Elected Officers
To contact APLA officers, please email: APLA (at) politicalandlegalanthro (dot) org and include the relevant officer you’re seeking to reach in the subject line.
You can find a complete list of past APLA presidents here.
President
President, Heath Cabot (2023-25, 2-year term)
Secretary
Secretary, Mark Schuller (2022-25, 3-year term)
Treasurer
Treasurer, Will Garriott (2023-26, 3-year term)
President-Elect
President Elect, Elif Babul (2023-25, 2-year term)
Board Members At Large
Hayal Akarsu (2023-2026)
Simanti Dasgupta (2022-25)
Bilge Firat (2022-2025)
Anna Offit (2023-2026)
Sahana Ghosh, (2024-2027)
Appointed Officers
Editors of Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
Editor in Chief
Deepa Das Acevedo (2024-2027)
PoLAR Online Editor
Jennifer Curtis
Book Review Editors
Jeffrey Omari (“Omari”), Gonzaga University
Neil Kaplan-Kelly, Flagler University
AN Contributing Editor
Taras Fedirko (2023-2025)
Whitney Russell (2023-2025)
APLA Graduate Student Representatives
SJ Dillon (Emory) (2024-26)
APLA Web Editor
Heath Cabot
APLA Communications Liaison and Listserv Manager
Ana Marrugo
APLA Committees:
AAA Program Coordinators 2025
Anand Vaidya, (2024-2025) (chair)
Meghan Morris (2025-2026)
Events Committee 2025
Elif Babül (chair)
Anand Vaidya
Dilan Yildirim
Ana Marrugo
SJ DIllon
Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee 2025
Mark Schuller (chair)
Taras Fedirko
Hayal Akarsu
Nominations Committee 2025
Bilge Firat
Simanti Dasgupta
Book Prize in Critical Anthropology Committee 2024
Sahana Ghosh (chair)
Mahmoud Keshavarz
Narges Bajoghli
Katherine Lemons
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