Research Committees

Past Boards

Board 1973

Coordinating Board	Andrée MICHEL, France Elise BOULDING, USA

Board 1974 - 1977

Chairpersons	Andrée MICHEL, France Elise BOULDING, USA
International Secretary	Dorothy CARSON, USA
Members	Berit AAS, Norway Jessie BERNARD, USA Teresa BIACHI, Canada Olivera BURIC, Yugoslavia Arlene DANIELS, USA Margit EICHLER, Canada Janet GIELE, USA Elina HAAVIO-MANNILA, Finland Joyce NIELSEN, USA Rhona RAPOPORT, United Kingdom Maria RICCIARDI, Italy Pamela ROBY, USA

Board 1977 - 1980

Co-Chairs	Europe	Veronica STOLTE-HEISKANEN, Finland
Co-Chairs	North America	Hanna PAPANEK, USA
Executive Committee Members	Canada	Dorothy SMITH, Canada
	USA	Rita BRAITO, USA Shirley NUSS, USA Leonore WITZMAN, USA
	Europe	Ilse KORTE, FRG Elizabeth CROLL, United Kingdom Vera OCHAVKOVA, Bulgaria Maria RICCIARDI, Italy Kristen TORNES, Norway
	Latin America	Maria Carmen ELU DE LENERO, Mexico Lia FUKUI, Brazil
	Middle East & North Africa	Sophie FERCHIOU, Tunesia Jonina TALMON, Israel
	Africa	Christine OPPONG, Ghana
	Asia	Kimi HARA, Japan
Representatives to the ISA Research Council	Pamela ROBY, USA Andrée MICHEL, France

Board 1980 - 1982

Chairperson	Yordanka TROPOLOVA, Bulgaria
Chair-elect	Deniz KANDIYOTI, Turkeya
Vice-Chair	Rounaq JAHAN, Bangladesh
Regional Representatives	Africa	Eugenia DATE-BAH, Ethiopia Ayesha IMAM, Nigeria Renée PITTIN, Nigeria Diane KAYONGO-MALE, Kenya
	Asia	Cora BALDOCK, Australia Virginia MIRALAO, Phillippines Gita SEN, India
	Latin America	Carmen BARROSO, Brazil Elizabeth JELIN, Argentina Isabel LARGUIA, Cuba Sylvia MARCOS, Mexico
	N. Africa & M. East	Nimra T. ES-SAID, Jordan Dafne IZRAELI, Israel Fatima MERNISSI, Morocco
	North America	Rita BRAITO, USA Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN, Canada Ruth DIXON, USA Kathryn KOPINAK, Canada
	Europe	Sheila ALLEN, United Kingdom Carole HAGEMANN-WHITE, FRG Alexandra JASINSKA-KANIA, Poland Julia SZALAI, Hungary

Board 1986 - 1990

Chair	Lourdes ARIZPE, Mexico
Chair elect	Neera Desai, India
Secretary-Treasurer	Geerthe LYCKLAMA, Netherlands
Assistant Secretary	Ayesha IMAM, Nigeria
Delegate RC	Neuma AGUIAR, Brazil
Alternate RC	Hildur VE, Norway
Newsletter Editor	Karen PAIGE-ERIKSON, USA
Regional Representatives	Africa	Raj BARDOUILLE, Zambia Eugenia DATE-BAH, Ethiopia Rudo GAIDZAAWA, Zimbadwe Cynthia YINUSA, Nigeria
	Asia	Cora BALDOCK, Australia Anuradha Uttam BHOITE, India Leela DUBE, India Virginia MIRALAO, Phillippines Zeenat NAQUATEE, India Dell SMALL, New Zealand
	Latin America	Carmen BARROSO, Brazil Elssy DONILLA, Colombia Elizabeth JELIN, Argentina Isabel LARGUIA, Cuba
	N. Africa & M. East	Judith BUBER-AGASSI, Canada
	North America	Rita BRAITO, USA Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN, Canada Ruth DIXON, USA Kathryn KOPINAK, Canada Patricia MARTIN, USA
	Europe	Sheila ALLEN, United Kingdom Carole HAGEMANN-WHITE, FRG

Board 1991 - 1994

Chairperson	Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN, Canada
Chair-elect	Rhoda REDDOCK, Trinidad and Tobago
Secretary/Treasurer	Marcia TEXLER SEGAL, USA
Newsletter Co-editors	Beth HESS, USA Diane MARGOLIS, USA
ISA Council Repres.	Deniz KANDIYOTI, United Kingdom
Ex-Officio	Neuma AGUIAR, Brazil
Regional Representatives	Africa	Ayesha IMAN, Nigeria Khadiga SAFWAT, Sudan
	Europe	Drude DAHLERUP, Denmark Elena HAAVIO-MANNILA, Finland Gudrun LEDWAR-ENE, Germany Ursula MULLER, Germany
	Latin America	Irma ARRIAGADA, Chile Eva ALTERMAN BLAY, Brazil Maria del Carmen FEIJOO, Argentina Orlandina de OLIVEIRA, Mexico
	Middle East	Judith BUBER AGASSI, Israel Dafna IZRAELI, Israel Val MOGHADAM, Iran
	North America	Ann DENIS, Canada Karen DUGGER, USA Pat MARTIN, USA Angela MILES, Canada
	South Asia	Chandra BRIJESH, India Mira KOSAMBI, India K.P. SINGH, India
	South East Asia	Fatimah DAUD, Malaysia Lu SHUHUA, China Hesti WIJAYA, Indonesia

Board 1994 - 1998

Chair	Rhoda REDDOCK, Trinidad and Tobago
Chair-elect	Vacant
Secretary/Treasurer	Marcia TEXLER SEGAL, USA
Newsletter Co-editors	Katy RICHMOND, Australia Diane MARGOLIS, USA
ISA Council Repres.	Vacant
ISA Executive Member	Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN, Canada
Regional Representatives	Africa	Georgina DI-IBOR, Nigeria Rudo GAIDSANWA, Zimbabwe Patricia MCFADDEN, Senegal Ayesha IMAN, Nigeria Khadiga SAFWAT, Sudan
	Europe	Ursula MULLER, Germany Gudrun LUDWAR-ENE, Germany Elena HAAVIO-MANNILA, Finland Helen MESHKOVA, Russia
	Latin America	Irma ARRIAGADA, Chile Eva Alterman BLAY, Brazil Maria del Carmen FEIJOO, Argentina Orlandina de OLIVEIRA, Mexico
	Middle East	Judith BUBER AGASSI, Israel Dafna IZRAELI, Israel Val MOGHADAM, Iran
	North America	Ann DENIS, Canada Karen DUGGER, USA Pat MARTIN, USA Angela MILES, Canada
	South Asia	Brijesh CHANDRA, India Kalpana KANNABIRAN, India Mira KOSAMBI, India K.P. SINGH, India
	South East Asia	Fatimah DAUD, Malaysia Lu SHUHUA, China Hesti WIJAYA, Indonesia

Board 1998 - 2002

President	Kalpana KANNABIRAN India
Vice-Presidents	Ann DENIS Canada Angela MILES Canada
Secretary-Treasurer	Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Canada
Regional Representatives	Africa	Faty Ly DIOP, Senegal Fummi TOGONU-BICKERSTETH, Nigeria
	Eastern Europe	Helena MESHKOVA, Russia
	Western Europe	Paola MELCHIORI, Italy Isabella PAOLETTI, Italy Annemieck RICHTERS, Netherlands
	Latin America/Caribbean	MªCarmen FEIJOO DOCAMPO, Argentina Irma IRRIAGADA, Chile Esperanza TUÑON-PABLOS, Mexico Lilian OLIVERA SAFORAS, Peru
	Middle East	Rabab ABDULHADI, Palestine Dilek CINDOGLU, Turkey Dalhia MOORE, Israel Jaleh SHADI-TALAB, Iran
	North America	Esther CHOW, USA Francine DESCARRIES, Canada Evie TASTSOGLOU, Canada
	South Asia	D. JAYALAKSHMI, India Veena POONACHA, India
	South East Asia & the Pacific	Jan CURRIE, Australia Fatimah DAUD, Malaysia Sinnith SITTIRAK, Thailand Hesti WIJAYA, Indonesia
	East Asia	Seiko HIGUCHI, Japan Wang YUNXIAN, China

Board 2002 - 2006

Chair	Kalpana KANNABIRAN, India
Co-Chairs	Margaret ABRAHAM, USA Esther CHOW, USA
Secretary/Treasurer	Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Canada
Regional Representatives	Africa	Fatou DIOP, Senegal
	Western Europe	Liisa HUSU, Finland Jan PAHL, UK Armelle TESTENOIRE, France
	South Asia	Elizabeth MATHEW, India Veena POONACHA, India
	South East Asia & the Pacific	Jan CURRIE, Australia Fatimah CARVALHO, Australia Sinith SITTIRAK, Thailand
	Latin America/Caribbean	Violet Eudine BARRITEAU, Barbados Rhoda REDDOCK, Trinidad and Tobago
	North America	Francine DESCARRIES, Canada Marilyn PORTER, Canada Barbara RISMAN, USA Linda SEMU, USA

Board 2006 - 2010

Co-Presidents	Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, USA Esther NGAN-LING CHOW, American University, USA
President-elect	Evangelia TASTSOGLOU (Chair for the 2010-2014 term), Saint Mary's University, Canada
Past President	Kalpana KANNABIRAN, ASMITA Resource Center for Women, India
Secretary-Treasurer	Cynthia BOGARD, Hofstra University, USA
Newsletter Editor	Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA
Regional Representatives	Africa	Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFO, Institute of African Studies and Head, Ghana Oluyemi FAYOMI, Convenant University, Nigeria Lotsmart FONJONG, Buea University, Cameroon
	Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim	Cynthia JOSEPH, Monash University, Australia Alphia POSSAMAI-INESEDY, University of Western Sydney, Australia
	East, South and South East Asia	Abha CHAUHAN, University of Jammu, India Minako KONNO, Kobe University, Japan Lin TAN, All-China Women's Federation, China Elizabeth MATHEW, Kerala University, India
	Europe	Liisa HUSU, University Helsinki, Finland Laura MARATOU-ALIPRANTI, National Center of Social Research,Greece Analia Cardoso TORRES, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal
	Latin America and the Caribbean (South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean)	Eva BLAY, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil Rhoda REDDOCK, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
	Middle East, West Asia	Suaad Zayed Al-ORAIMI, UAE University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Nazanin SHAHROKNI, University of Berkeley, USA
	North America, Canada and the United States	Josephine BEOKU-BETTS, Florida Atlantic University, USA Linda PIETRANTONIO, Université d'Ottawa, Canada Marilyn PORTER, Memorial University, Canada Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Board 2010 - 2014

President	Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Saint Mary's University, Canada
Co-Presidents-elect (co-Chairs for the 2010-2014 term)	Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFO, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Josephine BEOKU-BETTS, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA
Secretary-Treasurer	Bandana PURKAYASTHA, University of Connecticut, USA
Newsletter Editor	Antoinette HETZLER, Lund University, Sweden (till 2012) Cynthia JOSEPH, Monash University, Australia (2013-2014)
Past Presidents	Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, USA Esther CHOW, American University, USA
Regional Representatives	Africa	Oluyemi FAYOMI, Convenant University, Nigeria Abdul-Mumin SA'AD, American University of Nigeria, Yola
	Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim	Anne SEITZ, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale, Victoria Australia Hsiao-Li SUN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
	East, South and South East Asia	Anita DASH, Ravenshaw University,Cuttack, Orissa, India Jie DU, Women’s Studies Institute of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Yu-Hsia LU, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Renu RANJAN, Magadh Mahila College, Patna, India
	Europe	Laura CORRADI, Università Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy Olesya KIRILENKO, Rivne University, Rivne, Ukraine Laura MARATOU-ALIPRANTI, National Center of Social Research, Greece Analia Cardoso TORRES, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal
	Latin America and the Caribbean (South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean)	Jeanne DE BRUIJN, VU University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Alicia DAMBRAUSKAS, Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay Alicia Itatí PALERMO, Luján National University, Luján, Argentina
	Middle East, West Asia	Nilay CABUK KAYA, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey Nazanin SHAHROKNI, University of Berkeley, USA
	North America, Canada and the United States	Sirma BILGE, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Manisha DESAI, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA Vappu TYYSKA, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Board 2014 - 2018

Co-Presidents	Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFO, University of Ghana, Ghana Josephine BEOKU-BETTS, Florida Atlantic University, USA
President-elect	Melanie HEATH, McMaster University, Canada Cynthia JOSEPH, Monash University, Australia (2014-2017)
Secretary-Treasurer	Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA Melanie HEATH, McMaster University, Canada (2016-2017) Glenda BONIFACIO, University of Lethbridge, Canada (2014-2016)
Newsletter Editor	Nazanin SHAHROKNI, Syracuse University, USA
Regional Representatives	Asia [South, Southeast, East]	Bula BHADRA, India Anita DASH, India Ray-May HSUNG, Taiwan Saori KAMANO, Japan
	Australia	Julie MATTHEWS, University of Adelaide, Australia
	Europe	Anna-Brit COE, Umea University, Sweden Consuelo CORRADI, Lumsa University, Italy Francesca VIANELLO, University of Padua, Italy Chryssanthi ZACHOU, The American College, Greece
	Latin America and the Caribbbean	Alicia I. PALERMO, Luján National University, Argentina Marlise MATOS, Brazil
	Middle East and West Asia	Nilay CABUK KAYA, University of Ankara, Turkey Rima SABBAN, United Arab Emirates
	North America	Shobha Hamal GURUNG, USA Jaya PERUVEMBA, Canada Roberta VILLALÓN, USA Patricia TOMIC, Canada
	Africa	Agatha EGUAVOEN, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Chioma ONYIGE, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Past President	Evangelia TASTSOGLOU, Saint Mary's University, Canada

Board 2018 - 2022. Extended 2023

President	Melanie HEATH, McMaster University, Canada
Co-Presidents-elect	Marlise MATOS, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Secretary	Alicia Itati PALERMO, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina
Treasurer	Manashi RAY, West Virginia State University, USA
Newsletter Editor	Shweta Majumdar ADUR, California State University, Los Angeles, USA
Regional Representatives	Africa	Rosalie Aduayi DIOP, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal Agatha N.T. EGUAVOEN, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Tayo Ola GEORGE, Covenant University, Nigeria Roseanne NJIRU, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya
	Asia (South, Southeast, East)	Bula BHADRA, Calcutta University, India Azam KHATAM, York University (Canada), Iran Rima MAJED, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Kumiko NEMOTO, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan
	Australia	Nana OISHI, The University of Melbourne, Australia
	Europe	Ignazia BARTHOLINI, University of Palermo, Italy Capitolina DIAZ, University of Valencia, Spain Sofia STRID, Orebro University, Sweden Francesca Alice VIANELLO, University of Padua, Italy
	Latin America and the Caribbean	Sue-Anne BARRATT, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Ochy CURIEL, Dominican Republic
	North America	Hara BASTAS, LaGuardia Community College, USA Myrna DAWSON, University of Guelph, Canada Jan Marie FRITZ, University of Cincinnati, USA Peruvemba JAYA, University of Ottawa, Canada
Past Co-Presidents	Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFO, University of Ghana, Ghana Josephine BEOKU-BETTS, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Program Coordinator for XX ISA World Congress 2023 was:
Melanie HEATH