Who We Are

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Governance

Executive Board 2026–2027

SSRL SIG Chair
Senior Chair: Aloysius Anyichie (AnyichieA@BrandonU.CA)
Junior Chair: Allyson Pitzel (aapitzel@ua.edu)

Program Chair
Senior Program Chair: Darolyn Flaggs (dflaggs@kennesaw.edu)
Junior Program Chair: TBA

Secretary/Newsletter Chair
Senior Secretary/Newsletter Chair: Lauren Cabrera (cabrer50@msu.edu)
Junior Secretary/Newsletter Chair: Alana Kennedy

Treasurer/Membership Chair
Senior Treasurer/Membership Chair: D. Jake Follmer (djakefollmer@gmail.com)
Junior Treasurer/Membership Chair: Hyeyeon Lee
Committees

Committees

Outstanding Poster Award
Roger Azevedo, Chair (roger.azevedo@ucf.edu)
2021–Present

Graduate Student Research Award
Anastasia Kitsantas, Chair (akitsant@gmu.edu)
2023–Present

Barry J. Zimmerman Award for Outstanding Contributions
Héfer Bembenutty, Chair (hefer.bembenutty@qc.cuny.edu)
2023–Present

Graduate Student Mentoring Program Committee
Fernando Rodriguez, Chair (fernanr1@uci.edu)
2023–Present

Graduate Student Committee
Anna C. Brady, Chair (abrady@georgiasouthern.edu)
2025–Present

Abraham E. Flanigan, Chair (aflanigan@georgiasouthern.edu)
2024–2025
Contributors

Contributors

Website Manager
Bridget Daleiden (bridget.daleiden@unlv.edu)
2023–Present

Charles Raffaele (charles.raffaele@nyu.edu)
2017–2023

Social Media Coordinator
Cameron Marano (cameron.marano@ucf.edu)

SIG Historian
Yan Dai (yzd0038@auburn.edu)
2021–Present

SSRL SIG Times Magazine
Héfer Bembenutty, Editor-in-Chief (hefer.bembenutty@qc.cuny.edu)
2018–Present

Pamela Murphy, Executive Editor
2018–2026

SSRL SIG Spotlight
Héfer Bembenutty, Editor-in-Chief (hefer.bembenutty@qc.cuny.edu)
2021–2023

A Special Thank You:




To Charles Raffaele, for your incredible vision and dedication in creating this website.




We also have pages with photos and videos of various SIG members and events, and with interviews of influential individuals from across the SIG’s history!