GSC Steering Committee
All graduate students holding AAAL membership are automatically a member of the AAAL Graduate Student Council. The GSC Steering Committee, on the other hand, is the leadership team that works closely with the AAAL Executive Committee for taking initiatives to address GSC members' academic professional development needs. The Steering Committee strives to accomplish the following goals, as stated in the AAAL organizational Standing Rules:
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Support grad students’ academic and professional development in Applied Linguistics and other related fields
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Increase inter-institution student-to-student collaboration and develop networking opportunities with other scholars in the field
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Provide bottom-up leadership within the council and subcommittees
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Ensure ongoing leadership for the GSC by investing in developing leadership opportunities for subcommittee members
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Strive for diversity within the GSC, including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, age, geography, (dis) ability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socioeconomic status, citizenship status, religion, academic focus, degree program, and career goals to ensure a variety of experience and areas of expertise
The GSC Steering Committee consists of 5 positions: 2 co-chairs, 1 secretary, and 2 members-at-large. The members of the Steering Committee meet regularly throughout the service year to plan and execute the yearly initiatives in order to serve the GSC members. Each person on the Steering Committee leads their own team of graduate student volunteers in accomplishing one or more tasks (e.g., planning a conference event, managing social media, editing the graduate student newsletter).
GSC Steering Committee positions are yearly assignment. All GSC members are eligible for applying to the Steering Committee positions. The application and interview process begins every year around February per announced by the current GSC Steering Committee.
2019-2020 Steering Committee
2018-2019 Steering Committee
Michael Amory, co-chair, Pennsylvania State University
Rayoung Song, co-chair, University of Mass-Amherst
Shyam Pandey, secretary, Purdue University
Jessica Lian, member-at-large, Georgia State University
James Coda, member-at-large, University of Georgia
2017-2018 Steering Committee
Laura Hamman, co-chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mengying Liu, co-chair, University of Minnesota
Michael Amory, secretary, Pennsylvania State University
Rayoung Song, member-at-large, University of Mass-Amherst
Ai-Chu Ding, member-at-large, Indiana University
2016-2017 Steering Committee
Lindsey Kurtz, co-chair, Pennsylvania State University
Mengying Liu, co-chair, University of Minnesota
Laura Hamman, secretary, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rayoung Song, member-at-large, University of Mass-Amherst
Elena Shvidko, member-at-large, Purdue University
2015-2016 Steering Committee
Daniel Ginsberg, co-chair, Georgetown University
Nicole Pettitt, co-chair, Georgia State University
Abram Jones, secretary, University of California-Davis
Emily Hellmich, member-at-large, University of California-Berkeley
Elena Shvidko, member-at-large, Purdue University