Executive Committee:
The Executive Committee of the Richard Rorty Society is composed of nine positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, two At-Large Representatives, one Women’s Committee Representative, one Graduate Students’ Committee Representative, and the Immediate Past President.
CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (as of 2023)
President: Federico Penelas, University of Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, IIF- SADAF / CONICET, Argentina
Vice President: Martin Müller, University of Tübingen, Germany
Secretary: Paul Showler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA
Treasurer: William Curtis, University of Portland, USA
At-Large Representatives:
Nalliely Hernandez, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Yvonne Hütter-Almerigi, University of Bologna, Italy
Women’s Committee Representative: Rebeca Perez Leon, Tecnológico de Monterrey | ITESM · Department of Humanities, Mexico
Graduate Students’ Committee Representative: tbd
Immediate Past President: Marianne Janack, Hamilton College, USA
PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2019-2021 / 2023 owing to COVID):
President: Marianne Janack, Hamilton College, USA
Vice President: Federico Penelas, University of Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, IIF-SADAF / CONICET, Argentina
Secretary & Communications Director: Susan Dieleman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Treasurer: John P. Anderson, Mississippi College of Law, USA
At-Large Representatives:
Michael Bacon, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Alexis Dianda, Xavier University, USA
David McClean, Rutgers University, USA
Martin Müller, Volkshochschule München, Germany
Immediate Past President: Eduardo Mendieta, Penn State University, USA
PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2016-2019):
President: Eduardo Mendieta, Penn State University, USA
Vice President: Marianne Janack, Hamilton College, USA
Secretary & Communications Director: Susan Dieleman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Treasurer: Wojciech Malecki, University of Wroclaw, Poland
At-Large Representatives:
Colin Koopman, University of Oregon, USA
María Pía Lara, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México
David Rondel, University of Las Vegas at Reno, USA
Susana de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Immediate Past President: Christopher Voparil, Union Institute & University, USA
FIRST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2014-2016):
President: Christopher Voparil, Union Institute & University, USA
Vice President: Eduardo Mendieta, Penn State University, USA
Secretary: Susan Dieleman, Dalhousie University, Canada
Treasurer: Wojciech Malecki, University of Wroclaw, Poland
At-Large Representatives:
Ramón del Castillo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, España
Marianne Janack, Hamilton College, USA
Colin Koopman, University of Oregon, USA
María Pía Lara, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México
Immediate Past President: vacant
Fellows of the Richard Rorty Society:
Christopher Voparil, Union Institute & University, USA (Fellow, 2019)
Charles Guignon, University of South Florida, USA (Fellow, 2016)
Richard J. Bernstein, New School for Social Research, USA (Fellow, 2014)
Michael Williams, Johns Hopkins University, USA (Fellow, 2014)
RRS logo vectorized by Łukasz Hajduk and designed by Wojciech Malecki.
The current version of the Society’s bylaws are below.