Annual Election of AAAS Officers
The AAAS 2019 elections for President-Elect, members of the Board of Directors, the Committee on Nominations, and the officers for the 24 sections will open on December 3, 2019 and close on January 6, 2020. Elected candidates will be announced in January 2020 and will begin their terms on February 17, 2020. The slate of candidates is posted below.
General Election
President-Elect:
Susan Amara, National Institute of Mental Health/NIH
Elsa Reichmanis, Georgia Institute of Technology
Board of Directors:
Cynthia Beall, Case Western Reserve University
Michael J. Feuer, George Washington University
Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University
Alondra Nelson, Social Science Research Center/Institute for Advanced Study
Committee on Nominations:
Marlene Belfort, University at Albany, the State University of New York
John G. Hildebrand, University of Arizona
Guillermina Jasso, New York University
Bruce Margon, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nora S. Newcombe, Temple University
Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine
Judith A. Ramaley, Portland State University
Esther Takeuchi, Stony Brook University/ Brookhaven National Laboratory
Donald J. Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Section Elections
Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources
Chair Elect:
Thomas W. Bruulsema, International Plant Nutrition Institute
G. Philip Robertson, Michigan State University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Mary Ann Ottinger, University of Houston
Keiko Torii, The University of Texas, Austin
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Sylvie M. Brouder, Purdue University
Catherine W. Ernst, Michigan State University
Douglas D. Rhoads, University of Arkansas
Ignacio Vilchis, San Diego Zoo Global
Anthropology
Chair Elect:
George Robert Milner, Pennsylvania State University
Andrea B. Taylor, Touro University California
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Leslea J. Hlusko, University of California, Berkeley
Mary K. Shenk, Pennsylvania State University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Melanie M. Beasley, Purdue University
Lyle W. Konigsberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zaneta Thayer, Dartmouth College
Jada Benn Torres, Vanderbilt University
Astronomy
Chair Elect:
Lori Allen, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Anneila I. Sargent, California Institute of Technology
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Vanderbilt University
Faith Vilas, Planetary Science Institute
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Henry Ferguson, Space Telescope Science Institute
Catharine (Katy) Garmany, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Rachel A. Osten, Space Telescope Science Institute
Keivan G. Stassun, Vanderbilt University
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences
Chair Elect:
Susan S. Hubbard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Colette L. Heald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ingrid Y. Padilla, National Science Foundation
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Paulo Artaxo, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Brad J. Cardinale, University of Michigan
Sarah B. Kapnick, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Isabella Velicogna, University of California, Irvine
Council Delegates:
Jenni L. Evans, Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer Francis, Woods Hole Research Center
Biological Sciences
Chair Elect:
Nancy J. Cox, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Daniel I. Rubenstein, Princeton University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
John Doebley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lara M. Kueppers, University of California, Berkeley
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, Johns Hopkins University
Pamela Geyer, University of Iowa
Oliver Hobert, Columbia University
Gregory Wray, Duke University
Council Delegates:
Charles F. “Chip” Aquadro, Cornell University
Susan E. Celniker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carolyn M. Teschke, University of Connecticut
Ramin Yadegari, University of Arizona
Chemistry
Chair Elect:
Peter K. Dorhout, Kansas State University
Peter F. Green, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Julia Chan, The University of Texas at Dallas
Ellen R. Fisher, Colorado State University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Barbara A. Baird, Cornell University
Natalia Shustova, University of South Carolina
Krista S. Walton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Karen L. Wooley, Texas A&M University
Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences
Chair Elect:
Mary C. (Cindy) Farach-Carson, The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
Ichiro Nishimura, University of California, Los Angeles
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Nisha J. D’Silva, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Stefan Ruhl, University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Yang Chai, University of Southern California
Linda M. Kaste, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Michael Paine, University of Southern California
Isaac R. Rodriguez-Chavez, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Council Delegates:
Catherine E. Ovitt, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Kathy K. Svoboda, Texas A&M College of Dentistry
Education
Chair Elect:
A. Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College
Melanie M. Cooper, Michigan State University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Maria Elizabeth Alvarez, El Paso County Community College
Amy B. Mulnix, Franklin and Marshall College
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Jeffery P. Braden, North Carolina State University
Gary C. Chang, Gonzaga University
Sandra S. West, Texas State University
Andrew W. Woodward, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Council Delegates:
Cynthia M. Bauerle, James Madison University
Greg D. Goins, North Carolina A&T State University
Kristin P. Jenkins, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, Inc.
Gordon E. Uno, University of Oklahoma
Engineering
Chair Elect:
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis
James H. Garrett, Jr., Carnegie Mellon University
H. Keith Moo-Young, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Hanchen Huang, University of North Texas
Pramod P. Khargonekar, University of California, Irvine
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Scott Banta, Columbia University
Björn Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
Lynnette D. Madsen, National Science Foundation
James J. Riley, University of Washington
Georgia Tourassi, UT-Battelle
Council Delegates:
Gregg T. Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jacqueline H. Chen, Sandia National Laboratories
General Interest in Science and Engineering
Chair Elect:
Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Portland State University
Erika C. Shugart, American Society for Cell Biology
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Marilee Long, Colorado State University
Barbara J. Natalizio, The Rita Allen Foundation
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Sue Nichols, Michigan State University
Chris Schaben, Omaha Public Schools
Jocelyn Steinke, Western Michigan University
David Torain II, Montgomery College
Council Delegates:
Jeff Grabmeier, The Ohio State University
JoAnn M. Valenti, Emerita
Geology and Geography
Chair Elect:
Suzanne P. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder
Cynthia Ebinger, Tulane University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Daniel G. Brown, University of Washington
Kam-biu Liu, Louisiana State University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Luis A. González, University of Kansas
Sandra Passchier, Montclair State University
Adina Paytan, University of California, Santa Cruz
Ryan M. Pollyea, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
History and Philosophy of Science
Chair Elect:
Jonathan C. Coopersmith, Texas A&M University
Robert P. Crease, Stony Brook University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Carol E. Cleland, University of Colorado Boulder
Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Kristine C. Harper, Florida State University
Susan D. Jones, University of Minnesota
Rebecca Jordan-Young, Barnard College/Columbia University
Joseph D. Martin, Durham University (United Kingdom)
Industrial Science and Technology
Chair Elect:
Ernesto E. Marinero, Purdue University
Chandrashekhar G. Sonwane, Aerojet Rocketdyne
Member-at-Large:
Virbahu Nandishwar Jain, Accenture
Lizhi Sun, University of California, Irvine
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Vanessa Z. Chan, University of Pennsylvania
Anne L. Plant, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
Hong Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Information, Computing, and Communication
Chair Elect:
Nancy M. Amato, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Barbara Simons, IBM (Retired)
Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Rajeev Alur, University of Pennsylvania
Sven Koenig, University of Southern California
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Julia Gelfand, University of California, Irvine
Mark Guzdial, University of Michigan
Dana S. Nau, University of Maryland
Jeffrey S. Vitter, University of Mississippi
Council Delegates:
Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Benjamin Kuipers, University of Michigan
Edward D. Lazowska, University of Washington
Hari Sundaram, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Linguistics and Language Science
Chair Elect:
Alec Marantz, New York University/NYU Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Randi C. Martin, Rice University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Susan E. Brennan, Stony Brook University
Matt Goldrick, Northwestern University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
David Gow, Salem State University/Massachusetts General Hospital
Jane MacNeil, Red Deer College (Canada)
Erich R. Round, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Matthew Wagers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Council Delegates:
William J. Idsardi, University of Maryland, College Park
Joan A. Sereno, University of Kansas
Mathematics
Chair Elect:
Irena Lasiecka, University of Memphis
Ken Ono, University of Virginia
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
Santiago Schnell, University of Michigan Medical School
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Keri A. Kornelson, University of Oklahoma
Peter Kuchment, Texas A&M University
Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University
Judy Leavitt Walker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Medical Sciences
Chair Elect:
David A. Frank, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Shailesh B. Raval, Weinberg Medical Physics
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Simin Liu, Brown University
Gabriela K. Popescu, University at Buffalo
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Rexford S. Ahima, Johns Hopkins University
Lewis A. Chodosh, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Mary Dasso, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
William Walden, University of Illinois at Chicago
Neuroscience
Chair Elect:
Alex L. Kolodkin, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Judith R. Walters, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Gabriel Corfas, University of Michigan
Nina F. Schor, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Peggy Mason, University of Chicago
Alcino J. Silva, University of California, Los Angeles
Olaf Sporns, Indiana University
Benjamin L. Wolozin, Boston University
Council Delegates:
Kenneth S. Kosik, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jeffrey L. Noebels, Baylor College of Medicine
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chair Elect:
Peter J. Houghton, The University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio
James M. O’Donnell, University at Buffalo
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
James T. Dalton, University of Michigan
John L. Nitiss, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
Electorate Nominating Committee:
A. Douglas Kinghorn, The Ohio State University
James B. McAlpine, Retired
Thomas L. Poulos, University of California, Irvine
Thomas E. Prisinzano, University of Kentucky
Council Delegates:
Varsha V. Gandhi, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Patrick M. Woster, Medical University of South Carolina
Physics
Chair Elect:
Robert H. Austin, Princeton University
Susan N. Coppersmith, University of New South Wales (Australia)/University of Wisconsin-Madison
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Melissa A. Hines, Cornell University
Roberto Merlin, University of Michigan
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Malcolm R. Beasley, Stanford University
Jonathan L. Feng, University of California, Irvine
Allen M. Goldman, University of Minnesota
Dragana Popovic, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)/Florida State University
Psychology
Chair Elect:
Deanna M. Barch, Washington University
Richard E. Petty, The Ohio State University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Steven J. Breckler, National Science Foundation
Diane M. Mackie, University of California, Santa Barbara
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Eric Eich, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Berkeley
Robert M. Nosofsky, Indiana University
Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University
Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
Chair Elect:
Barry Bozeman, Arizona State University
Mary Frank Fox, Georgia Institute of Technology
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
John M. Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau
Constance A. Nathanson, Columbia University
Suzanne M. Rivera, Case Western Reserve University
Bhaven N. Sampat, Columbia University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Maria Charles, University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank J. Infurna, Arizona State University
Dawn T. Robinson, University of Georgia
Virginia Sapiro, Boston University
Paul Wouters, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering
Chair Elect:
Jennifer Poulakidas, University of California, Los Angeles
Melanie Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Mary E. Maxon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dahlia L. Sokolov, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Jeffrey M. Alexander, RTI International
Ray Garant, American Chemical Society
Evans S. Michelson, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Lori A. Perine, Interpretech
Council Delegates:
Francesca Grifo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
David F. Sittenfeld, Museum of Science, Boston
Statistics
Chair Elect:
F. Dubois Bowman, University of Michigan
Leonard A. Stefanski, North Carolina State University
Member-at-Large of the Section Committee:
Joseph W. Hogan, Brown University
Snehalata V. Huzurbazar, West Virginia University
Electorate Nominating Committee:
Thomas C.M. Lee, University of California, Davis
Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth A. Stuart, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Leland Wilkinson, H20.ai
Council Delegates:
Steve MacEachern, The Ohio State University
Nancy Reid, University of Toronto (Canada)