LSA Officers and Executive Committee—2022

Subcommittees

Constitution and Bylaws of the LSA

Conflict of Interest Statement

Financial and Administrative Policies and Procedures

Update to LSA Members on Recent EC Deliberations, May 2021 [pdf]

 

LSA OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE—2022

OFFICERS

President: John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis

Vice President/President-Elect: Anthony C. Woodbury, University of Texas at Austin

Secretary-Treasurer: Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Andrea Berez-Kroeker, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2024)​

Jennifer Bloomquist, Gettysburg College (2022)

Carmen Jany, California State University, San Bernardino (2024)

Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago (2022)

Sonja Lanehart, University of Arizona (2023)

Alicia Wassink, University of Washington (2023)

Alyson Reed, Linguistic Society of America, ex-officio

 

Mandate

See the LSA Constitution, Article IV, No. 1.

Responsibilities

Elects new members and honorary members. Recommends the amount of dues to be paid by regular and student members. Approves requests for emeritus membership. Approves appointments to the various committees as recommended by the Committee on Committee and Delegate Appointments. Determines the time and place of the Annual Meeting of the Society. May call special meetings of the Society. Nominates the Secretary-Treasurer, the Editor, and six persons for vacant positions on the Nominating Committee. Names an investment counselor. Appoints the Associate Editors of Language, in consultation with the Editor.

Membership

The Nominating Committee nominates two people for each vacant position on the Executive Committee. The President of the Society serves as the Chair.

SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

FINANCE

Lenore Grenoble, Chair, University of Chicago (2022)

John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis (2023)

Laurence R.Horn, Yale University, Emeritus (2022)

Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara (2021)

Alyson Reed, Executive Director, Linguistic Society of America (ex officio)

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Monica Macaulay, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021)

Sandra Chung, University of California, Santa Cruz (2022)

Rebecca Scarborough, University of Colorado (2023)

At-large LSA Member (TBD)

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATE APPOINTMENTS

Charge: Oversee nominations and appointments of chairs of LSA open committees, all members of appointed committees, and LSA delegates.

Lenore Grenoble, Chair, University of Chicago (2022)

Laurence Horn, Yale University, Emeritus (2021)

Jennifer Bloomquist, Gettysburg College (2021)

Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago (2021)

David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, Linguistic Society of America (ex officio)



ADVISORS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ARCHIVIST

Margaret Thomas, Boston College

LSA Archives

PARLIAMENTARIAN

Vacant

PUBLICATIONS ADVISOR

Patrick Farrell, UC Davis (emeritus)

INSTITUTE ADVISOR

Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

It is the intention of the LSA that the following Conflict of Interest policy be signed annually by the editors of LSA journals, and by the members of the Executive Committee. [pdf]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1925 - 2019)

Previous Executive Committees from 1925 - 2019

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

This manual describes the various policies and procedures governing the financial and administrative operations of the LSA. [pdf]