Committee Members
Adrienne Jones Daly, Co-chair
Ashanka Kumari, Co-chair
Codi Renee Blackmon (2025–2026)
Cedric D. Burrows (2023–2025)
Tom Do (2023–2025)
Wonderful Faison (2025–2026)
Xuan Jiang (2025–2026)
Suban Nur Cooley (2023–2025)
Nora K. Rivera (2023–2025)
Rachel Sanchez (2025–2026)
Elliot Tetreault (2025–2026)
Committee Charge
Responsibilities and Duties
- To select one AEIC member to serve on the EC according to procedures articulated in the Committee’s bylaws
- To name one AEIC member to serve in the annual Stage 2 Convention Proposal Review Group who
- Makes recommendations on ways to increase equity throughout the process;
- Makes recommendations on ways to increase diversity within the pool of presenters, chairs, and discussants.
- To submit, by the Nomination deadline, a minimum of two nominees from historically marginalized groups to the Nominating Committee for the at-large EC positions
- To identify options and resources to resolve bias incidents, including harassment, discrimination, or any violation of the CCCC Code of Ethics or standards of conduct
- To present an annual report to the Executive Committee that
- Recommends annual program offerings that are inclusive of all members’ areas of research and teaching
- Recommends strategies for supporting engagement of members from underrepresented groups
- Recommends amendments to the organizational and Convention budgets that outline ways to more equitably distribute organizational resources
Membership
- Nine members, elected from the ballot assembled by the Nominating Committee
- Two co-chairs, elected from the nine members of the committee
Terms of Office
- The terms of all chairs and members will commence thirty days after the NCTE Annual Convention next following the election, except that chairs appointed to fill a vacancy (Article IX, Sections 3 and 4) will take office upon their acceptance.
- All chairs and members will serve for a two-year term.
- Chairs cannot be appointed for consecutive terms. Members can serve no more than two consecutive terms.
Meetings
- The AEIC will meet in conjunction with annual program planning, Convention meetings, and elections. Other meetings may be called at the request of the co-chairs.
- Five members of the AEIC will constitute a quorum.
