2026 Outstanding Proposal Reviewers

The ASHE Program Committee is grateful to the 741 members who served as Reviewers for the Conference. During the proposal review process, Section Chairs nominated reviewers for thoughtful, thorough, and constructive feedback that went above and beyond peer review expectations. Congratulations to the 36 recipients who were chosen as Outstanding Reviewers for 2026!

• Akira Sawata, University of Minnesota
• Alex Lange, Colorado State University
• Alexander Towle, Pennsylvania State University
• Ashley Gaskew, Baruch College, CUNY
• Autumn Kearney, Ohio State University 
• Blake Billings, Kansas State University
• Brittany Williams, University of Vermont
• Catherine Pressimone Beckowski, Cedar Crest College
• Christian Smith, University of Georgia
• Dana Michelle Harris, Purchase College-SUNY
• Denise Roseland, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Dwenna Holden, University of Denver
• Eileen Galvez, Independent Scholar
• Emmanuel Teye, Montana State University 
• Ethan Youngerman, New York University
• Faye Jones, Florida State University
• Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University
• Jeff Ching-Fan Lai, University of Iowa
• Jessy Cheung, Western Illinois University
• Karen Jarvis-Thorne, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Kris Renn, Michigan State University
• Laura Smithers, University of Nevada, Reno
• Linh Hoang, Florida State University
• Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University
• Mary Duenas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Melissa Whatley, William & Mary
• Meredith Billings, University of Texas at Arlington
• Nick Stroup, Ohio University 
• Pietro Sasso, Old Dominion University
• Rachel Friedensen, St. Cloud State University
• Rachel Killam, University of Tampa
• Renay Scott, New Mexico State University
• Sonja Ardoin, Clemson University 
• Stephanie Sowl, ECMC Foundation
• Wayne Black, University of Cincinnati
• Yiran Chen, University of Michigan