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

Carie Schneider
Chair

Adam Fales

Adam Fales

Chip Badley

Chip Badley

Kassie Jo Baron

Nominating Committee

Jonathan Cook
Chair

Dana Luciano

Nathan Wolff

Cohen Committee

Elizabeth Duquette
Chair

Jordan Stein

Carrie Bramen

Murray Endowment Committee

Kim L. Evans
Chair

Dennis Mischke

Lenora Warren


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 chairs

Peter Coviello ALA 2024 Program Chair
David Greven ALA 2024 Program Chair
Pilar Martinez-Benedi — MLA 2025 Program Chair
Dana Seitler— MLA 2025 Program Chair