The MLA LSL Language & Society Forum Executive Committee is seeking candidates interested in serving on this committee for a five-year term from January 2023- January 2028. Forum executive committee members typically meet once per year at or around the time of the MLA Convention to decide the forum’s priorities and plan forum-sponsored sessions for the following convention year.
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for this position, please contact Holly Yanacek (yanaceha@jmu.edu) as soon as possible by October 5, 2022.
Candidates must meet the following criteria to be appointed to an MLA forum executive committee:
Must be an MLA member: If they aren’t currently, the appointee can join or renew and then be eligible.
Cannot already be serving on another forum executive committee, unless their term ends in January of 2023.
Cannot have served on the executive committee to which they are being appointed after 2015.
