Governance
Board of Directors
2026 Board
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of the President, the Vice President/President-Elect, the Immediate Past President, the Executive Director, the Treasurer, the Editor of the Slavic Review, and one Member at Large.
The Vice President is elected annually by ASEEES members and is designated President-Elect. After serving one year as Vice President, the Vice President becomes President the following year. After one year in the presidency, the President is designated Immediate Past President and serves an additional year as a member of the Board of Directors
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Oxana Shevel
President 2026
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David L. Cooper
President-Elect/Vice President 2026
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Adrienne Edgar
Immediate Past President 2026
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Christine D. Worobec
Treasurer, 2021-2026
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Stephen Badalyan Riegg
Member-at-Large
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Eugene Avrutin
Slavic Review Editor
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Lynda Park
Executive Director
Six Elected Members at Large
Two members-at-large are elected each year by ASEEES members, to hold office for three (3) years.
Antonina Berezovenko
National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” 2024-2026
Sarah Cameron
University of Maryland, 2025-2027
Emily Greble
Vanderbilt University, 2026-2028
Paul Goode
Carleton University, 2025-2027
Alexis Peri
Boston University, 2026-2028
Stephen Badalyan Riegg
Texas A&M University, 2024-2026
One Elected Graduate Student Representative
Candidates for graduate student representative can self-nominate or be nominated by a faculty member who is a member of ASEEES. The Nominating Committee will review all nominations and select two to be candidates. One is elected by ASEEES members to hold office for two (2) years.
Nikoloz Nadirashvili
University of Washington, 2026-2027
Three Council/Committee Representatives
Thomas Keenan
Princeton University; CLIR representative, 2026-2028
One (1) member designated by the ASEEES Committee on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR)
Alicia Baca
Ohio State University; Council of Regional Affiliates representative, 2026-2028
One (1) Member Designated by the Council of Regional Affiliates
Jeff Pennington
UC Berkeley; Council of Institutional Members representative, 2025-2027
One (1) member designated by the Council of Institutional Members
Seven Disciplinary Representatives
Organization/disciplinary representative must be a member of good standing in both ASEEES and the representing organization and holds office for three (3) years. AATSEEL representative is nominated by the AATSEEL Executive Committee.
Jeffrey Hass
University of Richmond; Sociology representative, 2026-2028
Victor Petrov
University of Tennessee Knoxville; American Historical Association (AHA) representative, 2026-2028
Barry Ickes
Pennsylvania State University; Economics representative, 2025-2027
Ariel Otruba
Arcadia University; Association of American Geographers (AAG) representative, 2026-2028
Sarah Sokhey
University of Colorado; American Political Science Association (APSA) representative, 2024-2026
Chelsi West Ohueri
University of Texas at Austin; American Anthropological Association (AAA) representative, 2024-2026
José Vergara
Bryn Mawr College; American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) representative, 2025-2027
Board History
For historical board information, please see the lists of Current and Past Members of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors.