Please contact David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, 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

• Centennial Planning
• Strategic Planning 2018 (inactive)

LSA Standing Committees

• AP Linguistics Committee
• Advisory to Programs
• Audit Committee
• Awards Committee
• Bloomfield Book Award
• Editors of Linguistics Journals (CELxJ)
• Endangered Languages and Their Preservation (CELP)
• Ethics Committee
• Ethnic Diversity in Linguistics (CEDL)
• Fundraising
• Honorary Members
• Language in the School Curriculum (LiSC)
• Linguistics in Higher Education (LiHEC)
• Linguistic Institutes and Fellowships (CLIF)
• Local Arrangements
• Membership Services and Information Technology (COMSIT) - discontinued
• Nominating
• Program
• Public Policy
• Public Relations
• Publications
• Scholarly Communication in Linguistics
• Student Issues and Concerns (COSIAC)
• The Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL)
• Technology Advisory (TAC) - discontinued

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

About Special Interest Groups

Linguistics Beyond Academia Special Interest Group

LGBTQ+ Issues in Linguistics Special Interest Group