Governance – ASECS

Task Force on Bylaws

Virtual ASECS Bylaws Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday, April 8, 2024 5pmET. Advanced registration required

DRAFT, Proposed Bylaws Revisions

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Bylaws Task Force Members and Charge

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Misty Anderson, ASECS 2nd Vice President, co-chair; Professor of English, affiliate Professor of Theatre and Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
Paola Bertucci, ASECS 1st Vice President, co-chair; Professor of History and History of Medicine; Curator-in-charge, History of Science and Technology Division, Peabody Museum, Yale University
Manushag (Nush) Powell, ASECS Parliamentarian, ex officio, non-voting; Professor of English, Purdue University
Benita Blessing, ASECS Executive Director, ex officio, non-voting
George Boulukos, Professor of British Literature and Africana Studies, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Mark Boonshoft, Associate Professor of American History; Chair in American Constitutional History, Virginia Military Institute
Jason Farr, Associate Professor of English, Marquette University
Jennifer Germann, Regional Affiliate of Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, and Independent Scholar, British and French Art History, Women’s and Gender Studies
Monica Anke Hahn, Assistant Professor of Art History, Community College of Philadelphia
Christy Pichichero, Associate Professor of History, French, and African and African American Studies, affiliated faculty in Women and Gender Studies and War and the Military in Society programs, George Mason University
Chunjie Zhang, Associate Professor of German, affiliate faculty in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, Critical Theory, Global Migration Center, and Religious Studies Graduate Group, UC Davis.

Timeline, Bylaws Revisions

May 8, 2024: Virtual Town Hall: Bylaws
June 2024: Bylaws Finalized and Membership Vote
September 2024: End of Voting Period
July 1, 2025: New Bylaws Take Effect (if ratified)

Articles of Incorporation

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Constitution and Bylaws

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Executive Board

The ASECS calendar runs on a fiscal year that begins July 1 and ends June 30.

2023-2024 Board of Directors

Elected Members of the Board

President: Lisa A. Freeman (2023-2024)
First Vice President: Paola Bertucci (2023-2024)
Second Vice President: Misty G. Anderson (2023-2024)
Member-at-Large: Romita Ray (2021-2024)
Member-at-Large: Ourida Mostefai (2021-2024)
Member-at-Large: Emily Friedman (2022-2025)
Member-at-Large: Meghan Roberts (2022-2025)
Member-at-Large: Barbara Abrams (2023-2026)
Member-at-Large: Karen Stolley (2023-2026)

Appointed Members of the Board

Treasurer: Joseph Bartolomeo
Parliamentarian: Manushag (Nush) Powell
Executive Director: Benita Blessing

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is composed of the President, Second and First Vice Presidents, one Board Member-at-Large, the Treasurer, and the Executive Director.

2023-2024 Steering Committee Members