Officers of the ASA include both elected and appointed members of the association.
The president-elect, who becomes president, then past president during their three-year term, is selected by a vote by ASA members during the annual election, while the executive director and the editor of the American Quarterly are appointed by the Executive Committee and ratified by the National Council.
2025-2026 Officers
- President: Alex Lubin, Penn State University
- President-Elect: Tanisha C. Ford, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- Immediate Past President: Mishuana Goeman, University at Buffalo (on leave from UCLA)
- Editor of American Quarterly: Jason Ruiz, University of Notre Dame
For the officers listed below, the term end date is June 30 of the year indicated in parentheses.
Please browse Committees and Chapters for their officers.
Executive Committee
President: Alex Lubin, Penn State University
President-Elect: Tanisha C. Ford, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Immediate Past President: Mishuana Goeman, University of Buffalo (on leave from UCLA)
Councilors:
- Aren Aizura, University of Minnesota
- Emily Hobson, University of Nevada, Reno
- Marisol Negrón, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Koritha Mitchell, Boston University
- Eric Stanley, University of California, Berkeley
- Jason Ruiz, ex officio, University of Notre Dame, editor of American Quarterly
National Council
- Aren Aizura, University of Minnesota (2026)
- Lisa Bhungalia, University of Wisconsin (2028)
- Angelica Camacho, San Francisco State University (2028)
- micha cárdenas, University of California Santa Cruz (2027)
- Kate Drabinski, contingent faculty representative, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2026)
- Tanisha Ford, President-Elect, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2028)
- Mishuana Goeman, Immediate Past-President, University at Buffalo (2026)
- Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University (2026)
- Emily Hobson, University of Nevada, Reno (2026)
- tala khanmalek, Independent/CSU Fullerton (2028)
- Alex Lubin, President, Penn State University (2027)
- Hannah Manshel, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa (2028)
- Koritha Mitchell, Boston University (2027)
- Marisol Negrón, University of Massachusetts Boston (2027)
- Dalena Ngo, Student Representative, Yale University (2028)
- Minh-Ha T. Pham, Pratt Institute (2026)
- Victoria Reyes, University of California, Riverside(2028)
- Eric Stanley, University of California Berkeley (2027)
- Amanda Tovar, Student Representative, University of Texas at Austin (2027)
- Chih-ming Wang, International Representative, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (2026)
- Kate Griffin, ex officio, American Studies Association, Executive Director
- Jason Ruiz, ex officio, University of Notre Dame, editor of American Quarterly (2029)