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 |
Past Presidents
OTTAWA July 2022 – Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, New York University
VIRTUAL June 2020 – Lisa Oakes, University of California, Davis, President PHILADELPHIA June 2018 – Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, President NEW ORLEANS May 2016 – Karen Adolph, President BERLIN July 2014 – Daphne Maurer, President MINNEAPOLIS June 2012 – Dick Aslin, President BALTIMORE March 2010 – David Lewkowicz, President VANCOUVER March 2008 – Les Cohen, President KYOTO July 2006 – Joseph Campos, President CHICAGO May 2004 – Arnold Sameroff, President TORONTO April 2002 – Arnold Sameroff, Acting President; Hanus Papousek, Elected President BRIGHTON July 2000 – Rachel Keen, President ATLANTA April 1998 – Esther Thelen, President PROVIDENCE April 1996 – Carolyn Rovee-Collier, President PARIS June 1994 – Tiffany Field, President MIAMI May 1992 – Gerald Turkewitz, President MONTREAL April 1990 – Nathan Fox, President WASHINGTON DC April 1988 – Nathan Fox, Program Chair; Anita Sostek, Local Arrangements Chair LOS ANGELES April 1986 – Marian Sigman, Program Chair; Allen Gottfried, Local Arrangements Chair NEW YORK April 1984 – Bernard Karmel, Program Chair; Gerald Turkewitz, Local Arrangements Chair AUSTIN April 1982 – Tiffany Field, Program Chair; Les Cohen, Local Arrangements Chair NEW HAVEN April 1980 – Stephen Porges, Program Chair; William Kessen, Local Arrangements Chair PROVIDENCE 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