The American Association
for Ukrainian Studies

The Organization and its Members

 

 

AAUS is governed by a seven-member executive board, which consists of a president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, and four members-at-large. The organization also has other committees and officers, as stipulated by its by-laws. It is a non-profit organization chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. Its organizational infrastructure presently is supported by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. The organization was founded in 1989 at the time of the founding of the International Association for Ukrainian Studies.

In this section:

Executive Officers (2009-2011; click on names to e-mail):

President:

  • Vitaly Chernetsky, Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, 172 Irvin Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA

Vice-President:

  • Zenon Wasyliw, Department of History, 424 Muller Center, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

Secretary-Treasurer:

  • Adriana Helbig, Department of Music, 110 Music Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

Members-at-Large:

  • Alexandra Hrycak, Department of Sociology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202, USA
  • Robert Romanchuk, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Florida State University, 625 University Way, PO 3061540, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1540, USA
  • Catherine Wanner, Department of History, 108 Weaver Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
  • Myroslava Tomorug Znayenko, Director of Central and East European Studies, Rutgers University, 175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07l02, USA, Ex Officio

Newsletter Editor:

  • Joshua First, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, 116 Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA

Website Coordinator:

  • Oleh Kotsyuba, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Book Prize Committee:

  • Chair: Sarah D. Phillips, Anthropology Department,  Student Building 130, Indiana University, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7100, USA
  • Member: Timothy Snyder, Department of History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208324, New Haven, CT 06520-8324, USA

OFFICERS IN OTHER POSITIONS CONTINUE FROM THE PREVIOUS ROSTER UNTIL THE BY-ELECTION TO BE HELD AT THE ASSOCIATION MEETING IN APRIL 2010.

Outreach Officer: 

  • Marta Dyczok, Department of History, Social Science Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, CANADA

Communications Committee:

  • Chair:  Robert De Lossa, 47 Hawthorne Rd., Wayland, MA 01778 USA
  • Member: Rory Finnin, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 708 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
  • Member: Alexander Dillon, 393 Pacific St.,  Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
  • Member: Vitaly Chernetsky, Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, 172 Irvin Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA, Ex Officio

Nominating Committee:

  • Chair: Catherine Wanner, Department of History, 108 Weaver Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
  • Member: Vira Andrushkiw, US-Ukraine Foundation, 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1026,  Washington, DC 20005, USA
  • Member: Jurij Dobczansky, Social Sciences Cataloging Division, CEEL, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., Washington, DC 20540, USA

Auditing Committee:

  • Chair: Michael Naydan, 311 Burrowes Bldg., German and Slavic Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
  • Member: Alexander Motyl, Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University, 123 Washington St., Suite 510, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
  • Member: Andrew Sorokowski, 2384 Glenmont Circle #T-6, Silver Spring, MD 20902, USA

Article Prize Committee:

  • Chair: Alexander Motyl, Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University, 123 Washington St., Suite 510, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
  • Member: Alexandra Hrycak, Department of Sociology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR 97202, USA
  • Member: Natan Meir, Department of Judaic Studies, 441 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA

Translation Prize Committee:

  • Chair: Michael Naydan, 311 Burrowes Bldg., German and Slavic Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA 
  • Member: Maria Rewakowicz, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Box 353580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
  • Member: Vasyl Makhno, Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., New York, NY, 10003, USA

Information about the AAUS:

The AAUS is the American affiliate of the International Association for Ukrainian Studies (IAUS). It also is an affiliate of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). It meets twice years at the annual conventions of ASN and AAASS and at other times as appointed by the executive board or by petition of the membership. American participants in the world congresses of the IAUS (held every three years) must be members of AAUS.

To join the AAUS, please fill out an on-line application form, or send a message to the Secretary-Treasurer, Adriana Helbig. Dues are $20US/year for students and retirees, $30US/year for faculty and professionals, $40/year for joint memberships (2 listings, one set of mailings). Dues-paying members receive the AAUS bulletin and the journal "Harvard Ukrainian Studies." As well, they are able to participate in AAUS-sponsored events at the ASN and AAASS conventions. The AAUS welcomes members from all professions and disciplines with an intellectual focus and interest on Ukraine or the Ukrainian diaspora. Its primary focus is on university-based Ukrainian studies and outreach to the broader public.

Individuals interested in particular programs or in financially supporting the AAUS should contact the president, Vitaly Chernetsky (click here).

The AAUS By-Laws:

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Click here for a .pdf version. (Click here to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, with which to read .pdf files.)

IAUS Executive Committee and Leadership of Other National Affiliates:

Click here for IAUS Executive Board.

Click here for a list of other national organizations and their leadership.

 

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