Governance
LSA Officers and Executive Committee - 2021
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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 - 2021
OFFICERS
President: Laurence R. Horn, Yale University, Emeritus
Vice President/President-Elect: John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis
Secretary-Treasurer: Lenore Grenoble, University of Chicago
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara, Past President
Wunetu Tarrant, Bloch Fellow, University of Arizona (2021)
Jennifer Bloomquist, Gettysburg College (2022)
Chris Kennedy, University of Chicago (2022)
Sonja Lanehart, University of Arizona (2023)
Arthur K. Spears, City University of New York (2021)
Rebecca Scarborough, University of Colorado Boulder (2021)
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]