Current SECOLAS Officers:

President: Eunice Rojas, Furman University

President-Elect: Carlos Dimas, University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Secretary-Treasurer: Steven Bunker, University of Alabama

Editor, TLA: Jurgen Buchenau, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Editor, TLA Annals Issue: Gregory Crider, Winthrop University

Executive Committee:

Immediate Past President: Martin Nesvig, University of Miami

Preceding Past President: Monica Rankin, University of Texas at Dallas

At-large 2024: Lisa Covert, College of Charleston

At-large 2024:

At-large 2025: Sarah Foss, Oklahoma State University

At-large 2025: Lori Oxford, Western Carolina University

At-large 2026: David Dalton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

At-large 2026: Angela Rajagopalan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Contingent Faculty / Graduate Student Representative 2024: Corrie Boudreaux, University of Texas at El Paso

Contingent Faculty / Graduate Student Representative 2024: Leah Walton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Awards Committees 2023-24:

Alfred B. Thomas Book Award:

• Leigh Ann Wilson, University of Massachussetts Global (2024)
• Martin Nesvig, University of Miami (2025)
• Martin Nesvig, University of Miami (2025)

Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article:

• Fernanda Bretones Lane, University of Florida (2023, Chair)
• Robert Franco, Kenyon College (2024)
• Sarah Foss, Oklahoma State University (2025)

Edward Moseley Student Paper Award:

• Lisa Pinley Covert, College of Charleston
• Stephen Morris, Middle Tennessee State University
• Chad Black, University of Tennessee

2024 Helen Delpar Award for Best Article in The Latin Americanist (for articles published in 2023):

• Alvis Dunn, University of North Carolina, Asheville
• James Shrader, Rowan University
• Corrie Boudreaux, University of Texas at El Paso

Current and Past Officers:

Year	President	President-Elect	Secretary-Treasurer
2022-2023	Martin Nesvig	Eunice Rojas	Steven Hyland
2021-2022	Monica Rankin	Martin Nesvig	Steven Hyland
2020-21	Alvis Dunn	Monica Rankin	Steven Hyland
2019-20	Reginald Bess	Alvis Dunn	Steven Hyland
2018-19	Jaclyn Sumner	Reginald Bess	Steven Hyland
2017-18	James Huck	Jaclyn Sumner	Steven Hyland
2016-17	Paul Worley	James Huck	Steven Hyland
2015-16	Angela Willis	Paul Worley	Steven Hyland
2014-15	Angela Herren Rajagopalan	Angela Willis	Angela Herren Rajagopalan / Steven Hyland
2013-14	Frank Robinson	Angela Herren Rajagopalan	Angela Herren Rajagopalan
2012-13	Tim Hawkins	Frank Robinson	Angela Herren Rajagopalan
2011-12	Gregory Weeks	Tim Hawkins	Angela Herren Rajagopalan
2010-11	Carmen Rivera	Gregory Weeks	Angela Herren Rajagopalan
2009-10	Gregory S. Crider	Carmen Rivera	Angela Herren
2008-09	Blake Pattridge	Gregory S. Crider	Angela Herren
2007-08	Paula Heusinkveld	Blake Pattridge	Angela Herren
2006-07	Stephen Morris	Paula Heusinkveld	Angela Herren
2005-06	Murdo MacLeod	Stephen Morris	Yvonne Unnold
2004-05	Isabel Brown	Murdo MacLeod	Yvonne Unnold
2003-04	Thomas Schoonover	Isabel Brown	Yvonne Unnold
2002-03	Richmond Brown	Thomas Schoonover	Yvonne Unnold
2001-02	Jürgen Buchenau	Richmond Brown	Yvonne Unnold
2000-01	Pamela S. Murray	Jürgen Buchenau	Lisa Nalbone
1999-00	Kenneth J. Mijeski	Pamela S. Murray	Lisa Nalbone
1998-99	José Fernández	Kenneth J. Mikeski	Lisa Nalbone
1997-98	Kathleen Logan Martín	José Fernández	Rafael E. Hernández
1996-97	John Britton	Kathleen Logan	Rafael E. Hernández
1995-96	Melvin S. Arrington, Jr.	John Britton	Rafael E. Hernández
1994-95	Julie Greer Johnson	Melvin S. Arrington, Jr.	Rafael E. Hernández
1993-94	Anne Fountain	Julie Greer Johnson	Rafael E. Hernández
1992-93	Thomas Leonard	Anne Fountain	Rafael E. Hernández
1991-92	Michael T. Handelsman	Thomas Leonard	Helen Delpar
1990-91	James Henderson	Michael T. Handelsman	Helen Delpar
1989-90	T. Ray Shurbutt	James Henderson	Helen Delpar
1988-89	Harry E. Vanden	T. Ray Shurbutt	Helen Delpar
1987-88	Donathon Olliff	Harry E. Vanden	Gary Frank
1986-87	Daniel Reedy	Donathon Olliff	Gary Frank
1985-86	Helen Delpar	Gary Frank
1984-85	Waltraud Queiser Morales	Helen Delpar	Allen Wells
1983-84	Lawrence A. Clayton	Waltraud Queiser Morales	Allen Wells
1982-83	Irving Webber	Lawrence A. Clayton	Helen Delpar
1981-82	Carl Ross	Irving Webber	Helen Delpar
1980-81	Wesley P. Newton	Carl Ross	Helen Delpar
1979-80	Ronald R. McIrvin	Wesley P. Newton	Lawrence A. Clayton
1978-79	William H. Harris	Ronald R. McIrvin	Lawrence A. Clayton
1977-78	Joseph L. Arbena	Lawrence A. Clayton
1976-77	Edward D. Terry		Joseph L. Arbena
1975-76	Ralph Lee Woodward		Joseph L. Arbena
1974-75	Richard B. Gray		Joseph L. Arbena
1973-74	Nestor Moreno		Edward D. Terry
1972-73	John D. Martz		Edward D. Terry
1971-72	Edward H. Mosley		Edward D. Terry
1970-71	William E. Carter		Edward D. Terry
1969-70	Eugene R. Huck		Felicity Trueblood
1968-69	Manuel D. Ramirez		Felicity Trueblood
1967-68	Ione S. Wright		Felicity Trueblood
1966-67	Alfred B. Thomas		Felicity Trueblood
1965-66	Jane L. DeGrummond		Felicity Trueblood
1964-65	Robert W. Bradbury		Philip F. Flemion
1963-64	Eric N. Baklanoff		Philip F. Flemion
1962-63	A. Curtis Wilgus		Philip F. Flemion
1961-62	Frederick G. Gil		Ethel Marshall
1960-61	Margaret V. Campbell		Frederick E. Kidder and Charles Nissly
Year	General Chairmen		Secretary-Treasurer
1959-60	Bernard L. Poole		Frederick E. Kidder
1958-59	Luis Aviles		Frederick E. Kidder
1957-58	Charles W. Arnade		Herberto Lacayo
1956-57	Alfred B. Thomas		Ethel Marshall
1955-56	A. Curtis Wilgus		Harry Kantor
1954-55	Sturgis E. Leavitt		Linton L. Barrett
1953-54	R. L. Predmore