Request for Nominations 2026

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Dear AWAC Members,

We are seeking nominations for the AWAC positions listed below. Please nominate yourself or a colleague by the deadline Sunday, March 8 (at the end of the day in your part of the world) for the opportunity to work more closely with excellent colleagues! AWAC members elected to these positions will begin their duties July 1, 2026. To be elected, members must be in good standing. 

Executive Committee (EC) positions up for election

  • Incoming Chair: This is a staggered three-year term, rotating through one-year terms as Incoming, Current, and Outgoing Chair. A successful incoming chair will generally be someone who (a) has accumulated experiences and professional connections in the profession that facilitate making informed decisions and identifying people and resources to carry out actions; (b) is at a career stage where they can carry out leadership duties with minimal consequences to their desired professional advancement; and (c) has been active in AWAC (e.g., as a committee chair or active member of a committee), or has demonstrated expertise in WAC efforts at a national or international scale.
  • Secretary (three-year term with option to run for second consecutive term): The Secretary supports AWAC’s day-to-day continuity by documenting decisions and maintaining the organization’s records. In practice, this role includes preparing minutes for Executive Committee/Board meetings; circulating minutes to the EC for review and approval; and maintaining AWAC’s permanent files, archives, and Google Workspace (including shared drives and email accounts) so that institutional memory is preserved and accessible as leadership rotates. The Secretary works closely with the Chair and Treasurer and is a voting member of the Executive Committee. Nominations for this position require additional details. Please check out the full call for Secretary nominations here.  

Committee Chair positions up for election

Committee (co-)chairs plan agendas for and preside over committee meetings, collaborate with committee members on identifying and prioritizing committee activities, delegate responsibility for activities among committee members, report on those activities to the Executive Council and the Board, and maintain/distribute meeting minutes.  

Chairs may be nominated for a second consecutive term at the discretion of the EC. 

Please click on the corresponding links to learn more about each committee:

To the extent possible, we wish the board to reflect the diversity of AWAC membership, drawing from diverse institutional types, diverse types of faculty (e.g., WAC program administrators, tenure-line and contingent instructors, graduate students, faculty in the disciplines), diverse regions (in North America and internationally), and diverse backgrounds (race, gender, sexual orientation, ability).

For more about serving on the AWAC Executive Board (which includes the EC and Committee Chairs), please see Article V of the AWAC Bylaws.

Process

Please submit your (self-)nominations to AWAC Chair Crystal Fodrey at gro.noitaicossacaw@riahc with the subject line “AWAC Nomination” by the deadline Sunday, March 8, end of day.

For nominations of others, please submit the following as it relates to your colleague: 

  1. Name
  2. Institutional affiliation
  3. Position you are nominating them for
  4. Their contact information

For self-nominations, please submit the following:

  1. Best contact information and institutional affiliation
  2. The position you are seeking
  3. Your bio (100 words)
  4. A statement (100 words) on why you’d like to serve in the position. For example, what do you hope to accomplish in the position? What is your vision for AWAC? What perspective and/or experience would you bring to the board?

We will host the election on the AWAC website in mid March. Stay tuned for a follow-up announcement with the election link.

Sincerely,
The AWAC Executive Committee
Crystal Fodrey, Chair
Cristyn L. Elder, Past Chair
Heather Falconer, Incoming Chair
Paula Rosinski, Secretary
Laurie Pinkert, Treasurer
Magdelyn Hammond Helwig, Member-at-Large
Rachel Jasiczek, Member-at-Large