Leadership

Dues paying members of the International Congress of Infant Studies elect the society’s Officers and Members-at-Large who are responsible for running the society according to the society’s bylaws

Executive Committee

President Rachel Barr Georgetown University
President-Elect Natasha Kirkham Birkbeck, University of London
Past-President Catherine Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Treasurer Gert Westermann Lancaster University
Secretary Vanessa LoBue Rutgers University
Review the strategic plan

Past Presidents

  1. CanadaOTTAWA July 2022 – Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, New York University
  2. VirtualVIRTUAL June 2020 – Lisa Oakes, University of California, Davis, President
  3. USAPHILADELPHIA June 2018 – Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, President
  4. USANEW ORLEANS May 2016 – Karen Adolph, President
  5. GermanyBERLIN July 2014 – Daphne Maurer, President
  6. USAMINNEAPOLIS June 2012 – Dick Aslin, President
  7. USABALTIMORE March 2010 – David Lewkowicz, President
  8. CanadaVANCOUVER March 2008 – Les Cohen, President
  9. JapanKYOTO July 2006 – Joseph Campos, President
  10. USACHICAGO May 2004 – Arnold Sameroff, President
  11. CanadaTORONTO April 2002 – Arnold Sameroff, Acting President; Hanus Papousek, Elected President
  12. UKBRIGHTON July 2000 – Rachel Keen, President
  13. USAATLANTA April 1998 – Esther Thelen, President
  14. USAPROVIDENCE April 1996 – Carolyn Rovee-Collier, President
  15. FrancePARIS June 1994 – Tiffany Field, President
  16. USAMIAMI May 1992 – Gerald Turkewitz, President
  17. CanadaMONTREAL April 1990 – Nathan Fox, President
  18. USAWASHINGTON DC April 1988 – Nathan Fox, Program Chair; Anita Sostek, Local Arrangements Chair
  19. USALOS ANGELES April 1986 – Marian Sigman, Program Chair; Allen Gottfried, Local Arrangements Chair
  20. USANEW YORK April 1984 – Bernard Karmel, Program Chair; Gerald Turkewitz, Local Arrangements Chair
  21. USAAUSTIN April 1982 – Tiffany Field, Program Chair; Les Cohen, Local Arrangements Chair
  22. USANEW HAVEN April 1980 – Stephen Porges, Program Chair; William Kessen, Local Arrangements Chair
  23. USAPROVIDENCE April 1978 – Lew Lipsitt, Chair/Organizer

Members-at-Large

Marianella Casasola (2018 – 2024) Cornell University
Sandra Waxman (2018 – 2024) Northwestern University
Kiley Hamlin (2020 – 2026) University of British Columbia
Koraly Perez-Edger (2020 – 2026) Penn State
Martha Arterberry (2022 – 2028) Colby College
Jessica Bradshaw (2022 – 2028) University of South Carolina
Agnes Kovacs (2022 – 2028) Central European University
Victoria Leong (2022 – 2028) Nanyang Technological University
Samuel Putnam (2022 – 2028) Bowdoin College
Victoria Southgate (2022 – 2028) University of Copenhagen

 

ICIS Committees

2024 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sabine Seehagen, Leher Singh, Sam Waas

ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Past-President, Catherine Tamis-LeMonda

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Secretary, Vanessa LoBue
Editor of Infancy, Gavin Bremner

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE
Chaired by Sam Putnam & Martha Arterbery

BY-LAWS & VISION COMMITTEE
Chaired by President, Rachel Barr

AWARDS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Marianella Casasola

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chaired by Victoria Leong

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Kiley Hamlin

PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Koraly Perez-Edgar

WEBINAR COMMITTEE
Chaired by Natasha Kirkham

Administration

ADMINISTRATOR
Cendrine De Vis

CONFERENCE MANAGER
Jude Ross

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