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Leadership

The Board of Directors of The Eugene O’Neill International Society meets annually in conjunction with  national drama and theatre conferences, or via Zoom. The Board also meets at the Society's International Conference (typically every three years).  The O’Neill Society sponsors scholarly and performance-related panels annually at the American Literature Association (ALA) annual conference, the Comparative Drama Conference (CDC), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) conference, and sometimes at other literature or theatre conferences.

Eugene O'Neill Society Board 2023

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Katie N. Johnson

PRESIDENT

Miami University

(3-Year Term: January 2021-December 2023)

Herman D. Farrell

VICE PRESIDENT

University of Kentucky
(3-Year Term: January 2021-December 2023)

Robert Richter

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Connecticut College

(3-Year Term: July 2022-December 2023)

Shiyan Xu

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY - ASIA

Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
(Indefinite Term)

Thierry Dubost

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY - EUROPE

Universite de Caen Basse-Normandie, France
(Indefinite Term)

GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steven F. Bloom

CHAIRMAN

Lasell University

(3-Year Term: February 2023-December 2023)

DIRECTOR

(4-Year Term: January 2021-December 2024)

Cheryl Black

University of Missouri (Emerita)
(3-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

Jackson Bryer

University of Maryland, College Park
(3-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

Zander Brietzke

Independent Scholar
(1-Year Term: January 2023-December 2023)

Robert M. Dowling

Central Connecticut State University
(4-Year Term: January 2023-December 2026)

Anne Fletcher

Southern Illinois University (Emerita)
(3-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

Sheila Hickey Garvey

Southern Connecticut State University
(4-Year Term: January 2023-December 2026)

Eric Fraisher Hayes

Eugene O'Neill Foundation
(4-Year Term: January 2023-December 2026)

Daniel Larner

Western Washington University (Emeritus)
(4-Year Term: January 2023-December 2026)

Beth Rowen

Villanova University
(3-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

Yuko Sano

Independent Scholar
(3-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

Beth Wynstra

Babson University
(4-Year Term: January 2021-December 2024)

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Stephen A. Black 

Wendy Cooper

Maura O'Neill Jones

Diane Schinnerer

EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS

Steven F. Bloom

Jackson Bryer

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