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William E. Connolly Award Committee
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Yalidy Matos 2024-2026 Rutgers University yalidy.matos@rutgers.edu |
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| Michelle Ramirez (2024-2026) Texas A&M University Kingsville Michelle.Ramirez@tamuk.edu |
Natasha Altema-McNeely (2025-2027) University of North Texas natasha.altema@unt.edu |
| Loren Collingwood (2025-2027) University of New Mexico lcollingwood@unm.edu |
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata (2025-2027) University of San Francisco ktkesslermata@usfca.edu |
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Jane Junn (2024-2026) University of Southern California junn@usc.edu Nadia Brown (2024-2026) Georgetown University nadia.brown@georgetown.edu |
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Jane Junn (2024-2025) University of Southern California |
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| Paru Shah Rutgers University |
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard University of California-Irvine |
| Ivy AM Cargile Califronia State University-Bakersville |
Jeff Feng Northwestern University |
| Grace Howard San José State University |
Jordie Davies University of California-Irvine |
| Rogelio Garcia East Los Angeles College |
La Della Levy College of Southern Nevada |
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Eraldo Souza dos Santos (2025-2028) University of California-Irvine er.cmcg@gmail.com |
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| Mario Guerrero Cal Poly Pomona ADVISOR |
Desiree Melonas Cal State University-San Bernardino ADVISOR |
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Amit Ron Arizona State University amit.ron@asu.edu |
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| Mark Brown California State University, Sacramento mark.brown@csus.edu |
Jamie Mayerfeld University of Washington jasonm@uw.edu |
| Maria Struble Western Colorado University mstruble@western.edu |
Eraldo Souza dos Santos University of California-Irvine er.cmcg@gmail.com |
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Michaele Ferguson (2025-2028) University of Colorado Boulder michaele.ferguson@colorado.edu |
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| Paasha Mahdavi (2022-2025) University of California, Santa Barbara paasha@polsci.ucsb.edu |
Desiree Melonas (2025-2028) University of California, Riverside dmelonas@ucr.edu |
| Juliet Carlisle (2024-2027) University of Utah u6017639@utah.edu |
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| Michael Artime Pacific Lutheran University artimemr@plu.edu |
Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien San Diego State University bgonzalezobrien@sdsu.edu |
| Chase Porter California Baptist University cporter@calbaptist.edu |
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Paru Shah Rutgers University ps1372@polisci.rutgers.edu 2025-2028 |
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| Yeaji Kim Cal State Domingues Hills yeakim@csudh.edu 2023-2026 |
Nhat-Dang Do Trinity College dang.do@trincoll.edu 2023-2026 |
| Nathan Chan Loyola Marymount University nathan.chan@lmu.edu 2024-2027 |
Tanika Raychaudari Rice University tanikar@rice.edu 2024-2027 |
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Tiffany Willough-Herard2025-2028 University of California-Irvine twilloug@uci.edu |
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| Christopher Paul Harris (2025-2027) Univeristy of California-Irvine christopher.paul.harris@uci.edu |
Christine Slaughter (2023-2026) University of Washington csla@bu.edu |
| Chaya Crowder (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University chaya.crowder@lmu.edu |
Maurice Mangum (2024-2027) Jackson State University maruice.l.mangum@jsums.edu |
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Ivy AM Cargile (2025-2028) California State University-Bakersville icargile@csub.edu |
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| Alejandra Campos (2024-2027) University of Arkansas ac011@uark.edu |
Sam Acuna (2024-2027) Occidental College sacuna@oxy.edu |
| Marcel Roman (2023-2026) Harvard University mroman@fas.harvard.edu |
Angie Bautista-Chavez (2024-2027) Johns Hopkins University abauti16@jh.edu |
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Jordie Davies (2024-2027) University of California-Irvine jordiedavies426@gmail.com |
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| Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026) Federal College of Education fuoma34@yahoo.com |
Verónica Zebadúa-Yañez (2025-2028) Spelman College vzebadua@spelman.edu |
| Sara Angevine (2023-2026) Whittier College sangevin@whittier.edu |
Rebeca Castañeda Leffler (2025-2028) University of Florida rebeca.leffler@ufl.edu |
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| Erin Richards (2025-2028) Cascadia College College |
Tony Wohlers (2023-2026) SUNY Corning Community College awohlers@corning-cc.edu |
| Michael Lim (2024-2027) East Los Angeles LINM@elac.edu College |
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Grace Howard (2023-2026) San José State University grace.howard@sjsu.edu |
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| Tye Rush (2024-2027) University of California, San Diego tarush@ucsd.edu |
Ian Hartshorn (2025-2028) University of Nevada-Reno ihartshorn@unr.edu |
| Joyce Nguy(2025-2028) University of California, Los Angeles joycenguy@g.ucla.edu |
Ana Oaxaca (2024-2027) University of Texas, Austin oaxaca@utexas.edu |
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| Maya Fitch (2025-2028) University of Houston mfitch@cougarnet.uh.edu |
Mzilikazi Koné (2025-2028) College of the Desert mkone@collegeofthedesert.edu |
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Paru Shah Rutgers University ps1372@polisci.rutgers.edu 2025-2028 |
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| Yeaji Kim Cal State Domingues Hills yeakim@csudh.edu 2023-2026 |
Nhat-Dang Do Trinity College dang.do@trincoll.edu 2023-2026 |
| Nathan Chan Loyola Marymount University nathan.chan@lmu.edu 2024-2027 |
Tanika Raychaudari Rice University tanikar@rice.edu 2024-2027 |
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Ricardo Ramirez (2025-2026) University of Notre Dame Ricardo.Ramirez.83@nd.edu |
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| Lorrie Frasure (2025-2026) University of California-Los Angeles lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu |
Lisa Magaña Arizona State University lisa.magana@asu.edu |
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Jordie Davies (2024-2027) University of California-Irvine jordiedavies426@gmail.com |
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| Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026) Federal College of Education fuoma34@yahoo.com |
Verónica Zebadúa-Yañez (2025-2028) Spelman College vzebadua@spelman.edu |
| Sara Angevine (2023-2026) Whittier College sangevin@whittier.edu |
Rebeca Castañeda Leffler (2025-2028) University of Florida rebeca.leffler@ufl.edu |
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Tiffany Willough-Herard2025-2028 University of California-Irvine twilloug@uci.edu |
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| Christopher Paul Harris (2025-2027) Univeristy of California-Irvine christopher.paul.harris@uci.edu |
Christine Slaughter (2023-2026) University of Washington csla@bu.edu |
| Chaya Crowder (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University chaya.crowder@lmu.edu |
Maurice Mangum (2024-2027) Jackson State University maruice.l.mangum@jsums.edu |
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Christina Bejarano (2025-2026) Texas Women's University cbejarano@twu.edu |
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| Jennifer Lynn Robinson (2025-2026) University of Utah jennifer.robinson@utah.edu |
Brent Steel (2025-2026) Oregon State Universitybsteel@oregonstate,edu |
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Sharon Krause (2025-2026) Brown Universitysharon_krause@brown.edu |
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| Jessica Croteau (2025-2026) Haverford College jcroteau@haverford.edu |
June Ann Jones University of Texas at Dallas june.jones@utdallas.edu |
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Brian Lovato (2025-2026) California State University-Fullerton blovato@fullerton.edu |
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| Gary Johnson (2025-2026) Weber State University garyjohnson@weber.edu |
Jenn Jackson (2025-2026) Syracruse Universityjjacks37@syr.edu |
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Claire Jean Kim (2025-2026) University of California-Irvine cjkim@uci.edu |
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| Kim Geron (2025-2026) California State University-East Bay kim.geron@csueastbay.edu |
James Lai (2025-2026) Santa Clara University jlai@scu.edu |
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Christine Winter (2025-2026) University of Otago christine.winter@otago.ac.nz |
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| Matt Harvey (2025-2026) Princeton University matthew.harvey999@gmail.com |
Rudy Leal McCormack (2025-2026) Sam Houston State University rudymc@shsu.edu |
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Ivy AM Cargile (2025-2028) California State University-Bakersville icargile@csub.edu |
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| Alejandra Campos (2024-2027) University of Arkansas ac011@uark.edu |
Sam Acuna (2024-2027) Occidental College sacuna@oxy.edu |
| Marcel Roman (2023-2026) Harvard University mroman@fas.harvard.edu |
Angie Bautista-Chavez (2024-2027) Johns Hopkins University abauti16@jh.edu |
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Elli Menounou (2025-2026) California Polytechnic-Pomona emenounou@cpp.edu |
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| Martin Adamian (2025-2026) California State University-Los Angeles madamia2@exchange.calstatela.edu |
Kiku Huckle California Lutheran University khuckle@callutheran.edu |
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| Alex Keena Virginia Commonwealth University keenaja@vcu.edu |
Michael Latner California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo mlatner@calpoly.edu |
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| Valerie Martinez-Ebers University of North Texas Valerie.Martinez-Ebers@unt.edu |
Richard C. Witmer Creigton University RichardWitmer@creighton.edu |
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Derefe Kimarley Chevannes (2025-2026) The University of Memphis dkchvnns@memphis.edu |
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| Heather N. Pool (2025-2026) Denison University poolh@denison.edu |
Ferris Lupino (2025-2026) New York University fal7633@nyu.edu |
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