Early Career Program Committee 2025-2026
2025-2026 Committee Members
| Name | Title | Role | Organization / Institution |
| Yu Tan | Post Doctoral Fellow | Committee Chair | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Dauren Sarsenbayev | PhD Candidate | Vice Chair | Massachusetts Institue of Technology |
| Laira Kelley | Post Doctoral Researcher | Group Advisor | Vanderbilt University |
| Fangfei Liu | PhD Candidate | Group Advisor | Vanderbilt University |
| Martha Santos | PhD Candidate | Outreach | University of Central Florida |
| Irene Marry | PhD Candidate | Outreach | Oregon State University |
| Darlington Yawson | PhD Candidate | Award and Paper | Vanderbilt University |
| Viviana Cardenas Ocampo | PhD Candidate | Award and Paper | Georgia Institute of Techonolgy |
| Ke Wu | Post Doctoral Fellow | Social Media | Texas Tech University |
| Emily Byrum | PhD Candidate | Social Media | Vanderbilt University |
| Rachel Acosta | PhD Candidate | Field Trip/Site Visit | Rutgers University |
| Josephine Adelegan | PhD Candidate | Field Trip/Site Visit | Howard University |
Past Committee Chairs
Steven Crouse, Georgia Institute of Technology (2024-2025)
Stephen Kustka, Oregon State University (2023-2024)
Joshua Hargraves, Oregon State University (2021-2023)
Faculty Leads
| Name | Title | Role | Institution |
| Martha Grover | Professor and Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies | Faculty Co-Lead | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Jiannan (Nick) Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty Co-Lead | University of Central Florida |