North American

Victorian Studies

Association

Providing a forum for the discussion of the Victorian period,
with annual conferences in locations across the US and Canada.

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Executive Council

The Executive Council, along with the Advisory Board, makes up the governing mechanism of NAVSA and is elected into position by the general membership. The Council, unlike the Board, executes the tasks of the organization (funding, prizes, database management, and so on). For further information about the Executive Council and the Advisory Board, see our Constitution under "About" (drop-down menu). If you have an issue that you wish to see addressed, feel free to write to the President of NAVSA, Rachel Ablow, or to any individual member of the Executive Council or Advisory Board. The members of NAVSA's Executive Council are as follows:

President (2026-2028)

Rachel Ablow
Department of English, U at Buffalo, SUNY

VICE President (2026-2028)

Danny Hack
Department of English, U of Michigan

PAST President (2026-2028)

Cannon Schmitt
Department of English, U of Toronto

SECRETARY-treasurer (2022-2026)

Laura Rotunno
Department of English, Penn State U, Altoona

Executive Secretaries

Mary Ellis Gibson (2022-2026)
(Donald Gray Prize administrator)
Department of English, Colby College

Pamela K. Gilbert (2024-2028)
(Sally Mitchell Prize administrator)
Department of English, Auburn U

Kate Oestreich (2025-2029)
(Membership Renewal administrator)
Department of English, Coastal Carolina U

Canadian Representative

Lauren Gillingham (2022-2026)
(Canadian Representative and administrator of the travel grant and ACCUTE panel)
Department of English, U of Ottawa

Ex Officio Members

Adrian Wisnicki

(COVE Representative)

Department of English, U of Nebraska, Lincoln

Monique Morgan
(Editor of Victorian Studies)
Department of English, Indiana U, Bloomington

Future Conference Organizers (Ex Officio)

Susan Zieger
(2026 conference organizer)
Department of English, U of California, Riverside

Juliet Shields
(2027 conference organizer)
Department of English, Southern Methodist U

Graduate-Student Administrative Assistants 

Emily Crider (courtesy of the Department of English, Purdue U)

Past Members of the Executive Council

Emily Allen, Jason Camlot, Dennis Denisoff, Pamela Gilbert, Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lauren Goodlad, Sean Grass, Nathan Hensley, Jason Jones, Priti Joshi, Barbara Leckie, Meegan Kennedy, Richard Menke, Elsie B. Michie, Andrew Miller, Deborah Denenholz Morse, Cannon Schmitt, Meagan Timney, Chris VandenBossche and Susan Zieger

Past Presidents

Dino Franco Felluga (2003-2014)

Marlene Tromp (2014-2016)

Dennis Denisoff (2016-2019)

Kate Flint (2020-2022)

Cannon Schmitt (2023-2025)

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