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Officers

(terms begin September 1st of the first year and ends August 31st of the last year of the term)
President
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Linda Rayor

(2023 – 2025)

Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA. Email: lsr1@~@cornell.edu

President elect
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Jason Bond

(2023 – 2025)

Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email: jbond@~@ucdavis.edu

Treasurer
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Nina Sandlin

(since 2023)

Zoology - Insects, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605, USA. Email: nsandlin@~@fieldmuseum.org

Secretary
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Paula Cushing

(since 2014)

Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. Email: paula.cushing@~@dmns.org

Directors

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J. Andrew Roberts

(2023 – 2025)

Department of Evolution, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, OH 43055, USA. Email: roberts.762@~@osu.edu

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Edmundo González Santillán

(2022 – 2024)

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Email: edmundo.gonzalez@~@ib.unam.mx

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Sarah Stellwagen

(2023 – 2025)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Email: stellwagen@~@charlotte.edu

Chairs and Appointed Officers

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
L. Brian Patrick,
Department of Biological Sciences, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD 57301 USA. Email: membership@~@americanarachnology.org

GRADUATE STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
Ryan Jones, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80204, USA. Email: richjones327@~@gmail.com

PARLIAMENTARIAN 
Brent Opell, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061. Email: bopell@~@vt.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: debsmith@~@ku.edu

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
Brent Hendrixson
Email: hendrb@~@millsaps.edu

HERB LEVI MEMORIAL FUND FOR ARACHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE
Sean Walker
 Email: swalker@~@fullerton.edu

AAS OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Eileen Hebets (Chair), Marshal Hedin & Catherine Scott (Community Science), Karen Cangialosi & Linda Rayor (Outreach and Education), Sebastian Echeverri (Social Media)

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
Mercedes Burns (Chair) burnsm@~@umbc.edu

NORM PLATNICK AWARD COMMITTEE
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
Daniel Gloor Email: webmaster@~@americanarachnology.org

Contacts

Past Officers