Leadership & Staff

Elected Officers

Alexander Menrisky
Co-President, Term 2026-2027

Alexander Menrisky is Assistant Professor and
Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department at the University of Connecticut.

April Anson
Co-President, Term 2026-2027

April Anson is Assistant Professor of English and Social & Critical Inquiry at the University of Connecticut.

Sarah Dimick
Vice President, Term 2026-2027

Sarah Dimick is Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University.

Amy Hamilton
Immediate Past Co-President, 2026

Amy Hamilton is Professor of English and Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Northern Michigan University.

Nicole Seymour
Immediate Past Co-President, 2026

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

Suparna Sinha
Diversity Officer, Term 2026-2028

Suparna Sinha is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) at Idaho State University.

Kate Ostrom
Graduate Student Liaison (senior)

Kate Ostrom is a PhD Candidate in Latin American Literature and Environmental Studies at Wayne State University.

Anna Zarra Aldrich
Graduate Student Liaison (junior)

Anna Zarra Aldrich is a PhD candidate Department of English at Stony Brook University.

Executive Council

Pamela Carralero
Regional Collaboratories Chair, Term: 2025-2027

Pamela Carralero is Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities at Kettering University.

Kelsey McFaul
Contingent/Independent Advocacy Seat, Term: 2026-2028

Dr. Kelsey McFaul is Research Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin.

Adriana Kolijn
At-Large Seat, Term: 2024-2026

Adriana Kolijn is a PhD candidate in Spanish at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Daniel Spoth
At-Large Seat, Term: 2024-2026

Daniel Spoth is Associate Professor of Literature at Eckerd College.

Addie Hopes
Public Engagement Seat, Term: 2026-2028

Addie Hopes is an Instructor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Kathryn Dolan
Conference Chair

Kathryn (KC) Dolan is Professor and Chair of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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.

Madeleine Bavley
Digital Strategies Coordinator

Madeleine Bavley holds a M.A. in Environmental Humanities from the University of Utah, and lives in Salt Lake City.

Rebecca Ballard
Sustainability Officer

Rebecca Ballard is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University.

Nathaniel Otjen
Professional Liaison Coordinator

Nate Otjen is incoming Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Studies at Ramapo College.

Heather Sullivan
International Liaison

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

Christina Gerhardt
ISLE Editor

Christina Gerhardt is Henry J. Leir Endowed Chair in Foreign Languages and Cultures and Co-Chair of Environmental Humanities at Clark University.

Lisa Ottum
ISLE Book Review Editor

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

Jenna Gersie
ISLE Managing Editor

Jenna Gersie is a lecturer at University of Colorado Boulder

Geetha Iyer
ISLE Associate Editor, Creative Nonfiction

Geetha Iyer is an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University.

Briohny Doyle
ISLE Associate Editor, Fiction

Briohny Doyle is Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Sydney.

MaKshya Tolbert
ISLE Associate Editor, Poetry

MaKshya Tolbert is the 2025 Art in Library Spaces Artist-in-Residence at the University of Virginia.

David Taylor
Grants Coordinator

David Taylor is Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Environmental Humanities track in the Sustainability Studies Program in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University.

Juliana Chow
Mentoring Program Co-Coordinator

Juliana Chow is a Lecturer in the Honors College at the University of Utah.

Megan Kaminski
Mentoring Program Co-Coordinator

Megan Kaminski is Professor of English & Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas

Ching-In Chen
Environmental Creative Writing Book Award Coordinator

Ching-In Chen teaches at University of Washington Bothell and serve as Writer in Residence at Hugo House.

Eric Morel
Ecocriticism Book Award Coordinator

Eric Morel is a lecturer in the English Department at Washington State University.

Sylvan Goldberg
Graduate Student Paper Awards Coordinator

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

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).