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Executive Committee

Dr. Jeanne Marecek, Chair

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS); William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emerita of Psychology, Swarthmore College

Professor John Spencer, Vice-Chair
W.F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research (AIAR);
Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, John Carroll University
Professor Leonardo Villalón, Treasurer
West African Research Association (WARA);
Director, Center for African Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
Dr. Erica Ehrenberg, Secretary
American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
Dr. Catherine deG. Vanderpool, Former Chair
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (Retired)
Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Director of Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Charles Schmitz, Executive Committee Member-at-Large
American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS);
Associate Professor of Geography, Towson University
Dr. Julian Raby, Smithsonian Ex-Officio Member
Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)

Board of Directors

  Professor Susan E. Alcock
 

American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR);
Director, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University

  Professor Kamran Asdar Ali
  American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS);
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
Professor Thomas Barfield
American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS);
Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
Professor Mbye Cham
West African Research Association (WARA);
Director, African Studies Department, Howard University
Dr. Kevin Clinton
American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS)
Dr. Lois Pattison de Menil
Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)
Professor Shelley Feldman
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS);
Professor of Development Sociology and Director, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cornell University
Dr. William Fitzhugh
American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS);
Director of Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Professor McGuire Gibson
The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII);
Professor of Archaeology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Dr. Benson Harer
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Professor Timothy Harrison
American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR);
Professor of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Dr. Frederick A. Winter
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)
  Professor Philip Lutgendorf
  American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS);
Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies and Co-Chair, South Asian Studies Program, University of Iowa
  Professor Charles Hallisey
  American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS);
Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures, Harvard Divinity School
  Dr. Philip Mattar
  Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
  Dr. William L. Merrill
  Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN);
Curator, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Professor Kevin Reinhart
American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT);
Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College
  Dr. Irene Bald Romano
  American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
Professor Brian Rose
American Academy in Rome (AAR);
James B. Pritchard Professor of Classical Archaeology, Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Professor I. William Zartman

American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS);
Professor Emeritus, School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University