The Election is now open for four Councilor (board member) positions on the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) Board of Directors.
To vote, Log In to your account and click “Vote in the 2025 Board of Directors Election.” You must be a current member to vote. If you're not a current member, you can join SNL by clicking “Pay Membership” on your account home page. If you don't have an SNL Account, please Create An Account.
Voting closes on June 17, 2025.
Positions
Each year, four directors are elected: Chair-Elect, Treasurer-Elect, Secretary-Elect and Program Committee Chair-Elect. Directors are elected for a three-year term. Every two years, a Student/Postdoc Representative is elected to a two-year term. Responsibilities associated with all positions can be found in the bylaws.
The 2025 candidates were selected by an independent Nominating Committee from candidates nominated by SNL members.
Candidates
Click a candiate's name to view their bio.
Chair-Elect
Gina Kuperberg, Tufts University and Massachusetts General Hospital
Kate Watkins, University of Oxford
Jim Magnuson, University of Connecticut and Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language (BCBL)
Treasurer-Elect
Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, New York University
Jonathan Brennan, University of Michigan
Ajay Halai, University of Cambridge
Secretary-Elect
Danielle Fahey, University of Montana/University of Alabama
Maria Ivanova, UC Berkeley
Kathrin Rothermich, East Carolina University
Program Committee Chair-Elect
Monika Molnar, University of Toronto
Saloni Krishnan, University College London
Elana Zion-Golumbic, Bar Ilan University
Leonardo Fernandino, Medical College of Wisconsin
Student / Postdoc Rep-Elect
Chiung-Yu Chang, University of Massachusetts
Annette Glotfelty, University of Texas Dallas
Laura Giglio, University of South Carolina
Ryan M.C. Law, University of Cambridge
Agata Wolna, MIT
Sarah Woods, The University of Utah
Current Board
Chair: Jonathan Peelle, Northeastern University
Treasurer: Francesca Branzi, University of Liverpool
Secretary: Simona Mancini, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language
Program Committee Chair: Katrien Segaert, University of Birmingham
Student/Postdoc Rep: Xin Sun, University of British Columbia
Chair-Elect: Beth Jefferies, University of York
Treasurer-Elect: Tyler Perrachione, Boston University
Secretary-Elect: Nai Ding, Zhejiang University
Program Committee Chair-Elect: Valentina Borghesani, Université de Genève
Past Chair: Sophie Scott, University College London
Past Treasurer: Eva Gutierrez-Sigut, University of Essex
Past Secretary: Daniela Sammler, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt/Main
Past Program Committee Chair: William Matchin, University of South Carolina
