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.
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.