WPSA Officers and Council Members - 2026/2027 

Officers: Tony Affigne, Carrie Currier, Chris Stout, Natalie Masuoka, Ivy Cargile, Richard Clucas

 President

Tony Affigne
Providence College

Vice-President/ Program Chair

Carrie Currier
Texas Christian University

Vice President-Elect

Christopher Stout
University of California, San Diego

Recording Secretary

Ivy Cargile
California State University Bakersfield

Treasurer

Natalie Masuoka
University of California, Los Angeles

Executive Director

Richard Clucas
Portland State University
[email protected]

Regional Council Members

Marcela García-Casteñeda (2027)
San Francisco State University

Gabriele Magni (2027)
Loyola Marymount University

Mina Suk (2027)
Arizona State University

Brian Calfano (2027)
University of Cincinnati

Kathryn Perkins (2028)
California State University, Long Beach

Scott Siegel (2028)
San Francisco State University

Ngoc Phan (2028)
Hawaii Pacific University

Desiree Melonas (2029)
University of California, Riverside

Christopher Harris (2029)
University of California, Irvine 

Natasha Altema McNeely (2029)
University of North Texas 

Hope Dewell Gentry (2029)
Montana State University - Billings

Ex-Officio Council Members

Charles Anthony (“Tony”) Smith 

PRQ Editor in Chief

University of California, Irvine

Regina Branton

PGI Editor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tony Carey

PGI Editor
University of Pittsburgh

Claudio Holzner

PRQ Managing Editor
University of Utah

Lorrie Frasure

President, 2024-2025

University of California, Los Angeles

Other WPSA Leaders (not on council)

Julio Castilleja
Conference and Membership Coordinator
[email protected]

Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Virtual Community Program Chair
University of California, Irvine