AAUSC Board Members
Mandy MenkePresident 2024-2026
In addition to leading AAUSC, the president represents the organization on the executive committee of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers, the publisher of the Modern Language Journal. 
Boris YelinVice-President 2024-2026
The Vice-President assists the President in planning and executing AAUSC initiatives, as well as organizing the events at our annual meetings at the ACTFL conference. |
Jesse S. Gleason
Editor
Second Language Research & Practice
- Associate Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics
- Southern Connecticut State University
Senta Goertler
Editor
Second Language Research & Practice
- Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and German
- Michigan State University
Kristen Michelson
Secretary 2023-2026
- Assistant Professor of French
- Texas Tech University
Kelle L. Marshall
Treasurer 2023-2025
- Associate Professor of French Studies
- French Studies Program Coordinator
- International Studies and Languages Division of Seaver College Pepperdine University
Ayman Mohammed
Arabic Section Convener
2024-2026
- Assistant Professor, Arabic
- Michigan State University
Yi Wang
Asian Languages Section Convener
2023-2025
- Assistant Professor, Asian and Asian American Studies
- Stony Brook University
Rachel Floyd
French Section Convener
2024-2026
- Academic Professional Associate
- Supervisor of the French Language Program
- University of Georgia
Jeanne Schueller
German Section Convener
2023-2025
- Teaching Professor of German
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sara Mattavelli
Italian Section Convener
2024-2026
- Assistant Professor
- Program Director of Italian Studies
- Chapman University
Luis Gonçalves
Portuguese Section Convener
2023-2025
- Director, Middlebury Portuguese School
- Princeton University
Olga Klimova
Slavic Languages Section Head
2022-2024
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- Director of Russian Program
- University of Pittsburg
Montserrat Mir
Spanish Section Co-Convener
2023-2025
- Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics
- Spanish Language Coordinator
- Illinois State University
Claudia Sánchez Gutiérrez
Spanish Section Co-Convener
2023-2025
- Associate Professor
- Director First-year Spanish
- University of California, Davis
Germán Zárate-Sández
Spanish Section Co-Convener
2023-2025
- Associate Professor
- Director of Introductory Spanish
- Western Michigan University
Linda Lemus
Webmaster
2023-2026
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Director & Coordinator of the Spanish Language Instruction Program
- University of California, Riverside
Helena Stech
Graduate Student Representative
2024-2026
- PhD student in German Studies
- Michigan State University
