Our Committees
The Melville Society’s institutional structure is made up of an Executive Committee that manages the Society as well as several standing committees that organize Society activities, grants, and prizes.
Standing Committees
Communications Committee
Carie Schneider
Chair
Adam Fales
Chip Badley
Kassie Jo Baron
Nominating Committee
Dana Luciano
Chair
Nathan Wolff
Brenna Casey
Cohen Committee
Jordan Stein
Chair
Carrie Bramen
Edouard Marsoin
Murray Endowment Committee
Dennis Mischke
Chair
Lenora Warren
Colin Dewey
melville digital projects Committee
Brian Yothers
Editor
Wyn Kelley
Melville Society Cultural Project
John Bryant
Melville Electronic Library
Steven Olsen-Smith
Melville’s Marginalia Online
Bob Wallace
Melville’s Print Collection Online
MLA & ALA Conference chairsALA 2025:
Daniel Diez Couch
Sari Edelstein
MLA 2026:
Jeffrey Insko (guaranteed panel)
Geoffrey Kirsch (non-guaranteed panel)