
ASR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2007-2008
Officers
President Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Columbia (2008)
President-elect Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire (2008)
Executive Officer William H. Swatos, Jr., Galva, Illinois (2011)
Council
Past-president James D. Davidson, Purdue University (2008)
Editor David Yamane, Wake Forest University (2009)
Book Review Editor Jerome P. Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (2009)
2008 Program Chair Jim Spickard, University of Redlands
Graduate Student Representative Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri, Columbia
2009 Program Chair Melinda Wilde, University of Pennsylvania
Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago (2008)
Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University (2008)
Paula Nesbitt, University of California, Berkeley (2008)
Courtney Bender, Columbia University (2009)
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College (2009)
William Mirola, Marion College (2009)
James C. Cavendish, University of South Florida (2010)
Laura M. Leming, University of Dayton (2010)
Robin Perrin, Pepperdine University (2010)
Committees*
Fichter Grant: Barbara Denison, Shippensburg University (chair)
Darren Sherkat (2008), Susan Eisenhandler (2009), Brian Starks (2010)
Finance: Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College (chair)
James C. Cavendish (2009)
International: Elaine Howard Eckllund, SUNY Buffalo (chair)
Pauline Côté (2008), Enzo Pace (2009), Anthony Pogorelc (2010)
McNamara Award: William Mirola, Marian College (chair)
Robert Woodberry (2008), Michael Lindsay (2009)
Membership: Courtney Bender, Columbia University (chair)
Elaine Howard Ecklund (2008), Sandra Barnes (2010)
Nominations: James D. Davidson, Purdue University (chair)
Lori Beaman (2008), Milagros Pena (2008)
Publications: Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago (chair)
David Smilde (2008), Peter Kivisto (2009), Michael Emerson (2010)
*Committee chairs serve annual terms, subject to reappointment; when only two committee members’ names are listed, the chair is also a member of the committee.