AAUSC Board Members

Mandy Menke

President 2024-2026

Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

In addition to leading AAUSC, the president represents the organization at the ACTFL Momentum meetings and other professional events.

Contact Mandy (menkem@umn.edu)

Boris Yelin

Vice-President 2024-2026

Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Coordinator of the Portuguese Program
Northeastern University

The Vice-President assists the President in planning and executing AAUSC initiatives, as well as representing the organization on the executive committee of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers, the publisher of The Modern Language Journal.

Contact Boris (b.yelin@northeastern.edu)

Kristen Michelson

Secretary 2023-2026

Associate Professor of French

Texas Tech University

Contact Kristen (kristen.michelson@ttu.edu)

Patricia Kyle

Treasurer 2025-2028

Director for Languages Online

Lecturer in French

University of Texas at Austin

Linda Lemus

Webmaster, 2023-2026

Assistant Teaching Professor

Director & Coordinator of the Spanish Language Instruction Program

University of California, Riverside

Contact Linda (llemus@ucr.edu)

Jesse S. Gleason

Editor, Second Language Research & Practice

Associate Professor of Spanish & Applied Linguistics

Southern Connecticut State University

Senta Goertler

Editor, Second Language Research & Practice

Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and German

Michigan State University

Section Conveners

Language Section Conveners coordinate language sections activities and promote membership in the AAUSC. Each Language Section Convener shall serve as liaison between that language group and the main organization.Language Section Conveners serve terms of two years.