Board

The present board was elected via digital ballot and confirmed at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Studies Association on May 29, 2026, in Salzburg, Austria.

President (2026–2028):

Frances TANZER, Associate Professor of History, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Vice President (2026–2028):

Gerald J. STEINACHER, James A. Rawley Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Immediate Past President (2023–2025):

Lorely FRENCH, Professor of German, Pacific University of Oregon, Forest Grove, OR

Secretary/Treasurer (2023–2028):

Eric GRUBE, Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston College, Boston, MA

Present members of the board:

Matthew Paul BERG, Professor of History, John Carroll University, Cleveland / University Heights, OH (until 2028)

Mikkel DACK, Associate Professor of History, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
(until 2026)

Gabriela GREILINGER, Doctoral Student, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
(until 2026)

Maureen HEALY, Associate Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
(until 2027)

Emily MARKER, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ
(until 2027)

Laura MOROWITZ, Professor of Art History, Wagner College and Senior Research and Programming Associate, Wagner College Holocaust Center, New York City, NY
(until 2028)

Katya MOTYL, Associate Professor of History, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
(until 2027)

Sarah PAINITZ, Associate Professor of German, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
(until 2026)

And, ex officio (without voting privileges):

Andreas KRANEBITTER, Director, Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, Vienna, Austria

Susanne KEPPLER-SCHLESINGER, Director, Austrian Cultural Forum New York

Luza Prize Committee

Gerald FETZ, Professor of German emeritus, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
(until 2026)

Benjamin FROMMER, Associate Professor, Department of History, Northwestern University
(until 2026)

Margarete LAMB-FAFFELBERGER, Professor Emerita of German and Director of the Max Kade Center for German Studies, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
(until 2026)

Brett E. STERLING, Associate Professor of German, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
(until 2026)

And, ex officio (without voting privileges):

Winfried GARSCHA, Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, Vienna, Austria

(Informal) WEBSITE COMMITTEE
(appointed without a fixed term)

Matthew Paul BERG, Professor of History, John Carroll University, Cleveland / University Heights, OH

Mikkel DACK, Associate Professor of History, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Winfried GARSCHA, Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, Vienna, Austria