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, Ilana Gershon (2022-23, 2-year term)
Secretary
Secretary, Mark Schuller (2022-24, 3-year term)
Treasurer
Treasurer, Rebekah Park (2022-24, 3-year term)
President-Elect
President Elect, Heath Cabot (2022-23, 2-year term)
Board Members At Large
Deepa Das Acevedo (2022-24)
Matt Canfield (2019-22)
Simanti Dasgupta (2022-25)
Bilge Firat (2022-25)
Arzoo Osanloo (2019-22)
Joowon Park (2022-24)
Appointed Officers
Editors of Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
Georgina Ramsay (2021-24)
Sindiso Minisi Weeks (2021-24)
PoLAR Online Editor
Jennifer Curtis
Book Review Editors
Matt Canfield (2021-24)
Smoki Musaraj
Directions Section Editors
Deniz Yonucu (2021-24)
Caroline Parker (2021-24)
AN Contributing Editors
Melissa Maceyko (2020-22)
Gwen Burnyeat (2020-22)
Graduate Student Representatives
Rachel Stephens (2020-22)
Silvana Montañola (2022-24)
Keye Tersmette (2022-24)
Web Editor
Randi Irwin
Communications Liaison
Dafna Rachok
Committees:
AAA Program Coordinators 2022
Hayal Akarsu (chair)
Sahana Ghosh
Events Committee 2022
Simanti Dasgupta (chair)
Matt Canfield
Amali Ibrahim
Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee 2022
Mark Schuller (chair)
Bilge Firat
Deepa Das Avecado
Early Career Mentoring Committee 2022
Carole Blackburn
Tim Gitzen
Michelle Bigenho
Nominations Committee 2022
Joowon Park (chair)
Deepa Das Avecado
Book Prize in Critical Anthropology Committee 2022
Arzoo Osanloo (chair)
Miia Halme-Tuomisaari
Salman Hussain
Amy Cohen