Officers
(terms begin September 1st of the first year and ends August 31st of the last year of the term)
J. Andrew Roberts
(2021 – 2023)Department of Evolution, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, OH 43055, USA. Email: roberts.762@~@osu.edu
Cara Shillington
(since 2017)Biology Department, Eastern Michigan State University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 USA. Email: cshilling@~@emich.edu
Linda Rayor
(2021 – 2023)Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Email: lsr1@~@cornell.edu
Paula Cushing
(since 2014)Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. Email: paula.cushing@~@dmns.org
Directors
Greta Binford
(2021 – 2023)Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 97219, USA. Email: binford@~@lclark.edu
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
Hannah M. Wood
(2021 – 2023)Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA. Email: WoodH@~@si.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 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)
NORM PLATNICK AWARD COMMITTEE
Mark Harvey (Chair) mark.harvey@~@museum.wa.gov.au
ARCHIVIST
Lenny Vincent, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California 92832, USA. Email: Lvincent@~@fullcoll.edu
WEBSITE
Daniel Gloor Email: webmaster@~@americanarachnology.org
Contacts
- Membership Questions - Brian Patrick - membership@~@americanarachnology.org
- JoA Questions - Deborah Smith - debsmith@~@ku.edu
- Website Questions - Daniel Gloor - webmaster@~@americanarachnology.org
- Spider Questions - Jerry Rovner - jsrovner@~@gmail.com
- Common Names Committee - Sarah Rose - srose891@~@gmail.com