The American Literature Society is presided over by an advisory council. Six of its members are elected directly by the general membership, two each year for staggered three-year terms. One of the elected council members in the last year of his or her term is elected chair each year. The advisory council also includes the executive coordinator, who is appointed by the chair and approved by the advisory council. The chair appoints, for various terms, the members of the Hubbell Award Committee, as well as the members of the advisory council’s nominating subcommittee and any ad hoc committees that may be needed to carry out the organization’s work.
Officers 2020
Chair: Katy Chiles, University of Tennessee (2018-2020)
Ex Officio: Laura Mielke, University of Kansas (2017-2019)
Executive Coordinator: Derrick Spires, University of Illinois, (2016-2019)
ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Yogita Goyal, University of California Los Angeles (2018-2020)
Alisha Gaines, Florida State University (2019-2021)
Helane Androne, Miami University (2019-2021)
Jesse Alemán, University of New Mexico (2020-2022)
Christopher Freeburg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020-2022)
Officers 2019
Chair: Laura Mielke, University of Kansas (2017-2019)
Ex Officio: Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut (2016-2018)
Executive Coordinator: Derrick Spires, University of Illinois, (2016-2019)
ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Marci McMahon, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2017-2019)
Yogita Goyal, University of California Los Angeles (2018-2020)
Katy Chiles, University of Tennessee (2018-2020)
Alisha Gaines, Florida State University (2019-2021)
Helane Androne, Miami University (2019-2021)
Officers 2018
Chair: Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut
Ex Officio: Claudia Stokes, Trinity University
Executive Coordinator: Derrick R. Spires, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Miriam Thaggert, University of Iowa (2016-2018)
Marci McMahon, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2017-2019)
Laura Mielke, University of Kansas (2017-2019)
Katy Chiles, University of Tennessee (2018-2020
Yogita Goyal, University of California Los Angeles (2018-2020)
Officers 2017
Chair: Claudia Stokes, Trinity University
Ex Officio: Elizabeth Duquette, Gettysburg College
Executive Coordinator: Derrick R. Spires, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Anna Brickhouse, University of Virginia (2015-2017)
Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut (2016-2018)
Miriam Thaggert, University of Iowa (2016-2018)
Marci McMahon, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2017-2019)
Laura Mielke, University of Kansas (2017-2019)
ALS STANDING COMMITTEES:
Nominating Committee:
Anna Brickhouse, University of Virginia, Chair
Miriam Thaggert, University of Iowa
Derrick R. Spires, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Hubbell Award Committee:
John Ernest (University of Delaware) – Chair for 2017
Trudier Harris (University of Alabama)
Susan M. Griffin (University of Louisville)
Jay Watson (University of Mississippi)
Philip Gura (UNC Chapel Hill)
Officers 2016
Chair: Elizabeth Duquette, Gettysburg College
Ex Officio: Carrie Tirado Bramen, SUNY Buffalo
Executive Coordinators: Andreá Williams, The Ohio State University; Derrick Spires, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2016 ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Hsuan Hsu, University of California – Davis (2014-2016)
Anna Brickhouse, University of Virginia (2015-2017)
Claudia Stokes, Trinity University (2015-2017)
Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut (2016-2018)
Miriam Thaggert, University of Iowa (2016-2018)