Modern Greek Studies Association

MGSA Officers: 2011-2014

President: Gonda Van Steen, 
Center for Greek Studies
University of Florida

Vice-President: Artemis Leontis, 
Classical Studies, University of Michigan

Secretary: Despina Margomenou, 
Classical Studies, University of Michigan,

Treasurer: Neovi Karakatsanis, 
Political Science,
Indiana University - South Bend

Executive Board

Victor Papacosma,  Executive Director, History, Kent State University

Elsa Amanatidou,  Classics,
Brown University

Sakis Gekas  Dept. of History,
York University

Eugenia Georges  Dept. of Anthropology,
Rice University

Peter Jeffreys  Dept. of English,
Suffolk University

Neovi Karakatsanis  Dept. of Political Science, Indiana University-South Bend

Kostis Kornetis  Dept. of History,
Brown University

Artemis Leontis  Classical Studies
University of Michigan

Despina Margomenou   Classical Studies, University of Michigan

Stratis Papaioannou 
Classics, Brown University

Neni Panourgia  Dept. of Anthropology,
Columbia University

Effie Rentzou , Dept. of French and Italian, Princeton University

Gonda Van Steen 
Center for Greek Studies
University of Florida

Graduate Representative:
Maria Hadjipolycarpou 
University of Michigan

MGSA Administration

As defined in its constitution, the MGSA’s governance consists of a twelve-member Executive Board that is elected by the members every three years. The Executive Board in turn elects, from among its own ranks, the Association's officers: the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer. In the selection of candidates for the Executive Board, every effort is made to provide representation for both the principal academic fields active in the Association and the different geographic regions of the United States in which members live and work. Executive Board members may serve up to two consecutive terms. After completing two terms, however, they must sit out for at least three years before standing for election again.

The Executive Board is aided in their administrative duties by the Executive Director of the Association. The Executive Director, who is appointed by the Executive Board, oversees the day-to-day administration of the property, assets, affairs, and business of the Association.

Right-click to download a copy of our constitution. 

Affiliations

In order to promote access to information about activities of possible interest to its members and to provide for jointly sponsored meetings focusing on shared themes the MGSA has become affiliated with other professional organizations. Currently these include:

• the Modern Language Association of America 
• the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 
• the American Historical Association 
• the American Philological Association 
• the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 
• the Canadian Academic Institute in Athens 
• the International Studies Association 

Standing Committees

In order to facilitate the Association’s business, the Constitution allows the Executive Board to establish both standing and ad hoc committees that are entrusted to oversee specific aspects of the Association’s business. Each committee contains at least one Executive Board member, who generally serves as the chair. The chair recruits other members, from both the Executive Board and the general membership, and convenes the committee.

Currently, the Executive Board mandates the following committees:

• Administration Committee: Chair, Neni Panourgia
• Computers and Technology Committee: Chair, Sakis Gekas
• Financial Advisory Committee, Chair, Neovi Karakatsanis
• Fund Raising and Long-Term Planning Committee: Chair, Gonda Van Steen, ex officio
• Graduate Studies Committee: Chair, Effie Rentzou
• Membership and Publicity Committee: Chair, Stratis Papaioannou
• Nominations Committee: Chair, TBA
• Publications Committee: Chair, Kostis Kornetis
• Undergraduate Studies Committee: Chair, Elsa Amanatidou
• Transnational Studies Committee: Chairs, Yiorgos Anagnostou and Peter Jeffreys
• Library Committee: Chair, Anthony Oddo

Committee mandates and details can be viewed here.