Associate Vice-President for Conferences

Cynthia Taylor

Millersville University

Term: 
2024 to 2025

The work of the Conference Committee entails facilitating the planning and implementation of conferences and other conference-like activities to support the mission and vision of the organization.

2019 to 2025
Julie James, University of Mississippi, jjames1@olemiss.edu
2022 to 2025
Byungeun Pak, Utah Tech University, B.Pak@utahtech.edu
2023 to 2026
Ashley Schmidt, Univ of Central Florida, ashley.schmidt@ucf.edu
Cynthia Taylor, Millersville University, cynthia.taylor@millersville.edu
Derek Sturgill, University of Wisconsin Stout, sturgilld@uwstout.edu
2023 to 2025
Bethany LaValley, Univ of Mississippi, lavalley@go.olemiss.edu (Grad Student Rep)
2024 to 2027
Premkumar Pugalenthi, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ppugalen@uncc.edu
Dan Clark, Western Kentucky University, daniel.clark@wku.edu
Tierra Fender, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Graduate Student Representative), mstierrafender@gmail.com

The Local Arrangements Committee provides local conference support to the Conferences Committee and Headquarters.

The primary areas of responsibility for the Local Arrangements Committee include the following:

  • Recruiting members and others to work at the conference registration desk and support the conference activities in other ways.
  • Secure conference materials locally.
  • Help to ensure the success of the conference.
2024 to 2025
2025 Conference Co-Chair Diana Moss, University of Nevada Reno, dmoss@unr.edu
2025 Conference Co-Chair Glenn Waddell, University of Nevada Reno, gwaddell@unr.edu
Jessie Ross, Universitiy of Nevada Reno, jessier@unr.edu
Claudia Bertolone-Smith, California State University Chino, cmbertolone-smith@csuchico.edu
Heather Crawford-Ferre, Nevada Department of Education, hcrawfordferre@doe.nv.gov