New Members Elected to AAS
AAS was founded not only as an independent research library but also as a learned society. Members are nominated by existing members, staff, and other friends, and are elected at twice-yearly members meetings. Members encompass a wide variety of scholars, both academic and independent, librarians and curators, collectors of Americana, booksellers and others who deal in manuscripts, newspapers, graphic arts, and ephemera, as well as those who have achieved distinction in a range of fields. AAS members range from history buffs working in finance to poets who engage with the American past to local Worcesterites who value a local resource.
The following individuals accepted membership in the Society after their election on April 2, 2023.
Anna Arabindan-Kesson, associate professor of African American and Black Diasporic art, Princeton University
Mia L. Bagneris, associate professor of African Diaspora art and studies of race in Western Art and director of the Africana Studies Program, Tulane University
Cheryl Beredo, associate director for collections and research services at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Lois Brown, Arizona State University Foundation professor of English and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, Arizona State University
G. Scott Clemons, partner and chief investment strategist, private banking, Brown Brothers Harriman
Raúl Coronado, associate professor of ethnic studies, University of California, Berkeley
John Ernest, Judge Hugh Morris Professor of English, University of Delaware
Brigitte N. Fielder, associate professor of comparative literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Steven B. Finer, owner, Steven Finer Rare Books
Adrien C. Finlay, executive director, Music Worcester
Paula J. Giddings, Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor Emerita of Africana studies, Smith College
James E. Goldsberry, retired vice president for enterprise solid-state drive and systems engineering, Western Digital Corporation
Yvonne Goldsberry, president, Endowment for Health
Harvey J. Graff, professor emeritus of English and history, Ohio State University
Emily Guthrie, librarian, Library Company of Philadelphia
Erin McGuirl, executive director, Bibliographical Society of America
T. Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History, Baylor University
Sandra Phoenix, executive director, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance
Gail T. Randall, trustee, George I. Alden Trust
Joseph Rezek, associate professor and director of American and New England studies, Boston University
Jonathan W. Senchyne, associate professor of book history and print culture in the Information School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kenneth N. Shure, book dealer
Bruce N. Shyer, retired attorney
Joel B. Silver, director, Lilly Library, Indiana University
Keith Stokes, vice president, 1696 Heritage Group
Page Talbott, director of museum outreach, Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships, Drexel University
Kimberly M. Toney, inaugural coordinating curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections, John Carter Brown Library and Brown University Library
Henry B. Voigt, retired chief executive officer, DuPont Teijin Films
Crystal L. Webster, assistant professor of history, University of British Columbia
Ilyon Woo, independent historian and writer