Paula Leverage
Associate Professor of French, Purdue University
I am an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Cultures at Purdue University and Director of our Center for NeuroHumanities, whose research and teaching explore intersections between science and the humanities. My past service to the society reflects my commitment to furthering its mission to provide an academic home for researchers from all relevant disciplines, including students and professionals, both affiliated and unaffiliated with academic institutions. I have been a member at large on SLSA’s executive committee for the last three years, and in 2022 I chaired the society’s annual conference hosted by Purdue (“Reading Minds: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, and the Reading Human”). SLSA has been an important society for my own professional development and I want to do my part to ensure its continuing success as a vehicle for advancing research in the field through conferences, conversations, inspiration, support, and mentoring. To that end, I would like to increase the opportunities for discussion and collaboration between conferences through virtual lectures, workshops, and writing groups.