Candidate Information
Megan M. Wood
Assistant Professor of Communication and Culture, Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio)
CSA Meetings:
5
CV
Platform Statement
1. I will prioritize supporting CSA's commitment to developing policies and member services geared toward institutional diversity, equity, social justice, and belonging.
2. I will help CSA leadership continue to hone our hybrid conference model to both maximize accessibility and support CSA’s reach for membership growth.
3. Because I view cultural studies as a uniquely and inherently collaborative, transdisciplinary endeavor, I consider it a crucial goal for the Governing Board to create, support, and strengthen relationships between CSA and mission-aligned publishers, cultural workers, media activists, and organizations to enhance the vitality of future conferences and expand the resources and opportunities CSA affords it members year-round.
Additional information:
Feel free to list anything else you'd like to add about your candidacy in a brief sentence or two.
To me, CSA is a unique and irreplaceable scholarly community. Between the welcome I received at my first CSA conference as a graduate student in 2017 and my more recent experience serving on the governing board, executive committee, and as co-chair of the last two conference programming committees, I've come to appreciate the vast amounts of labor and care that go into ensuring CSA can be for many others what it has been for me. As a scholarly organization, there is so much we have the potential to contribute in the service of struggles for social transformation, and I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of our continued growth.
Mark Nunes
Appalachian State University
CSA Meetings:
9
CV
Platform Statement
1. To support more alternative and public facing scholarly projects through Lateral as well as other organizational structures within the CSA
2. To strengthen, support, and sustain ongoing collaborative communities amongst CSA members through Working Groups and/or other ad hoc/tactical interest groups that will encourage members to collectively engage in CSA-related activity (be that academic, activist, or somewhere in between) between conferences and throughout the year.
3. To improve short-term and long-term planning for the CSA annual conference, including multi-year scheduling for conference location, an earlier and more predictable schedule for the release of CFP and submission deadline, and more regular communication amongst the membership on conference-related deadlines and events.
Additional Information:
I have been nominated for both an executive committee and governing board position, and my "platform" is the same for either position. I am happy to serve in whatever capacity I can to help accomplish these goals.
Elaine Venter
Kennesaw State University
CSA Meetings:
4
CV
Platform Statement
1. Develop an association-wide writing support channel
2. Initiate a series of special guest speakers to CSA members connected to career, pedagogy, and networking
3. CSA trusted and supported an idea for podcast, and I want to continue support to create a space to share new or different ways to present our organization and works.
Delores B. Phillips, James Madison University
CSA Meetings:
10
CV
Platform Statement
1. I am committed to expanding access to the conference by further refining our capacity for hybrid attendance while retaining the face-to-face elements that make our conference unique.
2. I want to keep working with IDEA and our policy committee to develop additional tools to keep our conference safe.
3. With my leadership of the AAAD Center at JMU, I hope to bring additional international connections in the Global South to network the conference with African scholars and their scholarship.
Additional information:
I've been a longtime member and an enthusiastic supporter of the CSA and it's been a privilege to watch its growth. What I appreciate most about CSA is the opportunity to get our hands into the real, material work of building our intellectual community and I would like to keep doing that.
Leigh Gaskin, Independent Scholar
CSA Meetings:
3
CV
Platform Statement
1. I want to work towards making the Cultural Studies Association the most inclusive professional organization possible.
2. I think more outreach for members who are seeking out of academia work opportunities would be another place for growth.
3. I enjoy policy making and have been working with the CSA policy committee to ensure that our organization has guidelines that support our members and mission.
Additional Information:
I think that CSA is a wonderful professional organization that offers a community of people who want to make sure that you succeed and have support. It has been a pleasure to be a governing board member for the last 2 years.
Assistant Professor of Communication and Culture, Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio)
CSA Meetings:
5
CV
Platform Statement
1. I will prioritize supporting CSA's commitment to developing policies and member services geared toward institutional diversity, equity, social justice, and belonging.
2. I will help CSA leadership continue to hone our hybrid conference model to both maximize accessibility and support CSA’s reach for membership growth.
3. Because I view cultural studies as a uniquely and inherently collaborative, transdisciplinary endeavor, I consider it a crucial goal for the Governing Board to create, support, and strengthen relationships between CSA and mission-aligned publishers, cultural workers, media activists, and organizations to enhance the vitality of future conferences and expand the resources and opportunities CSA affords it members year-round.
Additional information:
Feel free to list anything else you'd like to add about your candidacy in a brief sentence or two.
To me, CSA is a unique and irreplaceable scholarly community. Between the welcome I received at my first CSA conference as a graduate student in 2017 and my more recent experience serving on the governing board, executive committee, and as co-chair of the last two conference programming committees, I've come to appreciate the vast amounts of labor and care that go into ensuring CSA can be for many others what it has been for me. As a scholarly organization, there is so much we have the potential to contribute in the service of struggles for social transformation, and I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of our continued growth.
Mark Nunes
Appalachian State University
CSA Meetings:
9
CV
Platform Statement
1. To support more alternative and public facing scholarly projects through Lateral as well as other organizational structures within the CSA
2. To strengthen, support, and sustain ongoing collaborative communities amongst CSA members through Working Groups and/or other ad hoc/tactical interest groups that will encourage members to collectively engage in CSA-related activity (be that academic, activist, or somewhere in between) between conferences and throughout the year.
3. To improve short-term and long-term planning for the CSA annual conference, including multi-year scheduling for conference location, an earlier and more predictable schedule for the release of CFP and submission deadline, and more regular communication amongst the membership on conference-related deadlines and events.
Additional Information:
I have been nominated for both an executive committee and governing board position, and my "platform" is the same for either position. I am happy to serve in whatever capacity I can to help accomplish these goals.
Elaine Venter
Kennesaw State University
CSA Meetings:
4
CV
Platform Statement
1. Develop an association-wide writing support channel
2. Initiate a series of special guest speakers to CSA members connected to career, pedagogy, and networking
3. CSA trusted and supported an idea for podcast, and I want to continue support to create a space to share new or different ways to present our organization and works.
Delores B. Phillips, James Madison University
CSA Meetings:
10
CV
Platform Statement
1. I am committed to expanding access to the conference by further refining our capacity for hybrid attendance while retaining the face-to-face elements that make our conference unique.
2. I want to keep working with IDEA and our policy committee to develop additional tools to keep our conference safe.
3. With my leadership of the AAAD Center at JMU, I hope to bring additional international connections in the Global South to network the conference with African scholars and their scholarship.
Additional information:
I've been a longtime member and an enthusiastic supporter of the CSA and it's been a privilege to watch its growth. What I appreciate most about CSA is the opportunity to get our hands into the real, material work of building our intellectual community and I would like to keep doing that.
Leigh Gaskin, Independent Scholar
CSA Meetings:
3
CV
Platform Statement
1. I want to work towards making the Cultural Studies Association the most inclusive professional organization possible.
2. I think more outreach for members who are seeking out of academia work opportunities would be another place for growth.
3. I enjoy policy making and have been working with the CSA policy committee to ensure that our organization has guidelines that support our members and mission.
Additional Information:
I think that CSA is a wonderful professional organization that offers a community of people who want to make sure that you succeed and have support. It has been a pleasure to be a governing board member for the last 2 years.
