LSA Officers and Executive Committee - 2020

Subcommittees

Constitution and Bylaws of the LSA

Conflict of Interest Statement

Financial and Administrative Policies and Procedures

 

LSA OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 2020

OFFICERS

President: Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara

Vice President/President-Elect: Laurence R. Horn, Yale University, Emeritus

Secretary-Treasurer: Lenore Grenoble, University of Chicago

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Brian Joseph, The Ohio State University University, Past President

Wunetu Tarrant, Bloch Fellow, University of Arizona (2021)

Marlyse Baptista, University of Michigan (2020)

Jennifer Bloomquist, Gettysburg College (2022)

Anne Charity Hudley, University of California, Santa Barbara (2020)

Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago (2022)

Norma Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Los Angeles (2020)

Arthur K. Spears, City University of New York (2021)

Rebecca Scarborough, University of Colorado Boulder (2021)

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)

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

Brian Joseph, The Ohio State University (2020)

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

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

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Colleen Fitzgerald, Chair, University of Texas at Arlington (2019)

David Silva, Salem State University, (2020)

Alan Yu, University of Chicago (2019)

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)

Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara (2020)

Arthur K. Spears, City University of new York (2020)

Rebecca Scarborough,University of Colorado Boulder (2020)

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]