Officers
(Terms begin September 1 of the first year and end August 31 of the final year)
Jason Bond
(2025 – 2027)Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email: jbond@~@ucdavis.edu
Anne Danielson-Francois
(2025 – 2027)Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn 48128, USA. Email: danfranc@~@umich.edu
Nina Sandlin
(since 2023)AAS - Field Museum - Insects, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605, USA. Email: nsandlin@~@fieldmuseum.org
Paula Cushing
(since 2014)Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. Email: paula.cushing@~@dmns.org
Directors
Linda Rayor
(2025 – 2027)Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA. Email: linda.rayor@~@cornell.edu
Marc Milne
(2024 – 2026)Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA. Email: milnem@~@uindy.edu
Angela Chuang
(2025 – 2027)Department of Environmental Science and Studies, Washington College, 300 Washington Ave, Chestertown, MD 21620, USA. Email: achuang2@~@washcoll.edu
Chairs and Appointed Officers
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Alex Berry, School of Science, Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA 50588, USA. Email: membership@~@americanarachnology.org
GRADUATE STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
Ella Kellner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Email: ekellner@~@charlotte.edu
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Al Cady, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. Email: cadyab@~@MiamiOH.edu
EDITOR IN CHIEF, The Journal of Arachnology
Deborah Smith, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Email: joa@~@americanarachnology.org
AAS PRESS OFFICER
Paula Cushing, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Department of Zoology. 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver CO 80205. Email: paula.cushing@~@dmns.org
COMMON NAMES COMMITTEE (link)
Sarah Rose, Lecturer Center for Life Sciences Education The Ohio State University and Adjunct Professor Columbus State Community College. Email: srose891@~@gmail.com
STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS COMMITTEE
Matthew R. Graham Email: researchgrants@~@americanarachnology.org
HERB LEVI MEMORIAL FUND FOR ARACHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE
Sean Walker Email: swalker@~@fullerton.edu
AAS OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Linda Rayor (Chair), Jillian Kurovski (Social Media)
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
NORM PLATNICK AWARD COMMITTEE (link)
Mark Harvey (Chair) mark.harvey@~@museum.wa.gov.au
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REVIEW FOR ARACHNOLOGISTS WORLDWIDE (ELRAW)
Shahan Derkarabetian elraw.aas@~@gmail.com
ARCHIVIST
Lenny Vincent, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California 92832, USA. Email: Lvincent@~@fullcoll.edu
WEBSITE
Nina Sandlin Email: webmaster@~@americanarachnology.org
Contacts
- Membership Questions - Alex Berry - membership@~@americanarachnology.org
- JoA Questions - Deborah Smith - debsmith@~@ku.edu
- Website Questions - Nina Sandlin - webmaster@~@americanarachnology.org
- Spider Questions - Jerry Rovner - jsrovner@~@gmail.com
- Common Names Committee - Sarah Rose - srose891@~@gmail.com