Divisions

Four divisions fulfill the AAAS mission within their respective territories.

To participate in division activities, members may contact the appropriate division's executive officer.

Arctic | Caribbean | Pacific | Southwestern and Rocky Mountain

• President: S. Craig Gerlach, Resilience and Adaptation Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks

• President-Elect: Brian Edmonds, Department of Health Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast

• Past-President: John Kelley, School of fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Executive Secretary: Lawrence K. Duffy, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska, P.O. Box 756160, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160 (907-474-7525; fax: 907-474-5101; fychem@uaf.edu)

• Territory: Serving Alaska and Canada's Yukon and Northwest Territories and beyond.

• Founded: 1951, formerly known as the Alaska Division.

• Elections: A president and executive committee of representatives are elected by mail ballot each year.

• Primary Activities: An annual science conference usually takes place in September.

• Issues: Climate, environmental change, natural resources, telecommunications and northern people and cultures were among recent conference topics. The Arctic Division promotes science activities and communication among researchers, graduate students, wildlife managers, business leaders, rural residents, Alaska natives, high school teachers, students, and others.

• Contact: Lawrence K. Duffy (see above).

• Web site: arctic.aaas.org

• President: Dr. Margarita Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus; margaritairizarry@cprs.rcm.upr.edu

• President-Elect: Dr. Jorge Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus; jcolon@caribe.net

• Secretary-Treasurer: Lucy Gaspar, Box 22044, UPR Station, San Juan PR 00931 (787-764-0000, ext. 7203; fax: 787-274-8011; lgaspar@uprrp.edu)

• Territory: This division includes more than 500 members throughout Puerto Rico, Central America, islands of the Caribbean Basin, Venezuela, and southern Mexico.

• Founded: 1985.

• Elections: New officers are elected every two years.

• Primary Activities: Each year, the division convenes an annual meeting, usually in Puerto Rico.

• Issues: Water, island ecology, new energy sources, neuroscience and AIDS have been addressed at recent events. The division also works with the Puerto Rico Science Teachers Association.

• Contact: Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez (see above).

• Web site: bc.inter.edu/aaas/

• President: Carl Maida, UCLA Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California, PO Box 951668, 63-023 CHS, Los Angeles, CA  90095-1668; 805-492-5613; cmaida@ucla.edu

• President-Elect: Terrence Gosliner, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St., San Francisco, CA  94103; 415-321-8171; FAX: 415-321-8609; tgosliner@calacademy.org

• Past President: Kathleen M. Fisher, Center for Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, 6475 Alvarado Road, Suite 206, San Diego, CA  92120; 619-594-4453; FAX: 619-594-1581; kfisher@sciences.sdsu.edu

• Executive Director: Roger G. Christianson, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR  97520; 541-552-6747; FAX: 541-552-8457; rchristi@sou.edu

• Territory: Serving nearly 27,000 members in California, Hawaii, Idaho, western Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, and all other countries bordering or lying within the Pacific Basin, with the exception of mainland Mexico south to Panama. Twenty-five organizations are affiliated with the division.

• Founded: 1915.

• Primary Activities: An annual meeting occurs in June. Awards for excellence, presented at the meeting, recognize outstanding student research contributions.

• Contact: Roger Christianson (see above).

• Web site: www.sou.edu/aaaspd

• Annual Meeting: The 89th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division, AAAS
  15-20 June 2008 • Hawai'i Preparatory Academy, Waimea, Hawai'i

• President: Wendy Cieslak, Sandia National Laboratories; wrciesl@sandia.gov

• President-Elect: Niall Shanks, Wichita State University; niall.shanks@wichita.edu

• Past-President: William Klemm, Texas A&M University; wklemm@cvm.tamu.edu

• Executive Director: David T. Nash, 1112 Oakridge Dr., #104, Ft. Collins, CO 80525 (717-423-9981; fax 717-423-9981; dtnash@aaas-swarm.org; www.aaas-swarm.org)

• Territory: Serving the southwestern area and the Rocky Mountain states.

• Founded: 1920.

• Primary Activities: An annual meeting occurs within the division's mid-continent geographic region. The best student contributions are recognized with awards. In addition, the division bestows an annual award to an outstanding community college teacher.

• Contact: David T. Nash (see above).

• Web site: www.aaas-swarm.org

• Annual Meeting: The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division
  9-12 April 2008 • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico