Tiana Silvas, New York City Public Schools, NY

Secondary Representative-at-Large

Holly Spinelli, Monroe-Woodbury High School, NY 

Trustees of the Research Foundation

Mónica González Ybarra, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Lauren Leigh Kelly, Rutgers University, NJ

NCTE Nominating Committee 

Joaquin Muñoz, University of British Columbia, BC Canada 

Jessica Martell, Central Park East 2 School, NY 

Ankhi G. Thakurta, Boston College, MA 

Betina Hsieh, University of Washington, WA 

Sharim Hannegan-Martinez, University of Michigan, MI 

Steering Committee 

Natasha Thornton, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 

Shuling Yang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 

Yvette Marie Regalado, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 

Nominating Committee 

Jarvais Jackson, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 

Tiffany L. Palmatier, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Bilal Polson, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY 

Steering Committee 

Jennifer Ochoa, New York City Department of Education, NY

Kristen Walsh, Oswego Community Unit School District 308, IL 

Maria Hernandez Goff, Renton School District, WA 

Nominating Committee 

Andrea Parker, Chicago Public Schools, IL

Tamblyn J. Bohannon, Mobile County Public Schools, AL 

Heather Kliever, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 

Steering Committee 

Frank Mata, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Eastvale, CA

Melissa Alter Smith, Lake Norman Charter School, NC 

Lindsay Schneider, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, NC 

Nominating Committee

Neisha Terry Young, Stony Brook University, NY 

Taylor Young, Jefferson County Public Schools, KY

Kate Youngblood, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA 

Nominating Committee 

Stephanie West-Puckett, University of Rhode Island 

Katina L. Thomas, Prairie View A&M University, TX   

Nasiba Norova, Metropolitan State University, MN 

Executive Committee  

Rubén González, University at Buffalo, NY  

Naitnaphit Limlamai, Colorado State University 

Justin A. Coles, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Nominating Committee  

Donja Thomas, Gahanna Lincoln High School, OH 

Amber Lawson, Bowling Green State University, OH

Barrett Rosser, Morgan State University, MD 

Cori McKenzie-Read, SUNY Empire State University, NY 

Jen McLaughlin Cahill, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

President-Elect 

Maria Perpetua (Perpie) Liwanag, Towson University, MD 

Executive Board 

Kelly Hill, University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Angela Lathem-Ballard, Center for Teaching and Learning, ME 

TYCA Secretary

Teresa Lopez, Pellissippi State Community College, TN