American Society of Naturalists

A membership society whose goal is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

Current Committees of the ASN

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GOVERNANCE & OUTREACH COMMITTEES

Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is charged with finding candidates for upcoming vacancies on the executive council. The members serve three-year terms.
David Hembry (chair), Eric Svensson, Jeremy Yoder

Diversity Committee
Chris Moore (chair), Casey terHorst (vice chair), Liz Carlen, Jeff Conner (as past-past-president), Madeline Eppley (as GC rep), Nikunj Goel, Lily Khadempour (past chair), María Rebolleda-Gómez (past chair), Catherine Sheard

Graduate Student Council to the Executive Council
Dylan Padilla (chair), Madeline Eppley, Christopher Robinson, Sajesh Vijayan, Tianyi Xu, Xinyi Yan

Workshop and Regional Society Committee
Claudia Crowther (chair), Kyle Coblentz, Erica Larson, Kate Ostevik

ASN Symposium Committee
Kerri Crawford (chair), Stephanie Porter, Christopher Searcy

Ethics Review Committee
Matt Walsh (chair), Anurag Agrawal, Jeff Conner (as past-past president), and Julia Saltz

AWARDS COMMITTEES

ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
The committee of three members, each serving three years, selects the award winner. The list of possible awardees is developed in several ways, including nominations.
Emilie Snell-Rood (chair), Michael McCoy, John Stinchcombe

ASN Distinguished Naturalist Award
The committee of three members, each serving three years, selects the award winner. The list of possible awardees is developed in several ways, including nominations.
Adam Siepielski (chair), Trevor Price, Stuart West

ASN Early Career Investigator Award
The committee of three to four members, each serving three years, selects four award winners from among the applications.
Jean-Philippe Gibert (chair), Sarah Fitzpatrick, Chris Moore, Jesse Weber

Student Research Award
The committee of three faculty-level researchers and three members of the Graduate Student Council selects the award winners from among the applications.
Jenn Coughlan (chair), Ron Bassar, Cole Brookson (student member), Chris Carlson (student member), Hilary Dawson (postdoc member), Rachel Page, Scott Taylor

American Naturalist Student Paper Award
The committee consists of the deciding editors who have worked on the papers in that calendar year.
Volker H. W. Rudolf (editor-in-chief), Jill T. Anderson, Sébastien Lion

Outstanding Student Poster Award Committee
All ASN student members presenting posters at the annual meeting or the stand-alone meeting are scheduled for a single session. A request for volunteers to judge the posters is made at registration for the meeting or soon after.
Robin Bagley, Thomas Firneno

ASN REPRESENTATIVES

To the SSE Education and Outreach Committee: Maria Orive

To the Joint Society Meeting Committee: Corlett Wood

To the Joint Society Code of Conduct Committee: Martha Burford

To the Joint Society Code of Ethics Committee: Butch Brodie

To the IDEA Award Committee: Vincent Formica

To the Joint Society Public Policy Committee: Mark Urban