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MEET THE 
ACME OFFICERs

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Lili Gai, Ph.D.

President

The University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX

gai_l@utpb.edu ● +1 (432) 552-2206

"Jimmy" Zhenning Xu, Ph.D.

Program Chair

California State University, Bakersfield ● Bakersfield, CA

zxu3@csub.edu ● +1 (661) 654-3505

Yolanda Obaze, Ph.D.

University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana

yo21@evansville.edu ● +1 812-488-2858

Vice President for Membership and Associate Program Chair

Clark University ● Worcester, MA

Atefeh Yazdanparast, Ph.D.

ayazdanparast@clarku.edu ● +1 (508) 793-7781

Adam J. Mills, Ph.D.

Secretery and Director of Commuications

Loyola University New Orleans ● New Orleans, LA

ajmills@loyno.edu ● +1 (504) 864-7973

Sanjay S. Mehta, Ph.D.

Treasurer

mehta@shsu.edu ● +1 (936) 294-1312

Atefeh Yazdanparast, Ph.D.

Immediate Past President

Clark University, Worcester, MA

ayazdanparast@clarku.edu ● +1 508-793-7781

Sam Houston State University ● Huntsville, Texas

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Irfan Ahmed, Ph.D.

Renée Gravois, Ph.D.

Lilly Ye, Ph.D.

Past President

Historian

Executive Director

Sam Houston State University ● Huntsville, Texas

Frostburg State University ● Frostburg, Maryland

Sam Houston State University ● Huntsville, Texas

Irfanahmed@shsu.edu ● +1 (936) 294-1276

lye@frostburg.edu ● +1 (301) 687-4258

renee.gravois@shsu.edu ● +1 (936) 294-4947

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