Modern Greek Studies Association

MGSA Officers: 2008-2011

President: Stathis Gourgouris, Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Vice-President: Vassilios Lambropoulos, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan

Secretary: Franklin L. Hess, Film and Popular Culture, Indiana University

Treasurer: Gregory Jusdanis, Modern Greek Studies, Ohio State University

Executive Board

Victor Papacosma, Executive Director, History, Kent State University

Elsa Amanatidou, Classics, Brown University

Yiorgos Anagnostou, Modern Greek Studies, Ohio State University

Stratos Constantinidis, Dept. of Theatre, Ohio State University

Elizabeth Anne Davis, Dept. of Anthropology, Duke University

Stathis Gourgouris, Institute of Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University

Franklin Hess, Film and Popular Culture, Indiana University

Gregory Jusdanis, Dept. of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University

Martha Klironomos, Dept. of English, San Francisco State University

Vassilis Lambropoulos, Dept. of Classical Studies, University of Michigan

Neni Panourgia, Dept. of Anthropology, Columbia University

Liana Theodoratou, A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies, NYU

Gonda Van Steen, Classics Dept., The University of Arizona

Graduate Representative: Niki Kekos

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.

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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:

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:

The Administration Committee: Chair, Neni Panourgia
The Computers and the Technology Committee: Chair, Gonda Van Steen
The Fund Raising and Long-Term Planning Committee: Chair, Stathis Gourgouris, ex officio
The Graduate Studies Committee: Chair, Elizabeth Davis
The Membership and Publicity Committee: Chair, Stratos Constantinidis
The Nominations Committee: Chair, TBN
The Publications Committee: Chair, Gregory Jusdanis
The Undergraduate Studies Committee: Chair, Elsa Amanatidou
The Transnational Studies Committee: Chair, Martha Klironomos
The Library Committee: Chair, George Paganelis
Committee mandates and details can be viewed here.