Officers
(terms begin September 1st of the first year and ends August 31st of the last year of the term)
Linda Rayor
(2023 – 2025)Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA. Email: lsr1@~@cornell.edu
Jason Bond
(2023 – 2025)Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email: jbond@~@ucdavis.edu
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
Paula Cushing
(since 2014)Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. Email: paula.cushing@~@dmns.org
Directors
J. Andrew Roberts
(2023 – 2025)Department of Evolution, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, OH 43055, USA. Email: roberts.762@~@osu.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
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
- 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