Within the Academy are ten specific interests sections. These sections sponsor symposia, panels, workshops, and papers at the annual ALSB Conference. They also provide teaching and research support in their specialized areas. Membership in the sections is only available to ALSB members and is $10 per year in addition to the annual membership dues. Membership in more than one section is also encouraged. The sections and the contact persons are:
Black Faculty Section
2024-25 Officers:
Chair: Aaron Pennington, University of Cincinnati
Vice Chair: Ivy White, Georgia State University
Secretary: Shawn Grant, Baruch College CUNY
Immediate Past Chair: Aquesha Daniels, Western Kentucky University
Legacy Projects Committee Lead: Justin Reyna, University of Maryland
Mentorship Committee Lead: Robert Thomas, Indiana University
The mission of this Section is to promote, sponsor, and engage in conversation in the ALSB regarding the needs of faculty of color and the role that our home institutions and the ALSB can have in promoting those needs.
The Section will advise and collaborate with the ALSB’s efforts to advance the interests and inclusion of faculty of color as scholars and teachers of law and ethics in business schools. These conservations are inextricably linked to the equity, inclusion, access, and belonging of all ALSB faculty – Black, Hispanic/Latinx, International, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, Asian, White, and other groups. To advance these objectives, the Section will sponsor and conduct panels, symposia, workshops, presentations, and networking events with a focus on historically underrepresented groups in the ALSB while recognizing intersectionality and acknowledging the achieving equity, inclusion, access, and belonging for some ALSB members advances the same for all ALSB members. Accordingly, the Section welcomes all ALSB members to be “in the room.”
Employment Law
2025-26 Officers:
President: Hannah Weiser, Bentley University
Vice President: Christopher Dinkel, Oklahoma State
Secretary: Matthew Cummings, Bentley University
Ethics
2025-26 Officers:
Chair: Suneal Bedi, Indiana University
Vice Chair: Susan (Stacey) Supina, St. Thomas (MN)
Awards Chair: Maria Granik, Bentley University
Communications Chair: Nicholas Hakun, Temple University
Environmental Law and Sustainability
2024-25 Officers:
Chair: Bonnie Persons, California State University Chico
Vice Chair: Elissa Marek, Texas State University
Secretary: Janet Hale, Texas State University (ret.)
Interdisciplinary Section
2025-26 Officers:
President Emeritus: Angelica Guevara, Indiana University
President: Linda Ficht, Purdue University
Vice President: Tony Na’ayem, Missouri State University
Secretary: Laura Stephan Ryan, Butler University
Communications: Tim Lemper, Purdue University
2025 Interdisciplinary Section Spring Newsletter
Interdisciplinary Section Flyer
The mission of the Interdisciplinary Section is to cultivate a dynamic and inclusive forum across various legal disciplines; to foster collaboration and innovation at the intersection of these disciplines; to incorporate a holistic approach to understanding our legal systems; to embrace the symbiotic relationship between law, management, and strategy; and to enhance the effectiveness of analysis and decision-making in the study, research, practice, and teaching of law.
The Interdisciplinary Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business strives to involve its members in the collaboration and integration of expertise from multiple fields beyond independently substantive areas of practice and academia. We strive to integrate knowledge and methods from various fields beyond traditional legal disciplines to address complex legal issues and problem-solving, be it in study, research, practice, or the classroom. In this section, our aims are to facilitate an inclusive, collaborative, and holistic approach by incorporating insights from various disciplines and cultivating a deeper understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political attributes of our legal systems and their relationship with management and strategy to achieve business objectives that nurture resilience, agility, ethical and effective governance, sustainable growth and allocation of resources, and mitigation of risks. We encourage creativity and innovation in legal studies, research, practice, presentation, and pedagogy; enhancement of the effectiveness of analysis and decision-making in business and our professions; and thinking outside traditional legal frameworks toward ground-breaking areas of research.
International
2025-26 Officers:
President: Joan Martinez Evora, University of Miami
Vice President: Katayoon Beshkardana, Morgan State University
Secretary: Don Mayer, University of Denver
Law for Accountants
2025-26 Officers:
Chair: Sean Shannon, SUNY Oneonta
Co-Vice Chairs: Ellen Best, University of North Georgia and Jonathan Brignall, Grand Valley State University
Sports and Entertainment Law
2025-26 Officers:
Chair: John Holden, Indiana University
Vice Chair: Marc Edelman, Baruch College
Past Chair: Leslie Garbarino, Babson College
Teaching and Pedagogy
2025-26 Officers:
Chair: Jason Epstein, University of Georgia
Vice-Chair: Stephanie Moore, Indiana University
Program Chair: Tim Duff, Bentley University
Communications Director: Ilisabeth Bornstein, Bryant University
Technology
2025-26 Co-Chairs
Abbey Stemler, Indiana University
Lawrence Trautman, Prairie View A&M University