OFFICERS - 2024/2025

President

Tony Affigine
Providence College

Vice-President/ Program Chair

Carrie Currie
Texas Christian University

Vice President-Elect

Christopher Stout
University of California, San Diego

Virtual Community Program Chair Amit Ron
Arizona State University

Recording Secretary

Ivy Cargile
California State University Bakersfield

Treasurer

Natalie Masuoka
University of California, Los Angeles

Executive Director

Richard Clucas
Portland State University
hprc@pdx.edu

Conference and Membership Coordinator

Julio Castilleja
info@wpsanet.org


Executive Council:

Ron Hayduk (2026)
San Francisco State University
Anand Commissiong (2026)
California State University Long Beach
LaDella Levy (2026)
College of Southern Nevada
Yalidy Matos (2026)
Rutgers
Marcela Garcia-Casteneda (2027)
San Francisco State University
Gabriel Magni (2027)
Loyola Marymount University
Mina Suk (2027)
Arizona State University
Brian Calfano (2027)
University of Cincinnati
Kathryn Perkins (2028)
California State University, Long Beach
Scott Siegel (2028)
San Francisco State University
Ngoc Phan (2028)
Hawaii Pacific University

Ex Officio:

Charles Anthony (“Tony”) Smith, Editor in Chief, University of California, Irvine
Regina Branton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tony Carey, University of North Texas
Claudio Holzner, University of Utah
Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los Angeles


Incoming Officers (Terms Begin March, 2026)

Region A

Desiree Melonas, University of California, Riverside
Christopher Harris, University of California, Irvine

Region B

Natasha Altema McNeely, Univeristy of North Texas

Region C

Hope Dewell Gentry, Montana State University - Billings