Regular Board Candidates

Andrea Zach
George Mason University
CV
Platform:

1. I will build a stronger connection with PhD-granting institutions.
2. I will promote the yearly conference to increase participation.
3. I will promote the encouragement of scholarly collaboration across and between disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical boundaries

Delores B. Phillips
Old Dominion University
CV
Platform:

1. I will help build our hybrid conference capability to improve its accessibility to scholars in the Global South and who work in conditions of financial precarity.
2. As a member of the Policy Committee, I will help us amend our bylaws, implement our standards governing accessibility and incorporate restorative justice in our grievance procedure.
3. I am most interested in extending our global outreach, especially to place-bound scholars from countries with restrictive visa requirements or punishing exchange rates, with the objective of equitable access to our organization.

In addition: It has been my privilege to serve the organization in a leadership capacity as chair of its Policy Committee and as essential to the success of our online conferences in 2020 and 21. Inspired by my institution's robust digital infrastructure, I would like to contribute to the organization's carefully considered implementation of a hybrid structure that will still preserve our organization's in-person excellence while also opening our doors to scholars otherwise unable to participate.

Elizabeth Verklan
Cottey College
CV
Platform:

1. I will work towards cultivating future leadership from current CSA members.
2. I will create more opportunities for CSA members to converse and collaborate throughout the year.
3. I will continue to work to create the best possible annual meeting of the Cultural Studies Association.

Jennifer Scuro
​Molloy College, NY
CV
Platform:

1. I hope to continue to take a leadership role in the initiatives to make the CSA an accessible organization, including working cooperatively with the membership for an inclusive and accessible annual conference.
2. It is important to me that the CSA continue to expand and diversify our community and to that end will participate in or initiate opportunities for junior scholars, non-academics working in Cultural Studies, international and marginalized scholars to find community within our organization.
3. As my current research moves toward the understanding the intersections of trauma and disability, I hope to keep good company among my peers and the membership in always looking to improve and advance the difficult but important scholarship. CSA is and should continue to be an important resource for other academic and non-academic communities through its scholarly production.

In addition: I have been a co-chair of the Critical Feminist and Queer Studies Working Group since 2017 which has been such meaningful work for me. I helped formulate a working accessibility policy for the conferences as well as contributing to the curation of the Make(r) Space. It would be a real privilege to be re-elected to the Governing Board.

Student Board Candidates

Larissa A. Irizarry
​University of Pittsburgh
CV
Platform:

1. I will promote an empathetic and practical approach to diversity, equity and inclusion.
2. I will help build a non-hierarchical space of collaboration around unfinished work (e.g. workshops for the writing of monographs, dissertations, etc.)
3. I will promote and facilitate communication and collaboration between junior and senior scholars.

Lucy March
Temple University
CV
Platform:

1. I will develop and facilitate professional development opportunities for student members.
2. I will foster opportunities for CSA members to network and build connections before, during and after the conference through new and pre-existing channels (such as our Discord channel).
3. I will work to refine and emphasize CSA's commitment to activism and social justice through concrete goals, such as improving inclusivity and accessibility at upcoming and future conferences.

In addition: Although I am a newer member of CSA, I quickly discovered an intellectual home in this organization through participation in the 2021 conference, the Lateral workshop and the NMDC working group. As a communication scholar, I am passionate about bridging the gap between the social sciences and humanities, and would value the opportunity to build deeper relationships with and represent my colleagues in this organization.

Megan M. Wood
Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CV
Platform:

1. I will support initiatives that that foreground and critically expand opportunities for collaborative and creative forms of research, engagement with works in progress, and alternative conference presentation formats (e.g., reading groups, question-driven sessions, resource-sharing) at the annual conference
2. I will prioritize CSA's commitment to institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion by supporting critical conversations about redress, reconstruction, and dignity.
3. I will champion building infrastructure to support participant engagement with CSA working groups throughout the academic year, utilizing online platforms for establishing networks of graduate and other researchers.