Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President 2025-2026

Simona Wright.

Simona Wright 
World Languages and Cultures, The College of New Jersey

First Vice President 2025-2026

Esther.

Esther Alarcon-Arana
Modern Languages, Salve Regina University

Second Vice President 2025-2026

Matthew Darling.

Matthew Darling
English Department, Gannon University (Erie, PA)

Past President 2025-2026

Victoria L. Ketz.
Victoria L. Ketz
Global Languages, Literatures, and Perspectives, La Salle University

OFFICERS

Executive Director 2024-2027

Victoria L. Ketz.

Victoria L. Ketz
Global Languages, Literatures, and Perspectives, La Salle University

Associate Executive Director 2024-2027

Derek DiMatteo.

Derek DiMatteo
English Department, Gannon University (Erie, PA)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

American and Diaspora Studies Director 2024-2027

Cole Lowman

Cole Lowman
Engineering Education, University at Buffalo

British and Global Anglophone Studies Director 2023-2026

Angela.

Angela Fulk
English, SUNY Buffalo State College

CAITY Caucus President and Representative 2023-2026

Plochocki.

Maria Plochocki
English, City University of New York

Comparative Literature Director 2024-2027

Julia Titus.

Ernesto Livorni
Department of French and Italian, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Creative Writing, Publishing, and Editing Director 2025-2028

Patrick Thomas Henry.

Patrick Thomas Henry
English, North Dakota University

Cultural Studies and Media Studies Director 2024-2027

Kasten.

Julia Titus
Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University

Diversity Caucus President 2023-2026

Ann Marie.

Ann Marie Short
English & Gender and Women's Studies, Saint Mary's College

French and Francophone Studies Director 2025-2028

Cristina Robu.

Cristina Robu
French and Francophone Studies, Davidson College

German Studies Director 2025-2026

Karolina Hicke

Karolina Hicke
German Department, Swarthmore College

Graduate Student Caucus Representative 2023-2024

Christian Ylagan.

Christian Ylagan
Comparative Literature, Western University

Hispanophone and Lusophone Studies Director 2025-2028

Marco Ramirez Rojas.

Marco Ramirez Rojas
Languages and Literatures, Lehman College (CUNY)

Italian Studies Director 2023-2026

Giusy.

Giusy Di Filippo
Italian Studies, College of the Holy Cross

Pedagogy & Professionalization Director 2024-2027

Jina.

Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Rutgers University Libraries

Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Representative 2023-2026

Maria Rovito.

Maria Rovito
Instructor of Medical Humanities, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Editor of Modern Language Studies

Roth.

Laurence Roth
English, Susquehanna University