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)

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BOARD ROLES & STANDING COMMITTEE POLICIES/PROCEDURES 

Board of Directors

• Rosemary Candelario, President, University of Texas - Austin - [email protected]
• Hannah Schwadron, President Elect, Florida State University
• Natalie Zervou, Secretary, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bhumi Patel, Treasurer, Independent
• Ana Paula Höfling, VP of Publications and Research, UNC Greensboro
• Amy Swanson, VP Conferences, University of Oregon
• Melissa Melpignano, VP Awards, University of Texas at El Paso
• Charmian Wells, VP Membership & Professional Development, Texas Woman's University
• José Luis 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
• grace shinhae jun, Director, University of California San Diego
• Pallavi Sriram, Director , Colorado College
• Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, Director, The Ohio State University
• Michelle Castañeda, Director, New York University
• Isabel Padilla Carlo, Graduate Student Representative, Cornell University

• Na An, Graduate Student Representative, University of California, Riverside

Standing Committee on Awards

• Melissa Melpignano, VP Awards, University of Texas at El Paso
• Alessandra Williams, Rutgers University
• 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 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 Membership & Professional Development

• Charmian Wells, VP Membership & Professional Development, Texas Woman's University
• Rebecca Fitton, Independent
• Irvin Gonzalez, Board member, The Ohio State University
• Lizzie Leopold, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Queen Mecca Zabriskie, Antioch College
• Hannah Schwadron, President Elect, Florida State University

Standing Committee on Publications and Research

• Ana Paula Höfling, VP Publications and Research, UNC Greensboro
• Fangfei Miao, Board member, University of Michigan
• Priya Srinivasan, Executive Co-Editor, Sangam
• Jen Atkins, Executive Co-Editor, Florida 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
• I-Wen Chang, Taipei National University of the Arts
• Rafael Guarato, Federal University of Goiás

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
• Rebecca Chaleff, University at Buffalo
• 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
• 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
• Lester Tomé, Smith College
• 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