Committees

The current committees & committee chairs are listed below. The UAA Committee Conflict of Interest Policy applies to all committee members.

Standing Committees
Conference Committees
Award Committees
Ad Hoc Committees
Standing Committees
  • Bylaws
    Chair: Margaret Cowell (mmcowell@vt.edu)
  • Finance
    Chair: Cathy Liu (cyliu@gsu.edu)
  • International
    Chair: Arturo Flores (artfloreslop@gmail.com)
  • Membership
    Chair: Rosie Tighe (j.l.tighe@csuohio.edu)
  • Nominations
    Chair: Tom Vicino (T.Vicino@northeastern.edu)
  • Publications
    Chair: Hélène Bélanger (belanger.helene@uqam.ca)
Conference Committees
  • Annual Meeting Program (2024)
    Chair: Kathryn Howell, University of Maryland – College Park (klhowell@umd.edu) 
  • Local (Arrangements) Host (2024)
    Chair: James DeFilippis, Rutgers University (jdefilip@rutgers.edu)
  • Conference Policy (2022-2024)
    Chair: Rachael Woldoff (rachael.woldoff@mail.wvu.edu)
Award Committees
  • Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award
    Chair: Deirdre Oakley (doakley1@gsu.edu)
  • Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Award
    Chair: Amit Patel (Amit.Patel@umb.edu)
  • Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award
    Chair: Alex Schwartz (schwartz@newschool.edu)
  • Best Book in Urban Affairs Award
    Chair: Nina Martin (ninam@email.unc.edu)
  • Best Paper in Urban Entrepreneurship
    Chair: Christian King (christian.king@ucf.edu)
  • Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Award
    Chair: Amanda Kass (akass2@depaul.edu)
  • Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award
    Chair: J.R. “Jones” Estes (estesjr@pdx.edu)
  • Recognitions Committee
    Chair: Lisa Bates (lkbates@pdx.edu)
Ad Hoc Committees
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Recognitions
    Chair: Lisa Bates (lkbates@pdx.edu)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on UAA Honor Society
    Chair: Prentiss Dantzler (p.dantzler@utoronto.ca)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on UAA Personnel
    Co-Chair: Sabina Deitrick (sabinad@pitt.edu)
    Co-Chair: Ed Goetz (egoetz@umn.edu)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Public Education and Advocacy
    Chair: José W. Meléndez (jmelende@uoregon.edu)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Fundraising
    Chair: Heywood Sanders (heywood.sanders@utsa.edu)