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ASTR's Elected Officers and Executive Committee
and Appointed Committees, Delegates, Editors and Liaisons

Revised 21 June 2007

I. Officers
II. Executive Committee
III. Standing Committees
IV. Regular Committees
V. Ad-Hoc Committees
VI. Delegates, Editors, Liaisons, Others
VII. Administrator

ASTR Announces the 2007 Election Results

Executive Committee Members:
Brandi Catanese, University of California-Berkeley
David Krasner, Emerson College
Ramon Rivera-Servera, Northwestern University
Rebecca Schneider, Brown University  

Graduate Student Representative to the Executive Committee: 
Virginia Anderson, Tufts University                    
 
Executive Committee Member of the Committee on Conferences:
James Harding, University of Mary Washington
 
At-Large Member of the Committee on Conferences: 
Nicholas Ridout, University of London

The ASTR Executive Committee is grateful to all candidates for their commitment and dedication to the Society. The organization is built on the time and effort afforded it by many volunteers, without whom the society would not grow and prosper.

The elected officers (bios here) will begin their terms after the Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday 17 November at the 2007 ASTR/TLA Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Hyatt Regency  Hotel. To read their bio

Tracy Davis, ASTR President


Note: All terms of appointment begin and end at the business meeting in November of the designated year, unless otherwise noted.

I. Officers:
  Tracy C. Davis, president (2006-2009) tcdavis@northwestern.edu
  Ric Knowles, vice president (2006-2009) rknowles@uoguelph.ca
  Kim Marra, secretary (2005-2008) kim-marra@uiowa.edu
  Tobin Nellhaus, treasurer (2005-2008) tobin.nellhaus@yale.edu
II. Executive Committee:
  Virginia Anderson (2006-2007),
graduate student representative
virginia.anderson@tufts.edu
  Lesley Ferris (2005-2008) ferris.36@osu.edu
  Nadine George-Graves (2005-2008) ngeorge@ucsd.edu
  James Harding (2006-2009) hardingj@umw.edu
  Margaret Knapp (2004-2007) margaret.knapp@asu.edu
  Sonja Kuftinec (2004-2007) skuftinec@aol.com
  Esther Kim Lee (2004-2007) kim32@uiuc.edu
  Karen Shimakawa (2006-2009) kshimakawa@nyu.edu
  Andrew Sofer (2006-2009) sofer@bc.edu
  Tamara Underiner (2005-2008) Tamara.Underiner@asu.edu
  Steve Wilmer (2004-2007) swilmer@tcd.ie
  Harvey Young (2006-2009) harvey@northwestern.edu
  Ted Ziter (2005-2008) ted.ziter@nyu.edu
III. Standing Committees:
  A. Nominating Committee:  
    Heather Nathans (6/2006-6/2008), chair
hnathans@umd.edu
    Rhonda Blair (6/2006-6/2008) rblair@smu.edu
    Jonathan Chambers (6/2007-6/2009) jonathc@bgnet.bgsu.edu
   

Daphne Lei (6/2006-6/2008)

dlei@uci.edu
    Eng-Beng Lim (6/2006-6/2008) eng-beng.lim@purchase.edu
    Mike Sell (6/2007-6/2009) msell@iup.edu
  B. Committee on Conferences:  
   

Ric Knowles (2006-2009), chair

rknowles@uoguelph.ca
    Catherine Cole (2006-2007) cole@dramadance.ucsb.edu
    Jean Graham-Jones (2006-2008),
ex officio
jgraham-jones@gc.cuny.edu
   

Shannon Jackson (2006-2007), ex officio

shjacks@uclink4.berkeley.edu
   

Sonja Kuftinec (2006-2008)

skuftinec@aol.com
   

Douglas O’Keefe (2006-2007),
Graduate Student Representative

d-okeefe1@northwestern.edu
    David Savran (2006-2007), ex officio dsavran@gc.cuny.edu
   

Kenneth Schlesinger (2006-2007), TLA, ex officio

kschlesinger@lagcc.cuny.edu
    Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei (2006-2008) csorgenf@tft.ucla.edu
   

Harvey Young (2006-2007)

harvey@northwestern.edu
IV. Regular Committees:
  A. Award and Fellowship Oversight Committee:
    Katherine Kelly, Chair (2006-2008)
kate-kelly@tamu.edu
    1. Dissertation Research Fellowship
     

Brandi Wilkins Catanese (2004-2007), chair

catanese@uclink.berkeley.edu
     

Julie Stone Peters (2005-2008)

jpeters@columbia.edu
      Manon van de Water (2006-2009) mvandewa@facstaff.wisc.edu
    2. Distinguished Scholar Award
      Judith Milhous, Chair (2004-2007) jmilhous@gc.cuny.edu
      Tracy C. Davis (2005-2008) tcdavis@northwestern.edu
      Harry Elam (2006-2009) helam@stanford.edu
    3. Barnard Hewitt Award
      Ellen Donkin (2005-2008), Chair
edonkin@hampshire.edu
      James Harding (2005-2008) hardingj@umw.edu
      Claire Sponsler (2006-2009) claire-sponsler@uiowa.edu
    4. Errol Hill Award
      Shannon Steen (2004-2007), chair steen21@uclink.berkeley.edu
      John Harris (2005-2008) harrisjr@email.unc.edu
      Angela Pao (2006-2009) acpao@indiana.edu
    5. Gerald Kahan Scholar's Prize
      Leo Cabranes-Grant (2005-2008), chair

cabranes@spanport.ucsb.edu

      Sarah Bryant-Bertail (2004-2007) sarahbb@u.washington.edu
     

Matthew Causey (2006-2009)

causeym@tcd.ie

      Aparna Dharwadker (2005-2008) adharwadker@wisc.edu
    6. David Keller and Thomas Marshall Travel Grants
     

Patricia Ybarra (2004-2007), chair

patricia_ybarra@brown.edu
      Aaron Anderson (2006-2009)
adanderson@vcu.edu
      Dorothy Chansky (2005-2008) dorothy.chansky@ttu.edu
      Cindy Rosenthal (2005-2008) cdrnyc@aol.com
    7. Research Fellowship
     

Gretchen Smith (2005-2008), chair

gesmith@mail.smu.edu
      Wendy Arons (2006-2009) warons@nd.edu
      Ramon Rivera-Servera (2006-2009)
ramon.rivera-servera@asu.edu
  B. Electronic Access Committee:
    Ken Cerniglia, Chair (2006-2009) ken.cerniglia@disney.com
    Dave Escoffery (2005-2008) daveescoffery@yahoo.com
    Patrick Finelli (2004-2007) finelli@arts.usf.edu
    Esther Beth Sullivan (2005-2008) sullivan@alaskapacific.edu
  C. Finance Committee:  
    Tobin Nellhaus, chair (2005-2008) tobin.nellhaus@yale.edu
    Marla Carlson (2005-2008) marlacarlson@earthlink.net
    Bud Coleman (2005-2008) bud.coleman@colorado.edu
    Nancy Erickson, ex officio NEricksn@aol.com
    John Rogers Harris (2005-2008)
john_harris@unc.edu
  D. Publications Committee:
    James Harding (2005-2008), chair hardingj@umw.edu
    Susan Bennett (2006-2009) sbennett@ucalgary.ca
    Harry Elam (2005-2008) helam@stanford.edu
    Gary Jay Williams (2004-2007) gajowills@msn.com
  E. In Media Res Committee:
    Tobin Nellhaus (2004-2007), chair
tobin.nellhaus@yale.edu
V. Ad-Hoc Committees:
  A. 2007 Conference Program Committee:
    Jean Graham-Jones, program chair jgraham-jones@gc.cuny.edu
    Claire Conceison claire.conceison@tufts.edu
    Laura Edmondson Laura.Edmondson@Dartmouth.edu
    Ann Haugo ahaugo@ilstu.edu
    Jorge Huerta jhuerta@ucsd.edu
    Richard Schoch r.w.schoch@qmul.ac.uk
    Tamara Underiner Tamara.Underiner@asu.edu
    Margaret Werry werry001@umn.edu
    Harvey Young harvey@northwestern.edu
    graduate student representative (TBD)
    Beth Kerr, TLA representative,
ex officio
bethkerr@mail.utexas.edu
  B. K-12 Educators Liaison Committee:
    Manon van de Water (2004-2007), chair mvandewa@facstaff.wisc.edu
    Jennifer Chapman (2004-2007) jchapman2@albion.edu
    Stephani Woodson (2004-2007) swoodson@asu.edu
  C. Joint ASTR/ATHE National Research Council Committee:
    J. Ellen Gainor, chair jeg11@cornell.edu
    Karen Berman, ex officio
kbermanth@aol.com
bermankj@georgetown.edu
    Charlotte Canning, ex officio charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu
    Marvin Carlson mcarlson@gc.cuny.edu
    Tracy Davis tcdavis@northwestern.edu
    Jill Dolan jdolan@uts.cc.utexas.edu
    Laura Edmondson ledmonds@mailer.fsu.edu
    Frank Hildy hildy@umd.edu
    Shannon Jackson shjacks@uclink4.berkeley.edu
    Bruce McConachie bamcco+@pitt.edu
    Thomas Postlewait postlewait.1@osu.edu
    Laurence Senelick laurence.senelick@tufts.edu
    Barry Witham bwitham@u.washington.edu
    Haiping Yan yan@tft.ucla.edu
  D. ASTR Archive Policy Review Committee:
    Tamara Underiner, chair tamara.underiner@asu.edu
    Margaret Knapp margaret.knapp@asu.edu
    Susan Brady susan.brady@yale.edu
VI. Delegates, Editors, Liaisons and Other Appointees:
  ACLS Council of Administrative Officers:
   

Ric Knowles (2006-2009)

rknowles@uoguelph.ca
  ACLS Delegate:
    Tracy Davis (2006-2009) tcdavis@northwestern.edu
  Archivist and Historian:
    Heather Nathans
hnathans@umd.edu
  ASTR News:
    Dennis C. Beck (2005-2008), editor
beckdc@jmu.edu
    Lofty Durham (2005-2008), asst. editor
lld15@pitt.edu
  Brown Bag Coordinator:
    Mary Trotter mtrotter@wisc.edu
  IFTR Delegate:
    Susan Haedicke
shaedicke@msn.com
  Kurt Weill Prize:
    Julian Mates
jmates@earthlink.net
  National Humanities Alliance Liaison:
   

Kim Marra (2007-2008)

kim-marra@uiowa.edu
  Performance Studies International (PSi) Liaison:
   

Tracy Davis (2006-2009)

tcdavis@northwestern.edu
  Society for Dance History Scholars (SDHS) Liaison:
   

Nadine George-Graves (2006-2009)

ngeorge@ucsd.edu
  Theatre Survey:  
    Martin Puchner (2006-2008), editor hmp10@columbia.edu
    Catherine Cole (2006-2008),
Associate Editor
cole@dramadance.ucsb.edu
    Katherine Scheil (2007-2009),
Book Review Editor
  TLA Liaison:
    David Savran
dsavran@gc.cuny.edu
  TLA's Liaison to ASTR:
    Susan Brady susan.brady@yale.edu
VII. Administrator:
  Erickson & Associates Consulting
   

Nancy J. Erickson
ASTR, PO Box 1798, Boulder, CO 80306-1798

NEricksn@aol.com
303-530-1838 or 888-530-1838
fax: 303-530-1839

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