To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America:
I am very pleased to announce the establishment of the MAA Mentoring Program Committee, charged with proposing, establishing, and facilitating mentoring programs focused on underserved communities of emerging medievalists. The inaugural members of this Committee are:
Afrodesia McCannon, New York Univ., Chair (2022)
Elizabeth L. Hardman, Bronx Community College (2024)
Bryan C. Keene, Riverside City College (2022)
Jacqueline Lombard, Univ. of Pittsburgh (2022)
Sierra Lomuto, Rowan Univ. (2024)
Ana C. Núñez, Stanford Univ. (2023)
Teo Ruiz, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (2023)
Jenny Tan, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press (2023)
Nancy Wu, The Cloisters, emerita (2024)
I am very grateful to all of the Committee members for their willingness to take on this important charge and to MAA Council members Hussein Fancy and Maureen Miller for the proposal that led to the Committee’s establishment. I look forward to working with the Committee and the Council to bring the Committee’s ideas to fruition. More information about the Mentoring Program Committee and its charge can be found here.
– Lisa
Lisa Fagin Davis
Executive Director
LFD@TheMedievalAcademy.org
