Notes on work of ESA AY:2019-2020

Hello, friends,

We hope this note finds you safe and well, and want to archive here, for the record, the events of the ESA 2019-2020 Committees.

We’re writing—albeit belatedly—to wrap up this year’s ESA business. here’s a digest of everything you’ll find in this message:

  1. Some abbreviated updates from PSC Steward Olivia Wood;
  2. Links to view-only versions of ESA meeting agendas;
  3. Links to view-only versions of meeting notes from other Program-related matters, including Graduate Council meetings and Executive Committee meetings, among other gatherings; and
  4. A table listing next year’s ESA committees and details about other elections-related news.

FIRST: UPDATES FROM PSC STEWARD OLIVIA WOOD

Olivia Wood, the Program’s PSC steward, wrote to the listserv earlier this month to communicate a number of useful updates, one of which is an effort to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on the Graduate Center community.

SECOND: ESA MEETING AGENDAS

We’ve had a remarkable year! ICYMI, here are links to view-only versions of agendas from this year’s ESA meetings:

NEXT: NOTES FROM OTHER PROGRAM-RELATED MEETINGS

In addition to collecting notes from the ESA’s structured meetings, we’ve also been keeping tabs on other Program-related gatherings. Here are links to view-only versions of meeting notes that might interest you:

LAST, THOUGH NOT LEAST: AY 2020-2021 ESA ELECTION RESULTS

Finally, we’d like to share with you the results of the elections for AY 2020-2021 offices and committees. Here’s what next year’s committees look like as of May 2020:

Committee (# of seats) AY 2020-2021 Members
Admissions and Financial Aid (8) Onur Ayaz

Sharanya Dutta

Daniel Hengel

Christian Lewis

Emily Price

Nik Valdez

Michell Wilson

Alumni and Fundraising (4) Sukie Kim

Stefano Morello

Queenie Sukhadia

Co-Chair (variable) Will Arguelles

Genevieve Bettendorf

Olivia Wood

Conference Operations (variable) [null]
Conference Steering (variable) Miranda Hajduk

Emily Price

Course Assessment (6) Onur Ayaz

Cary Fitzgerald

Curriculum (2) Mitchell Wilson
Diversity (6) Filipa Calado

Miranda Hajduk

Daniel Hengel

Emily Price

Nik Valdez

Elections (2) Onur Ayaz
Executive (2 plus 2 co-chairs) Shoumik Bhattacharya

Michele Chinitz

Faculty Membership (2) Jacob Aplaca

Filipa Calado

Friday Forum (2) Miranda Hajduk

Bradley Nelson

Placement (4) Queenie Sukhadia
Recruitment (5) Christian Fryer-Davis

Daniel Hengel

Michell Wilson

Representative Outreach (6) Jacob Aplaca

Dainy Bernstein

Miranda Hajduk

Stefano Morello

Website and Editorial (6) Param Ajmera

Nicole Cote

Cary Fitzgerald

Zach Muhibauer

Queenie Sukhadia

Mitchell Wilson

Organized by Emily Price and Miranda Hajduk, the upcoming 2021 ESA Conference is titled: End Times: Approaches to the Apocalypse. More to come from Emily and Miranda about this JUICY topic—and from the incoming Co-Chairs regarding vacancies. (If you’d like to read up on what is and isn’t possible regarding this second point, you can access a read-only copy of the Constitution and By-Laws here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nxbIxtW0kaQWTx-s6CTgfOP60lVJPPLmB2_Cr_5yEls/edit?usp=sharing.)

MOST OF ALL: A FINAL ADIEU

In order not to clog your inboxes with another “thanks through hard times” message, let’s end with two simple notes of gratitude:

Thanks, all, for your happy fellowship this year.

We are still joyfully yours—

Will Arguelles, Gen Bettendorf, and Christina Katopodis

The 2019-2020 ESA Co-Chairs