AAASS/AATSEEL Committee on Language
- Cynthia Ruder, Chair, 2009-2011, U of Kentucky
- William J. Comer, 2005-2009, U of Kansas
- Jason Merrill, 2008-2010, Michigan State U
This joint committee has been appointed in 2003 in cooperation with Benjamin Rifkin, 2004 president of AATSEEL, to increase dialogue between area studies specialists and language specialists about the place of language study in the academic preparation of future area studies specialists. The committee solicits contributions for the column "Language and Slavic Studies" appearing periodically in the AAASS NewsNet.





