Executive Committee



 

THE COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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DR. JANAKA B. LEWIS

PRESIDENT

Associate Dean, College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Charlotte


president@clascholars.org

Dr. Antonio Tillis

VICE PRESIDENT

 vicepresident@clascholars.org 

DR. KENDRA R. PARKER

SECRETARY & COMMUNICATIONS  DIRECTOR

Associate Professor of African American Literature
Department of English 
Georgia Southern University
englishrep@clascholars.org 

 DR. Shayla Atkins

MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
DIRECTOR


membership@clascholars.org

DR. CONSTANCE BAILEY

TREASURER

Assistant Professor of African American Literature/Folklore
Department of English
Georgia State University
treasurer@clascholars.org

 DR. DONOVAN L. RAMON

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Associate Professor
Department of English
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 
assisttreasurer@clascholars.org
 

 

DR. DANA A. WILLIAMS

CLAJ EDITOR IN CHIEF

Dr. Dana A. Williams
Howard University
Washington, DC
editor@clascholars.org

Dr. Mathis

DR. RONDREA DANIELLE MATHIS

ENGLISH
AREA REPRESENTATIVE

Assistant Professor of English
Department of Arts and Humanities
Albany State University

secretary@clascholars.org 
 

 

 
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DR. INGRID WATSON-MILLER

WORLD LANGUAGES
AREA REPRESENTATIVE

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR

      
         

DR. JERVETTE R. WARD

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Chair & Associate Professor of Black Studies

The City College of New York (CCNY)

The City University of New York (CUNY)
 

     

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