Please contact the LSA if you would like to serve on any of the LSA's open committees.

Click on individual committees below to see descriptions and membership lists. Committee chairs welcome input from all members of the Society.

Read more about the committee nominations process.

Subcommittees of the Executive Committee

• Finance
• Committee and Delegate Appointments

Ad-hoc Committees/Workgroups

• Ombuds Committee
• Centennial Planning
• Strategic Planning 2018 (inactive)
• Demographic Data Issues
• Mentoring Workgroup
• Search Committee, Co-Editor of Language (inactive)
• Future of the Annual Meetings 
• Committee on Materials Return

LSA Standing Committees

• AP Linguistics Committee - discontinued
• Advisory to Programs
• Audit Committee
• Awards Committee
• C.L. Baker Award Committee
• Bloomfield Book Award
• Elizabeth Dayton Award Committee
• Editors of Linguistics Journals (CELxJ)
• Endangered Languages and Their Preservation (CELP)
• Ethics Committee
• Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics (CEDL)
• Fundraising - inactive
• Gender Equity in Linguistics (COGEL)
• Halle Award & Fromkin Prize Committee
• Honorary Members
• Linguistics in the School Curriculum (LiSC)
• Committee on LGBTQ+ Issues in Linguistics (COZIL)
• Linguistics in Higher Education (LiHEC)
• Linguistic Institutes and Fellowships (CLIF)
• Local Arrangements - inactive
• Membership Services and Information Technology (COMSIT) - discontinued
• Nominating
• Program
• Public Policy
• Public Relations
• Publications
• Scholarly Communication in Linguistics
• Social Media
• Student Issues and Concerns (COSIAC)
• Technology Advisory (TAC) - discontinued

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

About Special Interest Groups

African American Language

Linguistics Beyond Academia Special Interest Group

Natives4Linguistics Special Interest Group

Scholarly Teaching in Linguistics