Committees

2025-2026 Committees

Anti-Racism in SKAT

Shannon Malone Gonzalez (Chair)
Dan Morrison
Jennifer Carrera
Elaine Draper

Communications

Jorge Ochoa (Chair)
Vasundhara Kaul
Jeba Humayra
Jian Meng
Zahra Abba Omar

Events

Larry Au (Chair)
Alyson Spurgas
Catherine Tan
Natalie Aviles
Zach Griffin

Fundraising

Jill Fisher (Chair)
Stephanie Nairn
Claire Decoteau

Hacker-Mullins

Zach Griffin (Chair)
Anabella Afra Boateng
Janna Huang
Torsten Voight
Janet Vertesi

Membership

Ben Shestakotsky (Chair)
Jeremy Brenner Levoy
Matine Lappe
Kate Burrows

Mentorship

Jennifer Singh (Chair)
Luciana de Souza Leao
Jina Lee
Gwendolyn Berumen
Ni’Shele Jackson

Merton

Larry Au (Chair)
Kushan Dasgupta
Jordon Brensinger
Catherine Tan

Star-Nelkin

Sharla Algeria (Chair)
Nicole Foti
Amanda Sikirica
Dan Nevon

Program Committee

Claire Decoteau (Chair)
Dan Navon
Joan Robinson
Alex Hanna
Mariana Craciun
Santiago Molina
Mel Jeske
Mary Shi

Roundtables Committee

Sutina Chou (Chair)
Jingang Lyu
Xinyan Wu

Virtual Workshop Committee

Mel Jeske (Chairs Academic Market Workshop)
Dan Morrison (Chairs Academic Teaching Workshop)
Alex Hanna (Chairs Alt-Ac Workshop)
Katherine Furl
Victoria Brockett
Anabella Afra Boateng
Mary Shi
Jane Pryma
dana boyd
Xi Wang

2024-2025 Committees

Anti-Racism in SKAT

Melanie Jeske (Chair)
Ni’Shele Jackson
Emily Vasquez
Jennifer Carrera
Grace Poudrier
Mary Shi
Nicholas Wilson
Jill Fisher (sits with)
Janet Vertesi (sits with)

Communications

Larry Au (Chair)
Molly Clark-Barol
Hayden Fulton
Jorge Ochoa

Events

Natalie Aviles (Chair)
Santiago Molina

Fundraising

Jill Fisher (Chair)
Catherine Lee
Likun Cao

Hacker-Mullins

Alexandra Vinson (Chair)
Chuncheng Liu
Carolina Mayes
Torin Monahan
Rich Welsh

Membership

Sharla Alegria (Chair)
Wanheng Hu
Madeleine Pape

Mentorship

Claire Decoteau (Chair)
Mira Vale
Jina Lee
Alyson Spurgas

Merton

Joan Robinson (Chair)
Sarah Brothers
Yawen Lei
Torsten Voigt

Star-Nelkin

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer (Chair)
Taylor Cruz
Liora Goldensher
Zach Griffen
Chris Hanssman

Program Committee

Dan Morrison (Chair)
Martine Lappe
Ben Shestakovky
Kate Burrows
Mariana Craciun
Santiago Molina (sits with as local events chair)
Janet Vertesi (sits with)

2023-2024 Committees

Communications

Larry Au, The City College of New York, (lau1@ccny.cuny.edu) – CHAIR
Zheng Fu, Columbia University
Hayden Fulton, University of South Florida
Cristian Morales, Boston University

Mentoring Program

Natalie Aviles, University of Virginia (na6nf@virginia.edu) – CO-CHAIR
Joan Robinson, The City College of New York (jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu) – CO-CHAIR

Merton Book Prize

Oliver Rollins, University of Washington (orollins@uw.edu) – CHAIR
Mariana Craciun, Tulane University
Daniel Morrison, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Timothy Sacco, University of Arizona
Kelly Underman, Drexel University

Star-Nelkin Paper Prize

Joan Robinson, The City College of New York (jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu) – CHAIR
Arafaat Valiani, University of Oregon
Rosemary Taylor, Tufts University
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois Chicago
Sarah Brothers, Pennsylvania State University

Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Prize

danah boyd, Microsoft Research and Georgetown University (danah@danah.org) – CHAIR
Jennifer Lai, University of Vermont
Kevin Moseby, University of Akron
Karina Rider, University of Virginia
Michelle Smirnova, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Anti-Racism in SKAT

Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois Chicago (eev@uic.edu) – CHAIR
Susan Bell, Drexel University
Melanie Jeske, University of Chicago
Hao Lin, Stony Brook University
Santiago Molina, Northwestern University
Tina Park, Partnership on AI
Fernanda Rosa, Virginia Tech
Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, Franklin & Marshall College
Vincent Yung, Northwestern University

Membership

Madeleine Pape, University of Lausanne (madeleine.pape@unil.ch) – CHAIR
Emma Brandt, Northwestern University
Argun Saatcioglu, University of Kansas
Torsten Voigt, RWTH Aachen University

Nominations

Janet Vertesi, Princeton University (jvertesi@princeton.edu) – CHAIR
Kelly Joyce, Drexel University

ASA Annual Conference SKAT Session Organizing

Jill Fisher, University of North Carolina (jill.fisher@unc.edu) – CHAIR
Paolo Parra Saiani, University of Genoa
Catherine Lee, Rutgers University
Janna Huang, University of California, Berkeley
Oliver Rollins, University of Washington

ASA Public Engagement Liaison (helps ASA with press asks relevant to SKAT)

Jill Fisher, University of North Carolina (jill.fisher@unc.edu)

Previous Years

2022-2023 Committees

Communications

Larry Au, The City College of New York, Chair
Nicole Foti, University of California, San Francisco
Zheng Fu, Columbia University
Cristian Morales, Boston University

Merton Book Prize

Joan H Robinson, Chair
Melanie Jeske
danah boyd
Sharla Alegria
Brothers, Sarah

Star-Nelkin Paper Prize

Oliver Rollins, University of Washington, Chair
Paolo PARRA SAIANI
Nilanjan Raghunath

Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Prize

Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Chair
Arvind Karunakaran
Madeleine Pape
Victoria Pitts-Taylor

Anti-Racism in SKAT (selects winners of the Emancipatory Practice and Duster-Wells Prizes as well as continue to identify ways to advance anti-racism in and through SKAT)

Susan Bell, Drexel University, Chair
Daniel Breslau, Virginia Tech,
Taylor Cruz, California State University, Fullerton
Daniel Navon, University of California, San Diego
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois, Chicago

Membership

Torsten Voigt, RWTH Aachen University, Chair
Natalie Aviles, University of Virginia
Tim Sacco, US-ELTP NOIRLab

ASA Public Engagement Liaison (help ASA with press asks relevant to SKAT)

Kelly Joyce, Drexel University

SKAT Committees for 2020-2021

Nominations Committee:
Aaron Panofsky (committee chair)
Alondra Nelson (ex oficio)

Membership Committee:
Joanna Kempner (chair)
Madeline Pape
Alex Hanna

Mentoring Committee:
Alka Menon (committee chair)
Danielle Giffort
Mel Jeske

Communications Committee:
Kate Darling (chair)
Shiv Issar (social media)
Joris Gjata (newsletter editor)
Jeremiah Morelock (webmaster)

Merton Book Award Committee:
Owen Whooley (chair)
John Parker
Cal Garrett
Ethel Mickey
Shobita Parthasarathy

Star-Nelkin Article Award Committee:
Alka Menon (chair)
Renee Shelby
Jimi Adams
Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
Alexandra Vinson

Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee:
Diana Graizbord (chair)
Grant Shoffstall
Shiri Noy
Yu Tao
Tyler Walton

Mentoring:
Martine Lappe (chair)
Alka Menon
Tim Sacco

Public Engagement/Liaison Committee:
Patrick Grzanka