LSA Executive Committee—2023

Subcommittees

Constitution and Bylaws of the LSA

Conflict of Interest Statement

Financial and Administrative Policies and Procedures

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE—2023

OFFICERS of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• President: Anthony C. Woodbury, University of Texas at Austin
• Vice President/President-Elect: Marlyse Baptista, University of Michigan
• Immediate Past President: John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis
• Secretary-Treasurer: Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University

AT-LARGE MEMBERS of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• Andrea Berez-Kroeker, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2024)​
• Michel Anne-Frederic DeGraff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (2025)
• Carmen Dagostino, California State University, San Bernardino (2024)
• Sonja Lanehart, University of Arizona (2023)
• Alicia Wassink, University of Washington (2023)
• Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, University of Oregon (2025)
• Marie Bissell, The Ohio State University, student representative (2024)
• Luis A. Irizarry Figueroa, University of Arizona, student representative (2023)
• Margaret Vitullo, Linguistic Society of America, ex-officio

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

View the list of the previous Executive Committees members here.

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.

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SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

FINANCE

• Frederick Newmeyer, Chair, University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University (2027)
• Anthony Woodbury, University of Texas at Austin (2024)
• John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis (2023)
• Margaret Vitullo, Interim Executive Director, Linguistic Society of America (ex officio)

AUDIT COMMITTEE

• Joe Pater, Chair, University of Massachusetts (2023)
• Ellen Broselow, Stonybrook (2025)
• Bill Ladusaw, UCSC (2024)
• Alicia Wassink, University of Washington (2023)
• Melissa M Baese-Berk, Executive Committee Liaison, University of Oregon (2023)

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATE APPOINTMENTS

• Charge: Oversee nominations and appointments of chairs of LSA open committees, all members of appointed committees, and LSA delegates.
• Frederick Newmeyer, Chair, University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University (2027)
• Anthony Woodbury, University of Texas at Austin (2023)
• Andrea Berez-Kroeker, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023)​
• Carmen Dagostino, California State University, San Bernadino (2023)

ADVISORS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ARCHIVIST

• Margaret Thomas, Boston College

LSA Archives

PARLIAMENTARIAN

• Joe Salmons, University of Wisconsin

PUBLICATIONS ADVISOR

• Patrick Farrell, UC Davis (emeritus)

INSTITUTE ADVISOR

• Melissa Baese-Berk, University of Oregon

Key policies

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]

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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

Download the FY 2023 LSA Expense Form