This month’s member spotlight features Meghan McInnis-Domínguez, a twelve-year member of the MLA who is part of the MLA Task Force on World Languages and AI and a speaker at our upcoming webinar, AI in the Spanish Higher Ed Classroom. Learn more about Meghan’s time on the task force and why the Innovation Room is… Read more »
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MLA Executive Director Paula M. Krebs to Step Down in 2027
Paula M. Krebs, the executive director of the Modern Language Association since summer 2017, has informed the Executive Council that she plans to step down in 2027 after ten years with the organization. The Executive Council will begin the search for Krebs’s successor in the coming weeks with the help of an experienced search firm… Read more »
MLA and SMU English’s Project Poëtica to Launch New Poetry Translation Series
The MLA is pleased to announce that it has received generous funding from Southern Methodist University’s Project Poëtica, an initiative of SMU English, to publish the MLA–Project Poëtica Global Translation Series, a five-volume series of poetry translations from a diverse range of less commonly taught world languages. With Project Poëtica’s goal of expanding poetry’s reach… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Víctor Sierra Matute
For our February MLA member spotlight, we’re highlighting the work of Víctor Sierra Matute, who has been an MLA member since 2015. Read about Víctor’s experience with the MLA and his time on the Program Committee: “My first MLA convention was Austin 2016, when I was still a PhD candidate. With support from the MLA… Read more »
MLA Announces 2025 Edward Guiliano Fellows
The MLA has awarded the association’s Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships to sixteen PhD students and candidates in MLA-related disciplines. The fellowships provide up to $2,000 to support travel and research related to the completion of a dissertation, generation of a publishable peer-edited journal essay, or production of other publishable outcomes. The awards also support experiential-learning… Read more »
2027 Presidential Theme: Emancipatory Narratives
Herman Beavers, the 2026–27 president of the MLA, has chosen Emancipatory Narratives as the presidential theme for the 2027 MLA Annual Convention in Los Angeles. As you are no doubt aware, we find ourselves, as a democratic nation of laws and as a profession, at a crossroads. Now, the crossroads is a powerful metaphor; it symbolizes… Read more »
Educational Technologies and AI Agents
Published in the Winter 2025 MLA Newsletter In October 2025, the MLA Executive Council issued a statement, drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching, on educational technologies and AI agents. We interviewed two members of the task force, Matthew Kirschenbaum and Anna Mills, about the importance of the statement and… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Brittney M. Edmonds
This month’s member spotlight features Brittney M. Edmonds, who has been an MLA member since 2019. Learn about Brittney’s experience with the MLA and how MLA resources have supported her work: “I’ve benefited from many aspects of MLA as an organization, particularly its teaching-focused publications. One of my most recent experiences was writing an essay… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Joseph Ortiz
For our December member spotlight, we’re highlighting the work of Joseph Ortiz, who has been a member of the MLA for twenty-four years. Learn about Joseph’s time on the MLA Publications Committee and the resource he recommends to humanities leaders: “Serving on the MLA Publications Committee gave me enormous insight into the innovative research and… Read more »
2025 ADE and ALD Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Association of Departments of English and Association of Language Departments service awards, Teresa Mangum and Sheri Spaine Long. The awards will be presented during the MLA Awards Ceremony, which will take place on 9 January at the MLA Annual Convention in Toronto. Teresa Mangum’s service to the profession has… Read more »