Leadership & Staff

Staff

Amy McIntyre
Managing Director
Amy McIntyre has been Managing Director of ASLE since 2004. She previously worked with the Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture, the New England Center for Civic Life (both at Franklin Pierce University), and the Children’s Museum of Portsmouth (now Children’s Museum of NH).

Elected Officers

Gisela Heffes
Co-President

Gisela Heffes is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at Rice University.

George Handley
Co-President

George Handley is Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Brigham Young University.

Cristin Ellis
Vice President

Cristin Ellis is Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Mississippi.

Andrea Knutson
Immediate Past Vice President

Andrea Knutson is Associate Professor of English at Oakland University.

Fernando Varela
Diversity Officer

Fernando Varela is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Texas Lutheran University.

Rina Garcia Chua
Immediate Past Diversity Co-Officer

Rina Garcia Chua is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.

Heidi Hong
Immediate Past Diversity Co-Officer

Heidi Hong is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Cassie Galantine
Graduate Student Liaison (senior)

Cassie Galantine is a Doctoral Candidate in English at the University of Oregon.

Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Graduate Student Liaison (junior)

Lucien Darjeun Meadows is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Denver, managing editor of Denver Quarterly, and poetry editor of The Hopper.

Executive Council

Kiu-wai Chu
At-Large Seat, Term: 2021-2023

Kiu-wai Chu is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities and Chinese Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Scott Hess
Conference Chair Seat, Term: 2022-2024

Scott Hess is Professor of English and Environmental Sustainability at Earlham College.

Katherine M. Huber
Contingent/Independent Advocacy Seat, Term: 2023-2025

Dr. Katherine (Kate) Huber holds a Ph.D. in English and a M.Ed. in Education from the University of Oregon.

Serenella Iovino
At-Large Seat, Term: 2021-2023

Serenella Iovino is Professor of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Daniel Lanza Rivers
Public Engagement Seat, Term: 2023-2025

Daniel Lanza Rivers is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Literature and Director of the Martha Heasley-Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies.

Jesse Oak Taylor
Regional Collaboratories Chair, Term: 2022-2024

Jesse Oak Taylor is Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington

Appointed Officers and Liaisons

Karla Armbruster
Executive Secretary

Karla Armbruster is professor of English and the chair of the Sustainability Studies Committee at Webster University in St. Louis, MO. Karla has previously served as ASLE President and Executive Council member.

Mary Tischler
Treasurer

Mary Tischler is the CFO for Ginosko Development Corporation in Novi, Michigan.

Alejandro Ponce de León
Digital Strategies Coordinator

Alejandro Ponce de León is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Science and Technology Studies at The University of California, Davis.

Rebecca Evans
Sustainability Officer

Rebecca Evans is an assistant professor of English and contributing faculty member in Environmental Studies and Race and Ethnicity Studies at Southwestern University.

Beatriz Rivera-Barnes
Professional Liaison Coordinator

Beatriz Rivera-Barnes is Associate Professor of Spanish at Penn State University.

Heather Sullivan
Grants Coordinator

Heather I. Sullivan is Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Trinity University.

Christina Gerhardt
ISLE Editor

Christina Gerhardt is Associate Professor of German at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.

Lisa Ottum
ISLE Book Review Editor

Lisa Ottum is Associate Professor of English at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Allison Dushane
ISLE Managing Editor

Allison Dushane is an Associate Professor at Angelo State University

KT Thompson
ISLE Associate Editor, Creative Nonfiction

KT Thompson is Associate Professor of creative nonfiction and critical theory at Northern Arizona University.

Charles Waugh
ISLE Associate Editor, Fiction

Charles Waugh is Professor of English at Utah State University.

Cecily Parks
ISLE Associate Editor, Poetry

Cecily Parks is Assistant Professor in the MFA Program at Texas State University.

Chia-ju Chang
International Co-Liaison

Chia-ju Chang Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Brooklyn College.

Andrea Casals
International Co-Liaison

Andrea Casals teaches literature at Universidad Catolica de Chile

Lauren LaFauci
International Co-Liaison

Lauren LaFauci is an Assistant Professor at Linköping University

Elizabeth Dodd
Mentoring Program Co-Coordinator

Elizabeth Dodd is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Kansas State University.

Erin James
Mentoring Program Co-Coordinator

Erin James is Associate Professor of English at the University of Idaho

Laura-Gray Street
Environmental Creative Writing Book Award Coordinator

Laura-Gray Street is an associate professor of English and director of the Creative Writing and Visiting Writers Series Program at Randolph College.

Nicole Seymour
Ecocriticism Book Award Coordinator

Nicole Seymour is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fullerton.

Sylvan Goldberg
Graduate Student Paper Awards Coordinator

Sylvan Goldberg is an Assistant Professor of English at Colorado College.