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
Herman Daniel Farrell III
PRESIDENT
University of Kentucky
(3-Year Term: January 2024-December 2026)
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
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