A program committee and two groups of contributing reviewers (for sponsored and special sessions and for general sessions, respectively) evaluate proposals for contributions to the academic program of the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
The program committee evaluates proposals for sponsored and special sessions and decides on their acceptance or rejection (in June). This committee also oversees the creation of general sessions (in November). Members of the program committee for the 60th Congress are:
Robert F. Berkhofer, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
Lofton Durham, Department of Theatre, Western Michigan University
David Kutzko, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Western Michigan University
Jana K. Schulman, Department of English, Western Michigan University
Theresa Whitaker, Medieval Institute Publications
The body of contributing reviewers for sponsored and special sessions comprises ten reviewers serving two-year terms, five in their first year and five in their second, all selected from among self-nominated volunteers by a committee of the Board of the Medieval Institute. The program committee takes their assessments into consideration in the acceptance and rejection of proposed sessions.
Contributing Reviewers for the 60th and 61st Congresses
Mary Flannery, University of Bern (60th Congress only)
Polina Ignatova, Linköping University
Kyle C. Lincoln, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Margaret McCurry, New York University (61st Congress only)
Andrew Benjamin Salzmann, Benedictine College
Mark Singer, Minot State University
Contributing Reviewers for the 61st and 62nd Congresses
Lucy C. Barnhouse, Arkansas State University
Christina Christoforatou, Baruch College, CUNY
Melissa Ridley Elmes, Lindenwood University
Aistė Kiltinavičiūtė, Vilnius University
Emerson Richards, University of Central Florida
Volunteer to Serve as a Contributing Reviewer
Self-nominations to serve as a contributing reviewer include a required statement of interest (350-word limit), an optional list of academic organizations that you are associated with, as well as an optional description of your activities in and service to the field of medieval studies. You are also welcome to include information about yourself that might help the selection committee better understand how you would contribute to the desired diversity and inclusion of the body of contributing reviewers.
These contributing reviewers evaluated paper proposals submitted to the general sessions or transferred to the general pool from sponsored and special sessions for the 60th Congress.
Robert F. Berkhofer III, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
Luke Conklin, Early Music Michigan
David Kutzko, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Western Michigan University
Molly Lynde-Recchia, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Western Michigan University
Daniel Najork, San Diego State University
Jana K. Schulman, Department of English, Western Michigan University
Nathan Tabor, Department of History, Western Michigan University
Elizabeth C. Teviotdale, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, University of California–Los Angeles
Grace Tiffany, Department of English, Western Michigan University
Kevin J. Wanner, Department of World Religions and Cultures, Western Michigan University
