Standing Committees
Communications CommitteeKassie Jo Baron
Director
Brittney Stoneburg
Will Younts
Nominating Committee
Jeff Insko
Nathan Wolff
Chair
Brenna Casey
Cohen Committee
Sari Altschuler
Carrie Bramen
Chair
Edouard Marsoin
Murray Endowment CommitteeHester Blum
Lenora Warren
Chair
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 2026:
Jonathan Schroeder
Schuyler Chapman
MLA 2027:
Munia Bhaumik (guaranteed panel)
Melissa Gniadek (non-guaranteed panel)
Travel Awards Committee
Meredith Farmer
Chair
Ed Sugden
Edouard Marsoin
The Melville Society Cultural ProjectTim Marr
Chair
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.