Committees - Urban Affairs Association

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

Bylaws
Chair: Leslie Martin (lmartin@umw.edu)
Finance
Chair: Margaret Cowell (mmcowell@vt.edu)
Fundraising
Chair: Thomas Vicino (tvicino@gsu.edu)
Honor Society
Chair: Laureen Hom (laureen.hom@sjsu.edu)
International
Co-Chair: Arturo Flores (arturo.floresl@anahuac.mx)
Co-Chair: Prentiss Dantzer (p.dantzler@utoronto.ca)
Membership
Chair: Kathe Newman (knewman@rutgers.edu)
Nominations
Chair: Andrew Greenlee (afreen4@illinois.edu)
Personnel
Chair: Jocelyn Taliaferro (jocelyn.taliaferro@morgan.edu)
Publications
Chair: Hélène Bélanger (belanger.helene@uqam.ca)

Program Review (2025)
Chair: Kathryn Howell, University of Maryland – College Park (klhowell@umd.edu)
Local (Arrangements) Host (2025)
Co-Chair: James Connolly (jconnoll@mail.ubc.ca)
Co-Chair: Meg Holden (meg_holden@sfu.ca)
Conference Policy (2024-2026)
Chair: Rachael Woldoff (rachael.woldoff@mail.wvu.edu)

Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award
Chair: Stacy Moak (stacyataub@gmail.com)
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: Christian King (christian.king@ucf.edu)
Best Book in Urban Affairs Award
Chair: Deden Rukmana (deden.rukmana@uta.edu)
Community Activist Award
Chair: Megan Hatch (m.e.hatch@csuohio.edu)
Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Award
Chair: Chandra Ward (chandra-ward@utc@edu)
Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award
Chair: J.R. “Jones” Estes (estesjr@pdx.edu)
Recognitions Committee
Chair: Robert Silverman (rms35@buffalo.edu)

Ad Hoc Committee on Public Education and Advocacy
Chair: José W. Meléndez (jmelende@uoregon.edu)
Ad Hoc Committee on UAA Communities
Chair: José Mélendez (jmelende@uoregon.edu)