2025 EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS COMMITTEE
The Early Career Scholars Committee takes responsibility for championing the views and needs of ÂÌñÒùÆÞ’s early career scholars (a group defined as including all ÂÌñÒùÆÞ members who qualify for the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Early Career membership rates); hosting a luncheon and other programming as deemed appropriate for Early Career Scholars at the ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Annual Meeting; and working with the ÂÌñÒùÆÞ staff, ÂÌñÒùÆÞ leadership, and the ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Board of Trustees to further the goal articulated in the ÂÌñÒùÆÞ 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, to develop strategies to foster the next generation of scholars of the Near East and wider Mediterranean and promote their success. ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Early Career Scholars include all ÂÌñÒùÆÞ members who qualify for the following levels of membership: Early Career, Graduate, and Undergraduate.
- Luiza Osorio G Silva, Co-Chair (until December 31, 2027)
- Vanessa Workman, Co-Chair (until December 31, 2025)
- Shira Albaz, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2026)
- Regan Baker, ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Staff Member (ex officio, non-voting)
- Cecelia Chisdock, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2026)
- Brook Norton, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Marta Ostovich, ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Staff Member (ex officio, non-voting)
- Mandy Porter, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Avary Taylor, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2027), Liaison to the Growth, Innovation, and Visibility Committee
- Savanna Henning Watson, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Sarah Wenner, Early Career Scholar Member, (until December 31, 2026), Liaison to the Program Committee