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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 2024

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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Herman Daniel Farrell III

PRESIDENT

University of Kentucky

(3-Year Term: January 2024-December 2026)

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Alex Pettit

SECRETARY

University of Northern Texas

(4-Year Term: January 2024-December 2027)

Beth Wynstra

VICE PRESIDENT

Babson College

(3-year Term: January 2024-December 2026

Robert Richter

TREASURER

Connecticut College

(4-Year Term: July 2024-December 2027)

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

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Zander Brietzke

BOARD CHAIR 

Independent Scholar

(1-Year Term: January 2024-December 2025)

Board Member

(2-Year Term: January 2023-December 2025)

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)

David Clare

Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick

(1-Year Term: January 2024-December 2024)

Steven F. Bloom

Lasell University

(1-Year Term: January 2024-December 2024)

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)

Katie Johnson

Miami University

(4-Year Term: January 2023-December 2026)

Bess Rowen

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

Yuko Sano

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

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Stephen A. Black 

Wendy Cooper

Maura O'Neill Jones

Diane Schinnerer

EX-OFFICO BOARD MEMBERS

Katie Johnson, Past President

J. Chris Westgate, Editor,

The Eugene O'Neill Review, 

Andrew Lee, Editor, Newsletter  

Polly Heinkel, Editor, Website

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