The Academy of Leisure Sciences Committees
2018
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Note: While committee term lengths are one year, there are no term limits so someone could be reappointed indefinitely (at this point).
| Future Scholars Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Sonja Wilhelm Stanis (Chair) | sonjaws@missouri.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Dana Kivel | kivelb@csus.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Corey Johnson | corey.johnson@uwaterloo.ca | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Fenton | sonjaws@missouri.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Awards Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Ingrid Schneider | ingridss@umn.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Eric Legg | Eric.Legg@asu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Joey Gray | joey.gray@mtsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Kim Shinew | shinew@illinois.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Karen Paisley | karen.paisley@health.utah.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Bob Rossman (Fellows Rep) | jrrossm@illinoisstate.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Jess Monu | jmonu@stfrancis.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Fellows Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Bill Hendricks | whendric@calpoly.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Ingrid Schneider | ingridss@umn.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Scott Shafer | sshafer@tamu.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Bob Rossman | jrrossm@illinoisstate.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| 2019 Research & Teaching Institute Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Birgitta Baker (Chair) | bbaker@psu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Brooke Burk (Previous Chair) | brooke.burk@mnsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Harrison Pinckney (Host Site Rep) | hpinckn@clemson.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Monika Stodolska (Future Host Site Rep) | stodolsk@illinois.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Stephanie West (TALS President) | westst@appstate.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Toni Liechty (TALS BOD Rep) | tliechty@illinois.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Nick Pitas | nap5045@psu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Taryn Price | taryn.price@okstate.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Oghenekaro Omodior | oomodior@indiana.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Koby Garick | kgarick@aol.com | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Sarah Standridge (Grad Student) | sarah.standridge@mtsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Andrew Lacanienta (Grad Student) | a.lacanienta@tamu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Kindal Shores (TALS Treasurer) | shoresk@ecu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Peter Bannon (S-V) | pbannon@sagamorepub.com | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Camilla Hodge | c.hodge@utah.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Newsletter | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Joel Agate (Apptd 2018) | jagate@brockport.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Nick Pitas | nap5045@psu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| BOD Nominations Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Denise Anderson | dander2@clemson.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Dan Dustin | daniel.dustin@health.utah.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Corey Johnson | corey.johnson@uwaterloo.ca | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Toni Liechty | tliechty@illinois.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Membership Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Ellen Drogin Rodgers | erodger1@gmu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |
| I-Chun (Nicky) Wu | nicky.wu@mtsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Elizabeth Weybright | elizabeth.weybright@wsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Kristi Montandon | kristi.montandon@mnsu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Jerry Singleton | jerome.singleton@dal.ca | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Meredith Janssen | mjanssen@calstate.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| TALS Listserve Committee | |||
| Mike Bradley | michael.bradley@eku.edu | N/A | N/A |
| Diane Samdahl | dsamdahl@uga.edu | N/A | N/A |
| TALS Communications Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Bob Brookover (chair) | bob@clemson.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Linda Oakleaf | 1 | Jun 2015 | |
| Joel Agate | jagate@brockport.edu | 1 | Feb 2016 |
| Marcia Shirilla | Marcia@udel.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Iryna Sharaievska | sharaievskai@appstate.edu | 1 | Dec 2015 |
| Hongping Zhang | hongpingzhang@ufl.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Luc Cousineau | luc.cousineau@uwaterloo.ca | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Jill Sturts | jsturts@vwu.edu | 1 | Oct 2017 |
| Donald Roberson | dnrobersonjr@gmail.com | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Tiffany Quash | tmquash@iu.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Stella Liu | 1 | Sep 2017 | |
| Karleisha Kakraba | karleic@g.clemson.edu | 1 | Feb 2018 |
| Challenge Grant/Future Scholars Fund Committee | Term Limit | Appointed | |
| Barb Schlatter (chair) | beschla@ilstu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |
| Kindal Shores (TALS BOD Rep) | shoresk@ecu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |
| Ellen Drogin Rodgers | erodger1@gmu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |
| Patti Freeman | patti_freeman@byu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |
| Deb Kerstetter | debk@psu.edu | 1 | Oct 2016 |