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 (2024-26, 2-year term)
Secretary
Secretary, Mark Schuller (2022-24, 3-year term)
Treasurer
Treasurer, Will Garriott (2023-26, 3-year term)
President-Elect
President Elect, Elif Babul (2024-26, 2-year term)
Board Members At Large
Hayal Akarsu (2023-2026)
Deepa Das Acevedo (2022-24)
Simanti Dasgupta (2022-25)
Bilge Firat (2022-25)
Anna Offit (2023-2026)
Joowon Park (2022-24)
Appointed Officers
Editors of Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
Georgina Ramsay (2021-24)
Sindiso Minisi Weeks (2021-24)
Deepa Das Acevedo (2024-27, incoming editor)
PoLAR Online Editor
Jennifer Curtis
Book Review Editors
Matt Canfield (2021-24)
Smoki Musaraj (2021-2024)
Directions Section Editors
Deniz Yonucu (2021-24)
Caroline Parker (2021-24)
AN Contributing Editor
Taras Fedirko (2023-2025)
Whitney Russell (2023-2025)
Graduate Student Representatives
Karime Parodi Ambel (UCLA) (2024-26)
Ana Marrugo (U Pitt) (2024-26)
SJ Dillon (Emory) (2024-26)
Web Editor
Dafna Rachok
Communications Liaison and Listserv Manager
Dafna Rachok
Committees:
AAA Program Coordinators 2024
Negar Sadat Razavi (chair)
Anand Vaidya
Events Committee 2024
Simanti Dasgupta (chair)
Matt Canfield
Amali Ibrahim
Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee 2024
Mark Schuller (chair)
Bilge Firat
Anna Offit
Early Career Mentoring Committee 2024
TBD
Nominations Committee 2024
Joowon Park (chair)
Simanti Dasgupta
Book Prize in Critical Anthropology Committee 2024
Kregg Hetherington (chair)
Sophie Chao
Irina Silber
Robert Samet
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