Nominations Committee

The Nominations Committee is one of the three elected committees serving the Association. The Nominations Committee nominates candidates for membership on the three elected committees of the Association: The Publications Committee, the Committee on Committees, and the Nominations Committee, and for each elective office in the Association: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Members of the PSA Council (Board of Directors). The Nominations Committee consists of the Past President who serves ex officio as chair without a vote, and three members elected at-large by the entire voting membership of the Association. One elected member shall retire each year on a rotating basis so that a member from each successive geographical division is elected each year.

The year following each name indicates the ballots the person is responsible for; because much of this committee’s work is done in the summer, after the conference, in order to prepare a slate of candidates for the fall ballot, their terms are different than other committees.

2024 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2024 ballot: 
Alicia Bonaparte, Pitzer College, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Marie Sarita Gaytan (2022-2024 ballots) University of Utah
Miriam J. Abelson (2023-2025 ballots) Portland State University
Waverly Duck (2024-2026 ballots) University of California Santa Barbara

Recent Past PSA Nominating Committees 

2023 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2023 ballot: 
Shirley A. Jackson, Portland State University, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Brianne Davila (2021-2023 ballots) Cal Poly Pomona
Marie Sarita Gaytan (2022-2024 ballots) University of Utah
Miriam J. Abelson (2023-2025 ballots) Portland State University

2022 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2022 ballot: 
Wendy Ng, CSU East Bay, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Kemi Balogun  (2020-2022 ballots) University of Oregon
Brianne Davila (2021-2023 ballots) Cal Poly Pomona
Marie Sarita Gaytan (2022-2024 ballots) University of Utah

2021 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2021 ballot: 
Sharon K. Davis, University of La Verne, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Todd Migliaccio (2019-2021 ballots) CSU Sacramento
Kemi Balogun  (2020-2022 ballots) University of Oregon
Brianne Davila (2021-2023 ballots) Cal Poly Pomona

2020 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2020 ballot: 
Dennis J. Downey, CSU Channel Islands, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Marcia Marx (2018-2020 ballots) CSU San Bernardino
Todd Migliaccio (2019-2021 ballots) CSU Sacramento
Kemi Balogun  (2020-2022 ballots) University of Oregon

2019 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2019 ballot:
Elaine Bell Kaplan, University of Southern California, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Marcia Marx (2018-2020 ballots) CSU San Bernardino
Todd Migliaccio (2019-2021 ballots) CSU Sacramento

2017-18 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2018 Ballot:
Amy J. Orr, Linfield College, Past President and Ex-Officio Chair
Christy Glass (2016-2018 ballots) Utah State University
Sine Anahita (2017-2019 ballots) University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Marcia Marx (2018-2020 ballots) CSU San Bernardino

2016-17 Nominations Committee, responsible for the slate for the 2017 Ballot:
Robert Nash Parker, UC Riverside, Past-President and Ex-Officio Chair
Christie Batson (2015-2017 ballots) University of Nevada Las Vegas
Christy Glass (2016-2018 ballots) Utah State University
Sine Anahita (2017-2019 ballots) University of Alaska, Fairbanks