Leadership & Management

A volunteer Board of Directors operates DSA, along with an Executive Director, 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

BOARD ROLES & STANDING COMMITTEE POLICIES/PROCEDURES

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

Board of Directors

• Rosemary Candelario, President, University of Texas - Austin - [email protected] 
• Rosemarie Roberts, Immediate Past President, Connecticut College
• Natalie Zervou, Secretary, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Carolyn Renée Pautz, Treasurer, NYU School of Law
• Ana Paula Höfling, VP of Publications and Research, UNC Greensboro
• Amy Swanson, VP Conferences, University of Oregon
• Seth Williams, VP Awards, Barnard College
• Hannah Schwadron, VP Professional Development, Florida State University
• José Reynoso, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of California Riverside
• J. Lorenzo Perillo, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 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
• Pallavi Sriram, Director , Colorado College
• Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Director, The Ohio State University
• Bhumi Patel, Graduate Student Representative, The Ohio State University
• Isabel Padilla Carlo, Graduate Student Representative, Cornell University

Standing Committee on Awards

• Seth Stewart Williams, Chair/Interim VP Awards, Barnard College
• Bhumi Patel, Board member, The Ohio State University
• Anna Kimmel, George Washington University
• Menghang Wu, The Ohio State University
• Bernard Brown, UC San Diego
• Melissa Melpignano, University of Texas at El Paso

Standing Committee on Conferences

• Amy Swanson, Chair/ VP Conferences, University of Oregon
• Carolyn Pautz, Interim Treasurer, NYU
• Rosemary Candelario, DSA President, University of Texas-Austin
• Victoria Fortuna, Conference Co-Chair 2024, Reed College
• Hari Krishnan, Conference Co-Chair 2022, Wesleyan University
• Juliet Bellow, Conference Co-Chair 2025, American University
• Sevi Bayraktar, Board member, University of Music and Dance Cologne

Standing Committee on Professional Development

• Hannah Schwadron, Chair/VP Professional Development, Florida State University
• Irvin Gonzalez, Board member, The Ohio State University
• Rebecca Fitton, Independent
• Mahsa Hojjati, Board member, Independent
• Queen Mecca Zabriskie, Antioch College
• Charmian Wells, Texas Woman's University

Standing Committee on Publications and Research

• Ana Paula Höfling, VP Publications and Research, UNC Greensboro
• Fangfei Miao, Board member, University of Michigan
• Rebekah Kowal, Co-Editor, DRJ, University of Iowa
• Nadine George-Graves, Co-Editor, DRJ, Ohio State University
• Arushi Singh, Editor, Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, Chapman University
• SanSan Kwan, Editor, Studies in Dance book series, University of California, Berkeley

Standing Committee on Digital Communications and Website

• Natalie Zervou, Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Pallavi Sriram, Member Secretary, Colorado College
• Isabel Padilla Carlo, Member, Cornell University

Nominations Committee

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

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
• Gerald Siegmund, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Serouj Aprahamian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Adesola Akinleye, Texas Woman's University
• Hari Krishnan, Wesleyan University
• Nan Ma, Dickinson College
• Luciane Ramos Silva, Anikaya 
• Hannah Kostrin, The Ohio State University
• Tia Monique Uzor, University of London

Studies in Dance Editorial Board

• SanSan Kwan, Editor and Chair, University of California, Berkeley
• Aimee Meredith Cox, Associate Editor, NYU
• Ojeya Cruz Banks, Denison University
• Cindy Garcia, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Mariama Diagne, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität 
  
• Anthea Kraut, UC Riverside 
• Anurima Banerji, UCLA 

Conversations Editorial Board

• Arushi Singh, Editor, Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, Chapman University
• Susanne Foellmer, Coventry University
• Premalatha Thiagarajan, University of Malaya
• Eugenia Cadus, Universidad Nacional de las Artes
• A'Keitha Carey, CaribFunk
• Henrique Rochelle