The ACLA Board is comprised of two main committees: the Executive Committee and Advisory Committee.
ACLA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Hosam Aboul-Ela, University of Houston, President, 2026-2027
- Huda Fakhreddine, University of Pennsylvania, Vice President, 2026-2027
- S. Shankar, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Second Vice President, 2026-2027
- Dina Al-Kassim, University of British Columbia, Secretary-Treasurer, 2020-2028
ACLA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Karyn Ball, University of Alberta, Past President, 2026-2027
- Anthony Alessandrini, CUNY, Nominations Committee Chair 2025-2028
- Eyal Amiran, University of California, Irvine, Finance Committee Chair, 2025-2028
- Elizabeth Holt, Bard College, Program Committee Chair, 2026-2029
- Harris Feinsod, Johns Hopkins University, Publications Committee Chair, 2024-2027
- Tze-Lan Sang, Michigan State University, Conference Committee Chair, 2024-2027
- Azadeh Yamini-Hamadani, Simon Fraser University, ADPCL Representative, 2026-2027
- Soumya Shailendra, Northwestern University, Graduate Student Representative, 2026-2027
- Ayse Irem Karabag, York University, Graduate Student Representative, 2026-2027
Board members chair various standing committees. Chairs of each committee are noted with an asterisk:
STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 2026-2027
- Finance Committee: Eyal Amiran* (University of California, Irvine), Eleanor Kaufman (University of California, Los Angeles), Jan Mieszkowski (Reed College)
- Nominations Committee: Anthony Alessandrini* (CUNY), Neelofer Qadir (Georgia State University), Tiana Reed (York University), Huda Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania)
- Publications Committee: Harris Feinsod* (Johns Hopkins), Huda Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania)
- Program Committee: Elizabeth Holt* (Bard College), S. Shankar (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Conference Committee: Tze-Lan Sang (Michigan State University), Hosam Aboul-Ela (University of Houston), Danielle Marie (ACLA), Ping Zhu (UCSD)
- Graduate Student Committee: Soumya Shailendra (Northwestern University), Ayse Irem Karabag (York University)
AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- Development Committee: Brigid Kennedy* (ACLA), Daniel Pratt (McGill University)
PAST PRESIDENTS
2025-2026 Karen Emmerich, Princeton University
2023-2024 Ranjana Khanna, Duke University
2022-2023 Rei Terada, University of California Irvine
2021-2022 Shu-mei Shih, University of California Los Angeles
2020-2021 Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland
2019-2020 Waïl Hassan, University of Illinois
2018-2019 David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford University
2017-2018 Emily Apter, New York University
2016-2017 Joey Slaughter, Columbia University
2015-2016 Yopie Prins, University of Michigan
2014-2015 Ali Behdad, University of California, Los Angeles
2013-2014 Eric Hayot, Penn State University
2012-2013 Lois Zamora, University of Houston
2011-2012 Françoise Lionnet, University of California, Los Angeles
2009-2011 Haun Saussy, University of Chicago
2007-2009 Sandra Berman, Princeton University
2005-2007 Kathleen Komar, University of California, Los Angeles
2003-2005 Margaret Higonnet, University of Connecticut
2001-2003 David Damrosch, Harvard University
1999-2001 Jonathan Culler, Cornell University
1997-1999 Susan Suleiman, Harvard University
1995-1997 Eugene Eoyang, Indiana University, Lingnan University
1993-1995 Marjorie Perloff, Stanford University
1991-1993 Stuart McDougal, University of Michigan
1989-1991 Mary Ann Caws, City University of New York
1987-1989 Frederick Garber, State University of New York at Binghamton
1985-1987 Thomas M. Greene, Yale University
1977 Haskell M. Block, State University of New York at Binghamton
1974 Horst Frenz, Indiana University