About Our Leadership

The BSA Council provides strategic leadership for the organization, defining our mission and values and prioritizing initiatives to achieve them. Members of the Council serve as advocates and ambassadors for the Society’s initiatives and programs. On committees, BSA members help shape the future of bibliography by leading our key programs – like Events, Publications, BibSite, New Scholars, and Fellowships – and providing oversight on the Audit and Investment Committees.

Officers ↑

President
Kinohi Nishikawa, Princeton University

Vice President
Megan L. Peiser, Oakland University

Secretary
Megan R. Constantinou, Simmons University

Treasurer
Patrick Olson, Patrick Olson Rare Books

Staff ↑

Executive Director
Erin McGuirl

PBSA editorial team ↑

Editors, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
Sarah Werner, Editor, independent scholar
Jonathan Senchyne, Associate Editor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dylan Lewis, Managing Editor, University of Maryland

The Council ↑

Class of 2028
Douglas Nelson, Nelson Rare Books
Heather O’Donnell, Honey & Wax Booksellers
Rebecca Romney, Type Punch Matrix
Karin Wulf, Brown University

Class of 2027
Megan L. Cook, Colby College
Jose Guerrero, Berkeley Public Library
Magalí Rabasa, Lewis & Clark College
Emily Spunaugle, Oakland University

Class of 2026
Mary Crawford, Stanford University
Robert D. Montoya, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies & CalRBS
Andrew T. Nadell, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Ott, Emory University

Delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies
Elizabeth Denlinger, New York Public Library

Audit Committee Chair
Joan Friedman, Urbana, IL

Committee & working group rosters ↑

Audit Committee Expand

Joan Friedman, Urbana, IL (Chair)
James Blanco, Guggenheim Partners
Patrick Olson, Patrick Olson Rare Books (ex officio)
Elizabeth Ott, Emory University
David Richards, Bookseller

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BibSite Editorial Board Expand

Eric Ensley, University of Iowa (General Editor)
Jolie Braun, Ohio State University
Jamie Cumby, The Grolier Club
Jose C. Guerrero, Berkeley Public Library
Kate Ozment, Cal Poly Pomona
Emma M. Sarconi, Princeton University Library Special Collections

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Events Committee Expand

Mathieu Bouchard, John Abbott College (Chair)
Colleen Barrett, University of Kentucky
Hannah Goeselt, Massachusetts Historical Society
Guillermo Morales, Professor
Jessica Salinas, New York Public Library
Shannon Supple, Beinecke Library at Yale University
Kellee Warren, University of Illinois Chicago

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Events Planning Sub-Committee Expand

Clara Drummond, Penn State University (Chair)
Xena Becker, Colgate University
James R. Kelly, Amherst College
Kevin McKinney, Long Island University
Hannelore Segers, Yale University
Emily Spunaugle, Oakland University

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Fellowship Committee Expand

Emily Kader, Appalachian State University (Chair)
Jeremy B. Dibbell, Binghamton University Libraries
Paul Erickson, William L. Clements Library
Stephanie Frampton, MIT
John J. Garcia, American Antiquarian Society
Laura Helton, University of Delaware
Marian Toledo Candelaria, University of Virginia
Matt Wills, Peter Harrington Rare Books

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Working Group for Fellows & Fellowships Expand

Shira Buchsbaum, The Grolier Club (Chair)
Tad Boehmer, Michigan State University
Jaime Groetsema Saifi, University of Kansas
Alvionne Karpinski, University of British Columbia
Dylan Lewis, University of Maryland
Irina Savinetskaya, Syracuse University Libraries
Kelly Wooten, Duke University Libraries

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Investments Committee Expand

Joan Friedman, Urbana, IL (ex officio)
James P. Blanco, Guggenheim Partners
Linda Brocato, University of Arkansas
Andrew T. Nadell, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Patrick Olson, Patrick Olson Rare Books (ex officio)

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Liaisons Committee Expand

Jeanne-Marie Musto, Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library – College Art Association (Chair)
John J. Garcia, American Antiquarian Society - American Antiquarian Society
Jose Guerrero, Berkeley Public Library - Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS
Gina Marie Hurley, Yale University – International Congress on Medieval Studies
Rhiannon Knol, Bruce McKittrick Rare Books – Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)
Svetlana Kochkina, Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University – Bibliographical Society of Canada
Karen Limper-Herz, British Library - Bibliographical Society
Douglas Nelson, Nelson Rare Books - Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Karla A.M. Nielsen, Huntington Library – Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP)
Aaron T. Pratt, the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin – Renaissance Society of America (RSA)
David Solo, MIT - Center for Book Arts
Emily Spunaugle, Oakland University – American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS)

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Membership Committee Expand

Charlotte Priddle, New York University (Chair)
Kelly Bullard, UNC Chapel Hill
Erin McGuirl, BSA Executive Director (ex officio)
Gwendolyn D. Reese, Antiquarian Book School Foundation
Jasmine Sykes-Kunk, Brown University

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New Scholars Committee Expand

Agnieszka Rec, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Chair)
Meghan Constantinou, Simmons University
Lisa Maruca, Wayne State University
Aaron T. Pratt, The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin

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Nominating Committee Expand

Elizabeth Ott, Emory University (Chair)
Heather Cole, Brown University
Adam Hooks, University of Iowa
Christina Vortia, Howard University
Nick Wilding, Georgia State University

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PBSA Advisory Board Expand

Alexander Ames, The Rosenbach Museum & Library
Hwisang Cho, Emory University
Megan Cook, Colby College
Brigitte Fielder, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Emily Friedman, Auburn University
Alan Galey, University of Toronto
Alex Hidalgo, Texas Christian University
Joseph Howley, Columbia University
Evyn Kropf, University of Michigan
Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
Kinohi Nishikawa, Princeton University
Leah Price, Rutgers University
Joran Proot, Cultura Fonds Library
Joseph Rezek, Boston College
Curtis Small, University of Delaware
Adam Smyth, Balliol College University of Oxford
Kelly Wisecup, Northwestern University
Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library

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Publications Committee Expand

Karin Wulf, Brown University (Chair)
Karen Clausen-Brown, Institute for Advanced Study
Finch Collins, Linda Hall Library
Megan L. Cook, Colby College
Elizabeth Denlinger, New York Public Library (ex officio)
Emiko Hastings, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan
Eileen Horansky, Ohio State University
Leah Johanson, The Grolier Club & The New York Public Library
Mary Catherine (M.C.) Kinniburgh, Granary Books
Jonathan Senchyne, UW-Madison iSchool

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Past Presidents ↑

To learn more about the past leadership of the Bibliographical Society of America, please visit the page created by Professor Kathleen McCook on Wikipedia.

Get involved ↑

Interested in serving on the Council or a BSA committee?