AAAL 2026 Call for Nominations - JEDI

The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) invites AAAL members to self-nominate or nominate other candidates who are deemed suitable to run for election to serve the Association. Elected members will begin their work after the AAAL March 2027 Conference, with the exception of Nominating Committee members, who will begin in summer 2026, immediately after the election is held. Individuals who are interested in running must be current AAAL members in good standing and must maintain their AAAL membership for the duration of the commitment. To learn more about AAAL governance, go to: https://www.aaal.org/governance

Nominations (including self-nominations) are being accepted for the following positions:

• (1) JEDI Committee two-year term
• (1) JEDI Committee three-year term

Criteria for this position (see Standing Rule 10: The JEDI Committee) include the following:

JEDI committee member nominees should have demonstrated experience engaging with issues of structural inequality and social justice. Such experience may be reflected in prior service, advocacy work, scholarly contributions, community involvement, or other relevant forms of engagement.

After the first two-year term expires, it will become a three-year term.

Evaluation will be based on (1) where stipulated within the role description (see Standing Rules), prior service to date to AAAL and/or disciplinary and professional expertise relevant to the committee; (2) alignment with AAAL’s stated mission, values, and commitments.

All elected individuals serve in a strictly voluntary capacity. There is no financial compensation. Being elected into the position does not include a waiver of membership dues or conference registration fees. Travel or accommodation for the annual conference will not be covered. Attendance to some in-person EC meetings is mandatory, in the case of Executive Committee (EC) members (Second Vice President, Secretary, Member-at-Large). In those cases, AAAL covers limited travel expenses and accommodation expenses.

If you wish to self-nominate, please submit the following materials via the self-nomination form for evaluation by the Nominating Committee. (If you wish for nominate someone else, please use the colleague nomination form, and AAAL will contact them to request the needed materials):

• complete and updated contact information including current position/title, institution/company/organization, department/program/unit/division, and address with country, email address, and phone number
• a professional organization service record statement (service to AAAL and/or other organizations) (no more than 250 words, including how it addresses the AAAL Mission)
• a formal biographical statement containing information relevant to the position (no more than 250 words, including how it addresses the AAAL Mission)

Nominations will be reviewed by the Nominating Committee (NOMCO), which is comprised of the Committee Chair (Gail Prasad), President-Elect (Manka Varghese: ex officio), and four newly elected members (Nelson Flores, Shaofeng Li, Tracy Quan, and Bedrettin Yazan). The slate of selected nominees will be announced at the Association’s business meeting during the AAAL 2026 Conference in Chicago, IL.

Selected nominations will be placed on the ballot in Summer 2026 for consideration by AAAL members. With the exception of Nominating Committee members, who begin work in Summer 2026 (immediately after election results are known), all other elected members begin their work after the AAAL 2027 Conference in Atlanta, GA (March 13-16, 2027).

If you have any questions about this call, please contact the Chair of the Nominating Committee, Gail Prasad, at nominations@AAAL.org.

 The deadline to nominate: September 30, 2025.