Leadership & Staff

Elected Officers

Amy Hamilton
Co-President, Term: 2024-25

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

Nicole Seymour
Co-President, Term 2024-25

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

Alexander Menrisky
Vice President, Term 2025-2026

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

Cristin Ellis
Immediate Past Vice President

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

Fernando Varela
Diversity Officer, Term 2023-2025

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

Kate Ostrom
Graduate Student Liaison (junior)

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

Suvankur Sukul
Graduate Student Liaison (senior)

Suvankur Sukul is a PhD candidate and Regents Fellow in the Department of English at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Executive Council

Pamela Carralero
Regional Collaboratories Chair, Term: 2025-2027

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

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.

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.

Aubrey Streit Krug
Public Engagement Seat, Term: 2024-2025

Aubrey Streit Krug is Director of the Perennial Cultures Lab at The Land Institute.

KC Dolan and Kelsey McFaul
Conference Co-Chairs

Kathryn (KC) Dolan is is Professor of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology; Kelsey McFaul holds a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz and is an
Assistant Editor for Two Lines Press.

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 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.

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).