Leadership & Management

A volunteer Board of Directors operates DSA, along with an Executive Director, two Administrative Fellows, and a small team of contractors. Board members contribute to the overall running of the organization through their work on committees and their participation in organizational initiatives as needed. 

READ DSA BY-LAWS HERE (updated 4.1.2021)

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

2021 Conference, Rutgers University (photo by Elyse Mertz) L to R: Lizzie Leopold (Executive Director), Peter Dickinson (2022 Conference Local Arrangements Chair), Melissa Blanco Borelli (President), Jacqueline Shea Murphy (VP Conferences), Rosemarie Roberts (President-Elect)

Board of Directors

• Rosemarie Roberts, President Elect, Connecticut College
• Pallavi Sriram, Secretary , Colorado College
• Elliot Gordon Mercer, Treasurer, University of Chicago
• Rosemary Candelario, VP Publications and Research, Texas Woman's University
• Amy Swanson, Interim VP Conferences, Colgate University 
• Seth Williams, Interim VP Awards, Barnard College
• Hannah Schwadron, VP Professional Development, Florida State University
• José Reynoso, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of California Riverside
• Juan Manuel Aldape Munoz, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, Cornell University
• Alessandra Williams, Director, Rutgers University
• Christine Greiner, Director, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Fangfei Miao, Director, University of Michigan
• Sevi Bayraktar, Director, University of Music and Dance Cologne
• Mahsa Hojjati, Director, Independent
• grace shinhae jun, Director, University of California San Diego
• MiRi Park, Graduate Student Representative, UCLA
• Bhumi Patel, Graduate Student Representative, The Ohio State University

Standing Committee on Awards

• Seth Williams, Chair/Interim VP Awards, Barnard College
• Bhumi Patel, Board member, The Ohio State University
• Menghang Wu, The Ohio State University 
• Tia-Monique Uzor, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
• Bernard Brown, Loyola Marymount University
• Melissa Melpignano, University of Texas at El Paso
• Anna Kimmel, George Washington University 

Standing Committee on Conferences

• Amy Swanson, Chair/ Interim VP Conferences, Colgate University 
• Victoria Fortuna, Conference Co-Chair 2024, Reed College
• Elliot Gordon Mercer, Treasurer, University of Chicago
• Rosemarie Roberts, DSA President, Connecticut College
• Adanna Jones, Conference Co-Chair, 2021, Bowdoin College
• Hari Krishnan, Conference Co-Chair 2022, Wesleyan University
• Christine Greiner, Board member, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Sevi Bayraktar, Board member, University of Music and Dance Cologne

Standing Committee on Finance and Development

• Elliot Gordon Mercer, Chair/Treasurer, University of Chicago
• Rosemarie Roberts, DSA President, Connecticut College
• grace shinhae jun, Director, University of California San Diego

Standing Committee on Professional Development

• Hannah Schwadron, Chair/VP Professional Development, Florida State University
• Irvin Gonzales, The Ohio State University
• Rebecca Fitton, Independent
• Mahsa Hojjati, Board member, Independent
• Alessandra Williams, Board member, Rutgers University

Standing Committee on Publications and Research

• Rosemary Candelario, VP Publications and Research, Texas Woman's University
• Fangfei Miao, Board member, University of Michigan
• Rebekah Kowal, Co-Editor, DRJ, University of Iowa
• Nadine George-Graves, Co-Editor, DRJ, Ohio State University
• Rachel Carrico, Editor, Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, University of Florida
• Clare Croft, Editor, Studies in Dance book series, University of Michigan
• SanSan Kwan, Associate Editor, Studies in Dance Book Series, University of California, Berkeley

Standing Committee on Website

• Pallavi Sriram, Chair, Secretary, Colorado College
• MiRi Park, Board Member, UCLA

Nominations Committee

• José Reynoso, Co-Chair, University of California, Riverside
• Juan Manuel Aldape Munoz, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, Cornell University
• J. Lorenzo Perillo, University of Hawaii
• Celena Monteiro, Kingston University London
• Jade Power-Sotomayor, University of California San Diego

Dance Research Journal Advisory Board

• Eric Mullis, Queens University of Charlotte
• Andrea Harris, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Hye-Won Hwang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Ariel Osterweis, California Institute of the Arts
• Funmi Adewole Elliot, De Montfort University
• Dotun Ayobade, Northwestern University
• Mythili Anoop, Independent Scholar
• Megan Nicely, University of San Francisco

Dance Research Journal Editorial Board

• Rebekah Kowal, Executive Co-Editor, University of Iowa
• Nadine George Graves, Executive Co-Editor, Northwestern University
• Victoria Fortuna, DRJ Reviews Co-Editor, Reed College
• Camelia Lenart, DRJ Reviews Co-Editor, SUNY Albany
• Lester Tomé, Smith College
• Yvonne Hardt, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologen
• Gerald Siegmund, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Serouj Aprahamian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Adesola Akinleye, Texas Woman's University
• Helen Thomas, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
• Hari Krishnan, Wesleyan University
• Nan Ma, Dickinson College
• Ana Paula Hofling, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Studies in Dance Editorial Board

• Clare Croft, Editor and Chair , University of Michigan
• SanSan Kwan, Associate Editor, University of California, Berkeley
• Aimee Meredith Cox, Yale University
• Einav Katan-Schmid, Kibbutzim College of Education Technology and the Arts 
• Eike Wittrock , University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
• Ojeya Cruz Banks, Denison University
• Cindy Garcia, University of Minnesota

Conversations Editorial Board

• Rachel Carrico, Editor and Chair, University of Florida
• Susanne Foellmer, Coventry University
• Premalatha Thiagarajan, University of Malaya
• Eugenia Cadus, Universidad Nacional de las Artes
• Arushi Singh
• Layla Zami, Pratt Institute & FU Berlin