This month’s member spotlight features Darin Jensen, a ten year member of the MLA who currently serves on the Ad Hoc Committee on the Academic Workforce in Languages and Literatures. Learn more about Darin’s experience with the MLA: “I have been surprised and delighted at how the MLA has pivoted to be more inclusive of… Read more »
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Member Spotlight: Ignacio Sánchez Prado
For our October member spotlight, we’re highlighting Ignacio Sánchez Prado, a twenty-one-year member of the MLA. Read about Ignacio’s time on the Executive Council and which MLA resources he has found invaluable to his work: “[W]hen I became a member of the Executive Council, I was immensely and positively surprised about all the work the… Read more »
MLA Members Elected to the American Antiquarian Society
Congratulations to the six MLA members who were elected as members of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in October 2025! According to the AAS, members “are elected by their colleagues in recognition of their eminent works of scholarship, artistic endeavors, or public engagement in pre-twentieth-century American history and culture.”
Ramón Saldívar Receives Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award
Ramón Saldívar, professor of English and comparative literature and the Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, will receive the eleventh MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. The Executive Council selected Saldívar for the award on the recommendation of the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Review Committee. Saldívar is renowned as a scholar of… Read more »
Member Spotlight: LeAnne Spino-Seijas
This month’s member spotlight highlights LeAnne Spino-Seijas, an MLA member since 2017. Read about LeAnne’s experience participating in the MLA Pathways program and how MLA resources have supported her work: “I am an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Rhode Island. I also direct the International Studies and Diplomacy (ISD) program at the… Read more »
Contribute to an MLA Volume on Teaching Literary Maximalism
The volume Teaching Literary Maximalism, edited by Benjamin Bergholtz and Yonina Hoffman, is now in development in the MLA Options for Teaching series. To learn more about the volume and how to propose an essay, please visit the MLA website. Please send abstracts and CVs to the editors by 15 December 2025.
MLA Members Awarded August 2025 NEH Grants
Congratulations to the six MLA members who were awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants in August 2025! Their projects include a volume on Walt Whitman’s journalistic writing; a virtual institute on the history of literary education; a research center focused on AI, the humanities, and the health sector; and more. Deborah GussmanProject Title: Letters… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Miriam Wallace
Miriam Wallace, who first joined the MLA in 1986, is featured in our August member spotlight. Read about Miriam’s experience with how the MLA has evolved over the years and what impact MLA resources have had on her career: “[T]he MLA has changed in some great ways—this is now the first place I go for… Read more »
Member Spotlight: Michael Jacobs
For our July member spotlight, we’re highlighting the work of Michael Jacobs, a seven-year member of the MLA who serves as provost and vice president of academic and student affairs at Monroe Community College. Read about Michael’s work on the Committee on Community Colleges and which MLA resources he recommends other members take advantage of: “Serving on MLA’s… Read more »
MLA Members Awarded 2025 ACLS Fellowships
Congratulations to the six MLA members who have been awarded 2025 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships. ACLS fellowships support untenured early-career scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences as they complete a major scholarly project.