AFS Announces Candidates for 2024 Election

The AFS Nominating Committee (chaired by Guha Shankar with members Carrie Hertz, Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe, and Marilyn White) has announced its slate of two candidates for each available office in the AFS 2024 election.

President-Elect (to be elected for a four-year, 2025-2028 term):
Maribel Alvarez (University of Arizona)
Jason Baird Jackson (Indiana University)

Executive Board (two to be elected to three-year, 2025-2027 terms):
Danille Christensen (Virginia Tech)
Rachel González-Martin (University of Texas at Austin)
Michael Knoll (HistoryMiami Museum)
Anika Wilson (university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Nominating Committee (one to be elected to a three-year, 2025-2027 term):
Gabrielle Berlinger (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Kelley Totten (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

We will post biographical summaries and platform statements from all candidates on the elections page of the AFS website in October.

We have invited all candidates to participate in a Candidates’ Forum in coordination with the 2024 Annual Meeting during the virtual meeting days on November 18-19, as well as a meet and greet in Albuquerque Nov. 6-9. Secure online voting will begin after the Candidates’ Forum and will continue through December 23. Those elected will take office on January 1, 2025.

As described in the AFS Bylaws, AFS members now have the opportunity to add names to this slate by petition. Here is the process:

No later than October 29, please submit the following materials by email to AFS Executive Director Jessica Turner (jturner@afsnet.org): 

1. A petition signed by at least 10 current AFS members that names the candidate and the office for which s/he is being nominated (please submit as a PDF)
2. A statement from the candidate agreeing to run (please submit as a PDF)
3. A 100-word biographical summary for the candidate (please submit in .doc or .rtf format)
4. A 250-word platform statement from the candidate responding to the question “What are the most significant opportunities or challenges now facing AFS, and how as [President / a member of the Executive Board / a member of the Nominating Committee] would you respond to those opportunities or challenges?” (please submit in .doc or .rtf format)

The Executive Board thanks the members of the Committee for their work to assemble this slate, and all candidates for their willingness to serve AFS and the field.