APLA Officers

Elected Officers

President

Erica Bornstein (2019-21)
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: elbornst [at] uwm.edu

Secretary

Anu Sharma (2019-21)
Department of Anthropology
Wesleyan University
Email: asharma [at] wesleyan.edu

Treasurer

Kate Sullivan (2019-21)
Department of Anthropology
California State University, Los Angeles
Email: ksulliv4 [at] calstatela.edu

President-Elect

Ilana Gershon (2019-21)
Department of Anthropology
Indiana University
Email: igershon [at] indiana.edu

Board Members At Large

Rebekah Park (2018-21)
Department of Anthropology
Marlboro College

Georgina Ramsay (2018-21)
Department of Anthropology
University of Delaware
gramsay [at] udel.edu

Mark Schuller (2018-21)
Department of Anthropology
Northern Illinois University
mschuller [at] niu.edu

Livia K. Stone (2018-21)
Department of Anthropology
Illinois State University
lkstone [at] ilstu.edu

Matthew Canfield (2019-22)
Law, Politics, & Society
Drake University
m.c.canfield [at] law.leidenuniv.nl 

Arzoo Osanloo (2019-22)
Middle East Center
University of Washington
aosanloo [at] uw.edu

Appointed Officers

Editors of Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)

Jessica R. Greenberg
University of Illinois
Email: jrgreenb [at] illinois.edu

Jessica Winegar
Northwestern University
Email: j-winegar [at] northwestern.edu

Incoming PoLAR Editors (term begins AAA Meeting 2021)

       Georgina Ramsay, gramsay [at] udel.edu (21-24)
       Sindiso Mnisi Weeks, Sindiso.MnisiWeeks [at] umb.edu (21-24)

Book Review Editor

Leo Coleman
Department of Anthropology
Hunter College, CUNY
Email:  leo.coleman [at] hunter.cuny.edu

Associate Editor

Jennifer Curtis
Social Anthropology
University of Edinburgh
Email: jennifer.curtis [at] ed.ac.uk

AN Contributing Editors

Gwen Burnyeat (20-22)
Email: gwenburnyeat [at] gmail.com 

Melissa Maceyko (20-22)
California State University, Long Beach
Email: Melissa.Maceyko [at] csulb.edu

Graduate Student Representatives

Aderayo Sanusi 
Princeton University
asanusi [at] princeton.edu

Rachel Stephens
University of Pennsylvania
rstep [at] gse.upenn.edu

 

Web Editor/Communications Liaison:

Randi Irwin
The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Email: apla [at] politicalandlegalanthro.org

Committees:

AAA Program Coordinators 2021

1. Andrew Gilbert, gilbera [at] mcmaster.ca (20-21)
2. Hayal Akarsu, akarsu [at] brandeis.edu (20-21)
3. Pablo Howard Seward Delaporte, pseward [at] stanford.edu (20-21)

Events Committee 2021

1. Matthew Canfield (chair), m.c.canfield [at] law.leidenuniv.nl
2. Erica Bornstein, elbornst [at] uwm.edu
3. Ilana Gerson, igershon [at] indiana.edu
4. Deepa Das Acevedo, ddasacevedo [at] law.ua.edu

Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee 2021

1. Anu Sharma (chair), asharma [at] wesleyan.edu 
2. Matthew Canfield, m.c.canfield [at] law.leidenuniv.nl
3. Arzoo Osanloo, aosanloo [at] uw.edu 
4. Rebekah Park, rebekah.park [at] gemic.com

Early Career Mentoring Committee 2021

1. Joowon Park (chair), park [at] skidmore.edu
2. Simanti Dasgupta, sdasgupta1 [at] udayton.edu

Nominations Committee 2021

1. Liv Stone (chair), lstone [at] ilstu.edu
2. Anu Sharma, asharma [at] wesleyan.edu 
3. Georgina Ramsay, gramsay [at] udel.edu

Book Prize in Critical Anthropology Committee 2021

1. Georgina Ramsay (co-chair), gramsay [at] udel.edu
2. Mark Schuller (co-chair), mschuller [at] niu.edu
3. Katherine Lemons (2020 Honorable Mention), katherine.lemons [at] mcgill.ca
4. Ayse Parla (2020 Honorable Mention), parlaa [at] bu.edu
5. Simanti Dasgupta, sdasgupta1 [at] udayton.edu