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LACUS Officers and Directors

The LACUS board of directors includes (A) current officers, (B) founding board members, (C) six elected board members. Two LACUS members are elected each year for the third category, a total of six who serve for three-year terms.

 

Officers
 
Magda Stroinska, McMaster University (President)Svetlana Kaminskaia, U of Waterloo (Vice-President)

Rennie Gonsalves, Brooklyn College (Secretary-Treasurer)
Gaby Semaan, University of Toledo, (Program Chair)
Kasumi Yamazaki, University of Toledo (Assistant Program Chair)

Erika Marcet, University of Limerick, Ireland (Program Coordinator)

Douglas W. Coleman, University of Toledo - Emeritus (Webmaster)
William J. Sullivan, U Wrocławski & U Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej (Publications Director)
Lilly Chen, Rice University (Archivist)
 
Board of Directors*
 
Sheila Embleton, York University, Chair / Executive Director
Gaby Semaan, U of Toledo (to 2026)
Maria José Serrano Montesinos, Universidad de la Laguna (to 2026)

Laura Beaudin, McMaster University (to 2024)
Deryle Lonsdale, Brigham Young University (to 2024)

Yulia Bosworth, Binghamton University (to 2025)
Grit Liebscher, University of Waterloo (to 2025)

Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States / Association de Linguistique du Canada et des États-Unis