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 

Board of Directors

• Rosemary Candelario, Immediate Past President, University of Texas - Austin - [email protected]
• Hannah Schwadron, President, Florida State University - [email protected]
• Natalie Zervou, Secretary, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bhumi Patel, Treasurer, Independent
• Kate Mattingly, VP of Publications and Research, Old Dominion University
• Amy Swanson, VP Conferences, University of Oregon
• Fangfei Miao, VP Conferences - Elect, University of Michigan
• Melissa Melpignano, VP Awards, University of Texas at El Paso
• Charmian Wells, VP Membership & Professional Development, Texas Woman's University
• grace shinhae jun, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of California San Diego
• Mario LaMothe, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Director, The Ohio State University
• Sevi Bayraktar, Director, University of Music and Dance Cologne
• Michelle Castañeda, Director, New York University
• Dasha Chapman, Director, Pomona College
• Na An, Graduate Student Representative, University of California, Riverside
• Maria Teresa Houar, Graduate Student Representative, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Standing Committee on Awards

• Melissa Melpignano, VP Awards, University of Texas at El Paso
• María Sicarú Vasquez Orozco, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
• Jackie Davis, University of California, Los Angeles

Standing Committee on Conferences

• Amy Swanson, Chair/ VP Conferences, University of Oregon
• Rosemary Candelario, DSA Immediate Past President, University of Texas-Austin
• Hannah Schwadron, DSA President, Florida State University 
• Juliet Bellow, 2025 Conference Co-Chair, American University
• Jose Luis Reynoso, 2027 Conference Co-Chair, University of California, Riverside
• Sevi Bayraktar, Board member, University of Music and Dance Cologne
• Bhumi Patel, Treasurer, Independent
• Lindsay Rapport, Member, California State University, Long Beach
• Colleen T. Dunagan, 2026 Conference Co-Chair, California State University, Long Beach
• Sinjini Chatterjee, Member, Ohio State University

Standing Committee on Membership & Professional Development

• Charmian Wells, VP Membership & Professional Development, Texas Woman's University
• Irvin Gonzalez, DSA Board Member, The Ohio State University
• Hannah Schwadron, DSA President, Florida State University
• Lizzie Leopold, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Queen Mecca Zabriskie, Antioch College
• Ann Mazocca Bellecci, member (Ad Hoc Membership Committee), Christopher Newport University
• Enzo Toral Vasquez, member (Ad Hoc Membership Committee), University of Texas Austin
• Rebecca Pappas, member (Ad Hoc Membership Committee), Trinity College

Standing Committee on Publications and Research

• Kate Mattingly, VP of Publications and Research, Old Dominion University
• Arushi Singh, Editor, Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, Chapman University
• Priya Srinivasan, Executive Co-Editor, Dance Research Journal, Sangam
• Jen Atkins, Executive Co-Editor, Dance Research Journal, Florida State University
• SanSan Kwan, Editor, Studies in Dance book series, University of California, Berkeley
• I-Wen Chang, Taipei National University of the Arts
• Rafael Guarato, Federal University of Goiás
• Sevi Bayraktar, DSA Board Member, University of Music and Dance Cologne

Standing Committee on Digital Communications and Website

• Natalie Zervou, Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Anthony Alterio, Member
• Maria Teresa Houar, Graduate Student Representative, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Nominations Committee

• grace shinhae jun, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of California San Diego
• Mario LaMothe, Director & Nominations Co-Chair, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Rebecca Chaleff, Member, University at Buffalo
• Jonathan Sypert, Member, University of Hawai'i Mānoa
• Jessica Friedman, Member, San Diego State University

Dance Research Journal Advisory Board

• Eric Mullis, Queens University of Charlotte
• Hye-Won Hwang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Ariel Osterweis, California Institute of the Arts
• Dotun Ayobade, Northwestern University
• Mythili Anoop, Independent Scholar
• Megan Nicely, University of San Francisco

Dance Research Journal Editorial Board

• Priya Srinivasan, Executive Co-Editor, Sangam
• Jen Atkins, Executive Co-Editor, Florida State University
• Victoria Fortuna, DRJ Reviews Co-Editor, Reed College
• Camelia Lenart, DRJ Reviews Co-Editor, SUNY Albany
• 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