CIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board has 18 members including seven elected officers, two student representatives, eight regular members and the appointed Editor of the CER Journal. Elected officers of the Board are the President, President-elect, Immediate Past President, Vice-President, Board Treasurer, Board Secretary, and Historian.
The elected officers, along with the Editor of the CER constitute the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee manages the day to day requirements of the Board and serves as an advisory group to the Board as a whole. It has the power to act on behalf of the full Board between meetings and on other matters as determined by the Board.
Two other people participate in the Executive Committee and Board activities, serving as advisors to the Board in a non-voting capacity.
The Parliamentarian works with the President to ensure that procedures and motions in meetings are carried out according to the Society’s policies, rules and procedures.
The Executive Director advises the Board on all the business and operational matters of the Society.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Supriya Baily
Past President (2023-2024)
Professor
George Mason University
Jun Li
President (2023-2024)
Professor
Western University
Susan Robertson
President Elect (2023-2024)
University of Cambridge
Halla Holmarsdottir
Vice President (2023-2024)
Professor
Oslo Metropolitan University
Radhika Iyengar
Treasurer (2021-2024)
Associate Research Scholar
The Earth Institute
Columbia University
Ayesha Khurshid
Secretary (2023-2026)
Associate Professor
Florida State University
Caroline Manion
CIES Historian (2021-2024)
Associate Professor
OISE
University of Toronto
M. Najeeb Shafiq
Executive Director
Professor of Education, Economics, and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
tavis d. jules
CER Co-Editor
Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Florin D. Salajan
CER Co-Editor
Professor
North Dakota State University
BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE (3 YEAR TERMS)
Samba Bah
2024
Student
Ohio University
Rebecca Clothey
2024
Professor
Drexel University
Peter Moyi
2024
Associate Professor
University of South Carolina
Deevia Bhana
2025
Professor
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Daniel Friedrich
2025
Associate Professor
Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Brianna Kurtz
2025
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia
Peggy Kong
2026
Associate Clinical Professor
Drexel University
Nathan Castillo
2026
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Thomas
2026
Senior Lecturer
University of Glasgow
Neela Nandyal
2026
Student
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities