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Arts Council of the African Studies Association

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Contact

Please contact Caroline Bastian Retcher, ACASA Admin/Project Manager with any questions or concerns at bastian@acasaonline.org

If there is a question for a specific board member or board role, please contact them via their ACASA email listed below:

Paul Basu
President, term transitions ASA 2025, ends ASA 2025
president@acasaonline.org

Mark DeLancey
Past President, term ends ASA 2025
pastpresident@acasaonline.org

Amanda M. Maples
Vice-President/President-Elect, Term transitions ASA 2025, ends Triennial 2027
vp@acasaonline.org

Nichole Bridges
Treasurer, term ends ASA 2025
treasurer@acasaonline.org

Michelle Apotsos
Treasurer-Elect, term transitions ASA 2025, ends Triennial 2027
treasurerelect@acasaonline.org

Allison Martino
Secretary, term ends Triennial 2027
secretary@acasaonline.org

Ruth Sacks
Newsletter Editor, term ends Triennial 2027
newseditor@acasaonline.org

Ashley Stewart
Website Editor, term ends ASA 2025
websiteeditor@acasaonline.org

David Doris
Social Media Editor, term ends Triennial 2027
socialmedia@acasaonline.org

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About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

Obituaries

Here you can find the obituaries for colleagues who unfortunately left us much too early.

 

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