Chair (1-year term)

Suzanne García, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bilingual Education California State University, Monterey Bay sugarcia@csumb.edu

Year term ends: 2027 (will become Past Chair in 2027)

Past Chair (1-year term)

Cristian Aquino-Sterling, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bi-/multilingual Education Texas Tech University

c.aquino-sterling@ttu.edu

Term ends: 2027

Parliamentarian (3-year term) 

Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt aghasaleh@humboldt.edu

Term ends: 2027

Communications Chair (3-year term)

Susana Ibarra Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Bilingual/TESOL Education New Mexico State University

sijohnso@nmsu.edu 

Year terms ends: 2028

Program Chair/Chair Elect (1-year term)

Luz Yadria Herrera, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Bilingual Education California State University, Dominguez

lherrera@csumb.edu

Year term ends: 2027 (will become Chair in 2027)

Secretary/Treasurer (2-year term)

Elizabeth “Betsy” Kim, Ed.D.

Associate Professor, Leadership Studies

Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY)

elisabeth.kim@lehman.cuny.edu

Term ends: 2028

Historian (3-year term)

Cori Salmerón, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Language and (Bi)literacy Education Georgia State University

csalmeron@gsu.edu 

Year term ends: 2027

Communications Liaison

Victor Lozada, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Victor.Lozada@untdallas.edu

Appointment ends: 2027