SALALM Structure & Committees

For detailed information about SALALM's structure, committees, and bylaws, please refer to the SALALM--Operational Handbook (pdf) and the Bylaws.

Executive Board 2025-2026

 
President Laura Martin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Vice-President/President-Elect Nelson Santana, CUNY Bronx Community College
Past President David Woken, University of Chicago
Co-Executive Directors Jill Baron, Dartmouth College, and Angela Carreño, New York University
Rapporteur Generals Craig Schroer, University of West Georgia, and José Adrián Barragán-Álvarez, University of California - Berkeley
Treasurer Peter T. Johnson, SALALM
Parliamentarian Anne Barnhart, University of West Georgia
Archivist Ryan Lynch, University of Texas at Austin
Members-at-large:  
2023-2026 Jade Madrid, Georgetown University, and Bronwen K. Maxson, University of California, Merced
2024-2027 Ryan Lynch, University of Texas at Austin, and Michael Scott, University of California, Los Angeles
2025-2028 Katie Coldiron, Florida International University, and Liladhar Pendse, University fo California, Berkeley

Executive Board Committees & Chairs

 
Bylaws David Woken (2022-2025)
Policy, Research, & Investigation Anne Barnhart (2024-2027)
Editorial Board Orchid Mazurkiewicz (at the pleasure of Executive Board)
     Website Content Editor Betsaida Reyes
     Editor oHispanic American Periodicals Index Orchid Mazurikiewicz
     Editor of Bibliography of...Bibliographies  
     Editor of SALALM Web Publications  
      José Toribio Medina Award Panel Sarah Aponte (2024-2025)
Membership Matthew Hill and Liladhar Pendse, co-chairs (2022-2025)
     SALALM Scholarship Subcommittee Teresa Chapa and Janette Nuñez Chavez, co-chairs (2025-2026)
     APOYO Subcommittee Noa Corcoran-Tadd (2024-2027)
Finance Alma Ortega (2022-2025)
Nominations Adan Griego (2023-2026), Teresa Chapa (2024-2027), Janette Nuñez Chavez (2025-2028)
Conference Planning Committee  
Enlace/Outreach Adrian Johnson (2023-2025) and Sara Levinson (2023-2025)
Communications Committee Jade Madrid and Taylor Leigh, co-chairs (2025-2028)
     Website Manager Taylor Leigh
     Website Editor  
     Social Media Coordinators Paloma Barraza and Hannah Toombs
     LALA-L Listserv Gayle Williams and Katie Coldiron
     Digital Editors Taylor Leigh and Teresa Clifton

Substantive Committees/Subcommittees & Chairs

 
Acquisitions  
     Library/Bookdealer/Publisher Relations Paloma Celis-Carbajal, Alejandro Herrera, Elena Rodrígo Maganto (2021-2024)
     Serials TBD
     Marginalized Peoples & Ideas TBD
Access & Bibliography  
     Cuban Bibliography Katie Coldiron and AJ Johnson, co-chairs (2022-2025)
     Electronic Resources Jill Baron and Socrates Silva, co-chairs (2024-2027)
     Digital Primary Resources José Adrián Barragán (Chair) and Tracy North (Vice-Chair) (2023-2026)
     SIS (SALALM Iberian Studies) Taylor Leigh (2022-2024)
     Special Collections & Archives Amanda Moreno, Chair; Seonaid Valliant, Vice-Chair (2023-2026)
Library Operations & Services Committee  
     Cataloging & Bibliographic Technology Jessie Christensen (2021-2024)
     Research & Instruction Services Ana Ramírez Luhrs (2022-2025) and Eric Silberberg (2023-2026)
     Audio-Visual Media Gayle Williams (2024-2027)
Interlibrary Cooperation Committee Taylor Leigh (2023-2026)

Affinity Groups

 

Regional Groups

CALAFIA (California Cooperative Latin American Collection Development Group) Ashley Larson and Erica B. Quintana
LANE (Latin America North East Libraries Network) Alyson Williams and Nelson Santana, co-chairs (2023-2026)
LASER (Latin American Studies Southeast Region) Teresa Chapa and Katie Coldiron, co-chairs (2025-2026)
MOLLAS (Midwest Organizations of Libraries of Latin American Studies)  

Topical/Working Groups

 
ALZAR (Academic Latina/o Zone of Activism & Research) Adan Griego
DíScoLA (Digital Scholarship in Latin America) Melissa Jerome and Joshua Ortiz Baco
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) TBD
LAIPA (Latin American & Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Funnel Project)  
LAMP (Latin American Materials Project)  
LARRP (Latin American Research Resources Project)  
Libreros