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2020-2021 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 
• Xiang Bi, University of Florida
• Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
• Jake Hochard, East Carolina University
• Dan Lew, National Marine Fisheries Service

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

AERE Scholars Program Committee

• Chair: Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
• Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Mary Evans, Claremont McKenna College
• Matthew Gibson, Williams College
• Lynne Lewis, Bates College
• Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin

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

• Co-Chair: Antonio Bento, University of Southern California, expires 12/20
• Co-Chair: Shanjun Li, Cornell University, expires 12/20
• Gernot Wagner, New York University, expires 12/21
• Jo Albers, University of Wyoming, expires 12/21
• Lucija Muehlenbachs, University of Calgary, expires 12/22
• Debra Israel, Indiana State University, expires 12/22

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

• Chair: Stephen Salant, University of Michigan, expires 6/21
• Antung Anthony Liu, Indiana University, expires 6/22
• Gerard Gaudet, University of Montreal, expires 6/23

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

• JAERE Co-Editor: Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Oregon State University, expires 6/21
• JAERE Co-Editor: Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee, expires 6/21
• AERE member: Jay Shimshack, The University of Virginia, expires 6/21

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Sathya Gopalakrishnan, The Ohio State University, expires 6/21
• Zachary Brown, North Carolina State University, expires 6/22

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Erin Sills, North Carolina State University, expires 12/21
• Hendrik Wolff, Simon Fraser, expires 12/22
• Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Resources for the Future, expires 12/23

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
• Jill Cavigila-Harris, Salisbury State University
• Lynne Lewis, Bates College
• Brian Vander Naald, Drake 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