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2021-2022 Committees

Nominating Committee (Responsible for assembling a slate of candidates to stand for election as Officers and Board Members and for filling open committee slots)

• Chair: AERE Vice President John Whitehead, Appalachian State University 
• Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Janie Chermak, University of New Mexico 
• Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College
• Dan Petrolia, Mississippi State University

Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Chair: Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
• Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University
• Lynne Lewis, Bates College
• Martin Heintzelman, University of Delaware
• Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Graduate Student Engagement Committee

• Co-Chair: Sathya Gopalakrishnan, Ohio State University
• Co-Chair: Sarah Jacobson, Williams College
• Vikrant Kamble, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Hyunjung Kim, Michigan State University
• Tosin Olofinsao, University of New Mexico

AERE Scholars Program Committee

• Chair: Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
• Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Mary Evans, The University of Texas at Austin
• Lynne Lewis, Bates College
• Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin

Oates Dissertation Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the Oates Dissertation Award annually)

• Chair: Jo Albers, University of Wyoming, expires 12/31/2021
• Gernot Wagner, New York University, expires 12/31/2021
• Lucija Muehlenbachs, University of Calgary, expires 12/31/2022
• Debra Israel, Indiana State University, expires 12/31/2022
• Casey Wichman, Georgia Tech University, expires 12/31/2023
• Katherine Carson, US Air Force Academy, expires 12/31/2023

Publication of Enduring Quality (PEQ) Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the PEQ Award annually)

• Chair: Antung Anthony Liu, Indiana University, expires 6/30/2022
• Gerard Gaudet, University of Montreal, expires 6/30/2023
• Will Wheeler, U.S. EPA, expires 6/30/2024

Best JAERE Paper Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the Best JAERE Award annually)

• JAERE Co-Editor: Shanjun Li, Cornell University, expires 6/30/2022
• JAERE Co-Editor: Sheila Olmstead, University of Texas at Austin, 6/30/2022
• AERE member: Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 6/30/2024

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Zachary Brown, North Carolina State University, expires 6/30/2022
• Alicia Rosburg, University of Northern Iowa, expires 6/30/2023 

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Erin Sills, North Carolina State University, expires 12/31/2021
• Hendrik Wolff, Simon Fraser, expires 12/31/2022
• Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Resources for the Future, expires 12/31/2023
• Benjamin Jones, University of New Mexico, expires 12/31/2024

AERE Sessions at Regional Meetings

• [email protected]: Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College
• [email protected]: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• [email protected]: John Whitehead, Appalachian State University
• [email protected]: Trudy Ann Cameron, University of Oregon                                         

Organizing Committee for 2021 AERE Summer Conference (Responsible for organizing the AERE Summer Conference)

• AERE President Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future
• AERE Immediate Past President, Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin
• AERE Vice President John Whitehead, Appalachian State University
• AERE Treasurer Margaret Walls, Resources for the Future 
• AERE Board Member Neha Khanna, Binghamton University