2025 EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS COMMITTEE
The Early Career Scholars Committee takes responsibility for championing the views and needs of ASOR’s early career scholars (a group defined as including all 17³Ô¹Ïmembers who qualify for the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Early Career membership rates); hosting a luncheon and other programming as deemed appropriate for Early Career Scholars at the 17³Ô¹ÏAnnual Meeting; and working with the 17³Ô¹Ïstaff, 17³Ô¹Ïleadership, and the 17³Ô¹ÏBoard of Trustees to further the goal articulated in the 17³Ô¹Ï2021-2025 Strategic Plan, to develop strategies to foster the next generation of scholars of the Near East and wider Mediterranean and promote their success. 17³Ô¹ÏEarly Career Scholars include all 17³Ô¹Ïmembers who qualify for the following levels of membership: Early Career, Graduate, and Undergraduate.
- Luiza Osorio G Silva, Co-Chair (until December 31, 2027)
- Vanessa Workman, Co-Chair (until December 31, 2025)
- Shira Albaz, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2026)
- Regan Baker, 17³Ô¹ÏStaff Member (ex officio, non-voting)
- Cecelia Chisdock, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2026)
- Brook Norton, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Marta Ostovich, 17³Ô¹ÏStaff Member (ex officio, non-voting)
- Mandy Porter, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Avary Taylor, Early Career Scholar Member (until December 31, 2027), Liaison to the Growth, Innovation, and Visibility Committee
- Savanna Henning Watson, Graduate Student Member (until December 31, 2027)
- Sarah Wenner, Early Career Scholar Member, (until December 31, 2026), Liaison to the Program Committee