 2013
Brian Leung, Jan. 2011

Disability Issues
Ralph James Savarese, Jan. 2012
Martha Stoddard Holmes, Jan. 2011

Ethnic Studies
Herman Beavers, Jan. 2012
Gwen Bergner, Jan. 2011
Suzanne Bost, Jan. 2011
Amy Feinstein, Jan. 2013
Gregory Hampton, Jan. 2013
Ricardo L. Ortiz, Jan. 2011
Richard T. Rodríguez, Jan. 2012
Steven G. Yao, Jan. 2012
Vershawn Ashanti Young, Jan. 2012

Foreign Language Teaching
Robert J. Blake, Jan. 2011
Stacey Katz, Jan. 2012
Nikhil A. Sathe, Jan. 2013

Gays and Lesbians in the Profession
Israel Reyes, Jan. 2011
Karen Tongson, Jan. 2013

Graduate Students
Monica F. Jacobe, Jan. 2012
Zachary Lamm, Jan. 2012

Independent Scholars and Alternative Careers
Karen Alexander, Jan. 2013
John Domini, Jan. 2011
Kamala Platt, Jan. 2011

Lecturers, Adjuncts, and Instructors
James R. Britton, Jan. 2013
Lila Marz Harper, Jan. 2012
Sandra Ballif Straubhaar, Jan. 2013

Less-Taught Languages
Thomas J. Garza, Jan. 2013
Kyoko Omori, Jan. 2011
Stephen Sheehi, Jan. 2012

Politics and the Profession
Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Jan. 2012
Barbara Foley, Jan. 2011
Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, Jan. 2013
Jennifer Wicke, Jan. 2012
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2011]

Retired
Morris Beja, Jan. 2012

Scholars Residing outside the US and Canada
Paul Giles, Jan. 2012

Two-Year Colleges
Patricia R. Campbell, Jan. 2013
Stacey Lee Donohue, Jan. 2011
Donna Kessler-Eng, Jan. 2011
Richard Middleton-Kaplan, Jan. 2012
Sean Patrick Murphy, Jan. 2013
Lisa A. Seale, Jan. 2012

Women in the Profession
Susannah Mary Chewning, Jan. 2012
Carolyn M. Dever, Jan. 2013
Audrey A. Fisch, Jan. 2012
Nancy Gray, Jan. 2011
Heather K. Love, Jan. 2012
Ingeborg Walther, Jan. 2013
Mimi Yiu, Jan. 2013
Amelia A. Zurcher, Jan. 2011

Regional Delegates

New England and Eastern Canada
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec

Mark R. Blackwell, Jan. 2012
Allison M. Cummings, Jan. 2011
Joan C. Dagle, Jan. 2012
Lisa Jeanne Fluet, Jan. 2012
Catherine Grech, Jan. 2011
Jason Haslam, Jan. 2011
Barbara Havercroft, Jan. 2011
Holly Jackson, Jan. 2012
Domingo Ledezma, Jan. 2013
Anne Moore, Jan. 2013
James Petterson, Jan. 2011
David Suchoff, Jan. 2013
Katharina von Hammerstein, Jan. 2012

New York State
Christopher Baswell, Jan. 2012
Anke Birkenmaier, Jan. 2011
James J. Bono, Jan. 2012
John Bryant, Jan. 2011
Marilynn Desmond, Jan. 2011
Amy C. Graves, Jan. 2011
Nancy E. Johnson, Jan. 2013
Patrizia C. McBride, Jan. 2012
Seth Perlow, Jan. 2012
Pedro Ponce, Jan. 2011
Ashley Puig Herz, Jan. 2011
Theodore L. Steinberg, Jan. 2013
John Robert Ziegler, Jan. 2013

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

Rebecca Skidmore Biggio, Jan. 2012
Bettina Brandt, Jan. 2012
Marc Caplan, Jan. 2012
Tita Chico, Jan. 2013
Barbara J. Cook, Jan. 2011
Jones DeRitter, Jan. 2013
Adriano Duque, Jan. 2012
Gary Ferguson, Jan. 2011
Jonathan Gil Harris, Jan. 2011
Marion E. Hines, Jan. 2011
Hiram Perez, Jan. 2012
Heather M. Steffen, Jan. 2011
Cedric R. Tolliver, Jan. 2013

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

Jonathan Burgoyne, Jan. 2012
Maria Damon, Jan. 2011
Daylanne K. English, Jan. 2013
Tracy Evans, Jan. 2013
Melissa Girard, Jan. 2012
Jarrod Hayes, Jan. 2012
Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Jan. 2012
Juli Highfill, Jan. 2011
Karma Lochrie, Jan. 2013
Christopher Lukasik, Jan. 2011
Ellen McClure, Jan. 2012
Dianna C. Niebylski, Jan. 2013
Kevin Piper, Jan. 2013
Gayle Rogers, Jan. 2011
John L. Schilb, Jan. 2013
Ryan Schneider, Jan. 2011
Matthew Senior, Jan. 2012
Anna W. Stenport, Jan. 2013
Mary Unger, Jan. 2011

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

Mollie Barnes, Jan. 2011
Jeannine Blackwell, Jan. 2011
Will Brantley, Jan. 2013
John C. Charles, Jan. 2013
Maryse Fauvel, Jan. 2012
Brian W. Gastle, Jan. 2011
Paolo Giordano, Jan. 2011
Colleen Glenn, Jan. 2012
Jeffrey Grossman, Jan. 2012
Carol D. Harllee, Jan. 2013
Lucas H. Harriman, Jan. 2012
William Hutchings, Jan. 2013
Stephen Knadler, Jan. 2011
Carmen A. López-Álvarez, Jan. 2013
Rebecca Edwards Newman, Jan. 2013
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, Jan. 2012
Boukary Sawadogo, Jan. 2013
Phillip E. Wegner, Jan. 2012
[one seat unfilled, Jan. 2011]

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

Jason Arthur, Jan. 2011
Gregory Eiselein, Jan. 2013
Kersten Horn, Jan. 2012
Elizabeth Landers, Jan. 2011
Christopher LeCluyse, Jan. 2012
Caroline McCracken-Flesher, Jan. 2013
Linda McManness, Jan. 2013
Price McMurray, Jan. 2011
Ana-María Medina, Jan. 2011
Trey Philpotts, Jan. 2013
Elizabeth M. Richmond-Garza, Jan. 2012
Joseph M. Sullivan, Jan. 2012
Emil Volek, Jan. 2013
Jennifer M. Wilks, Jan. 2012

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

Susan C. Anderson, Jan. 2013
Ian Barnard, Jan. 2011
Kent Baxter, Jan. 2013
Gina Bloom, Jan. 2012
Kathleen Boardman, Jan. 2011
Cynthia J. Brown, Jan. 2012
Marshall Brown, Jan. 2011
Paul Gilmore, Jan. 2013
Francisco Jiménez, Jan. 2011
David Lacy, Jan. 2012
James Dillon Mardock, Jan. 2013
Hallie Marshall, Jan. 2013
Panivong Norindr, Jan. 2012
Nobuko Miyama Ochner, Jan. 2013
Anna Rodas, Jan. 2011
Tristan Sipley, Jan. 2011
Irene Tucker, Jan. 2012

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: Sidonie Smith, Jan. 2011
First Vice President: Russell A. Berman, Jan. 2012 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Second Vice President: Michael Bérubé, Jan. 2013
Executive Director: Rosemary G. Feal (also ex officio DAOC member)

Members of the Executive Council
Carlos J. Alonso, Jan. 2011
Jonathan Arac, Jan. 2014 (also ex officio DAOC member)
Sara Scott Armengot, Jan. 2012 (also DAOC member)
Lawrence I. Buell, Jan. 2014
Jennifer Crewe, Jan. 2013
Jane Harper, Jan. 2011
Dorothea Heitsch, Jan. 2014
Francis Abiola Irele, Jan. 2011
George Levine, Jan. 2012
Richard M. Ohmann, Jan. 2014
Karin C. Ryding, Jan. 2013
Lynne Tatlock, Jan. 2012
Alexandra K. Wettlaufer, Jan. 2012 (also DAOC member)
Kathleen Woodward, Jan. 2013

Members of the DAOC
Gaurav Desai, Jan. 2011
Sima N. Godfrey, Jan. 2013
Brian Kennelly, Jan. 2011
Teresa Mangum, Jan. 2012
Adelaide M. Russo, Jan. 2013

Representatives of the Regional MLAs
Midwest MLA: David M. Posner
Northeast MLA: Elizabeth J. Abele
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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