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THE Association for nepal
and himalayan studies

Celebrating 50 Years of Scholarship and Networking

Executive Council

The Executive Council of the ASSOCIATION FOR NEPAL AND HIMALAYAN STUDIES (ANHS) is responsible for the general management of the Association affairs. It will consist of a minimum of nine and maximum of fifteen chosen by the Executive Council (EC) according to the procedures and criteria outlined below. Officers, including the President, the Secretary/Treasurer, and Committee members and Chairs, shall be elected by the Council from its own membership. The Editor or Co-Editors of the HIMALAYA will serve as ex-officio Council members.

 Position

 Name and Affiliation Info

 President Milan Shrestha, Full Teaching Professor
School of Sustainability | Arizona State University
 Secretary Ariana Maki, Assistant Professor
College of Art and Architecture | University of Idaho
 Treasurer  VACANT
 Members  Sienna Craig, Professor
Department of Anthropology | Dartmouth College
  Judith Justice, Professor
Institute of Health and Aging | University of California, San Francisco
  Adrian Khan, Doctoral Candidate
Department of Geography and Planning | University of Toronto
  Dinesh Paudel, Professor
Sustainable Development Department | Appalachian State University
  Nadine Plachta, Visiting Assistant Professor
Geography | James Madison University
  Katharine Rankin, Professor
Department of Geography and Planning | University of Toronto
Ex-Officio Members

Jeevan Sharma, Professor of South Asia and International Development
School of Social and Political Science | The University of Edinburgh
[Editors of HIMALAYA]

Michael Heneise, Associate Professor
Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology | UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

ANHS COMMITTEES

Each committee will elect its own Chair and will be responsible for specific ANHS functions. Members may be appointed to the standing committees from the general membership. The Chair of each committee will be responsible: for calling meetings and/or initiating communication between members on current committee business; for communicating progress reports to the President in timely fashion; for communicating with others as required by the functions of the committee; and, for reporting to the Council and ANHS membership at their meetings.

AWARDS COMMITTEES

The James Fisher Prize for First Books on the Himalayan Region
Katharine Rankin, Chair
Nadine Plachta

Himalayan Studies FellowshipsSienna Craig, Chair
Ariana Maki

The Dor Bahadur Bista Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper 
Dinesh Paudel, Chair
Judith Justice

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Nadine Plachta, Chair
Adrian Khan

ANHS KATHMANDU CENTER COMMITTEE
Judith Justice, Chair
Dinesh Paudel

MEMBERSHIP AND POLICY COMMITTEE
Galen Murton, Chair
John Metz
Milan Shrestha

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