The Society for Critical Exchange has some 850 members, from a diversity of disciplines and fields, whose intellectual interests are shaped by the concerns of literary theory.
The SCE draws its membership from academics and intellectuals accross North America and, in some cases, from Europe as well. The majority of members are employed in Departments of English, Comparative Literature, or Rhetoric; in Departments of Economics; or in Schools of Law.
The SCE is overseen by a Board of Directors, elected by the membership, with an Honorary President. Its operations are governed by an Executive Director and an Associate Director, with the aid of an Assistant to the Directors and a Assistant for Web Development. Currently, these offices are as follows:
Board of Directors
Term Ending 31 December 2000
- Peter Jaszi, Law, American University
- Larry Needham, English, Lakeland Community College
- Regenia Gagnier, English, Exeter University (UK)
- Term Ending 31 December 2002
- Mark Osteen, English, Loyola College
- Andrea Lunsford, English, Ohio State University
- Diana Strassman, Economics, Rice University
Co-Presidents
Term ending December 31, 2000
- Stanley Fish, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago
- Jane Tompkins, Education, University of Illinois, Chicago
President Elect
Nancy Armstrong, English and Comparative Literature, Brown University
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Past Presidents
Ralph Cohen, Barbara Hernstein Smith, Richard Ohmann, Edward Said
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Executive Director
- Martha Woodmansee, English, Case Western Reserve University
Associate Director
- Max Thomas, English, University of Iowa
Assistant to the Directors
- Kristine Kelly, English, Case Western Reserve University
Assistant for World Wide Web Development
- Kristine Kelly, English, Case Western Reserve University
