The Semiotic Society of America (SSA) is the leading semiotics organization in North America and is guided by a board of officers and editors listed below. We are a transdisciplinary professional organization serving a diverse community of scholars with common interests in the study of signs and sign systems. Founded in 1975/1976, the Society has supported innovative scholarship linking analytical and critical approaches to the transmodern world. Sign theories are relevant to the sciences, social sciences, and humanities alike — applying to disciplines as diverse as anthropology, biology, cognitive science, communication, cybernetics, fine arts, law, literary criticism, linguistics, logic, marketing, media studies, mathematics, pedagogy, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, and technology.
The SSA is responsible for the publication of The American Journal of Semiotics and hosts an Annual Meeting featuring the latest research in the field of semiotics. Proceedings from the SSA Annual Meeting are published in the SSA Yearbook series. Additionally, the SSA features two awards, the Sebeok Fellow Award for outstanding contributions to the field of semiotics and the Roberta Kevelson Award for best student paper submitted at the SSA Annual Meeting.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Michael Raposa
Lehigh University
Vice-President/President-Elect
Hongbing Yu
Toronto Metropolitan University
Immediate Past President
Ronald C. Arnett
Duquesne University
Executive Director
Javier Clavere
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
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ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
Independent Scholar
Charles University, Prague
Svitlana Volkova (2023)
Kyiv National Linguistics University, Ukraine
Hong Wang (2023)
Shippensburg University, USA
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Farouk Y. Seif, Chair (2025)
Antioch University Seattle
Dora Ivonne Alvarez Tamayo (2025)
UPAEP University
Joseph DeChicchis (2025)
Kwansei Gakuin University
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2023 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Hongbing Yu (Chair)
Toronto Metropolitan University
Dora Ivonne Alvarez Tamayo
Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
Lian Duan
Concordia University
Martin Macháček
Charles University, Czechia
Farouk Y. Seif
Antioch University Seattle
Svitlana Volkova
Kyiv National Linguistics University, Ukraine
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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SEMIOTICS
Editor-in-Chief
André De Tienne
IUPUI – Indiana University at Indianapolis
Assistant Editor
Baranna Baker
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SSA YEARBOOK
Editor-in-Chief
André De Tienne
IUPUI
Editor
Farouk Y. Seif
Antioch University Seattle
Assistant Editor
Baranna Baker
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SEBEOK FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
Gila Safran-Naveh (Chair) (2018 to 2022)
University of Cincinnati
Vincent Colapietro (2019 to 2023)
2018 Sebeok Fellow
Pennsylvania State University
Nathan Houser (2020 to 2024)
2019 Sebeok Fellow
IUPUI
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PRESIDENTS OF THE SEMIOTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Ronald C. Arnett (2022)
Frank Macke (2020 SSA rescheduled for 2021)
Ted J. Baenziger (2016)
Marcel Danesi (2015)
Elliot Gaines (2014)
André De Tienne (2013)
Isaac Catt (2012)
Frank Nuessel (2011)
John Coletta (2010)
Thomas F. Broden (2009)
Robert Hatten (2008)
Nathan Houser (2007)
Joseph Brent (2006)
C. W. Spinks (2005)
C. W. Spinks (2004)
Vincent Colapietro (2003)
Paul Perron (2002)
John Deely (2001)
William Pencak (2000)
Floyd Merrell (1999)
Jean Umiker-Sebeok (1998)
Myrdene Anderson (1997)
Roberta Kevelson (1996)
Eugen Baer (1995)
Richard L. Lanigan (1994)
Michael Shapiro (David Savan*) (1993)
Nancy Armstrong (1992)
Linda Waugh (1991)
Robert Scholes (1990)
Bennetta Jules-Rosette (1989)
Jonathan Culler (1988)
Naomi S. Baron (1987)
Michael Riffaterre (1986)
Donald Preziosi (1985)
Thomas A. Sebeok (1984)
Irmengard Rauch (1983)
Harley C. Shands* (1982)
Richard Bauman (1981)
Allen Walker Read (1980)
Max H. Fisch (1979)
Thomas G. Winner (1978)
Eugen Baer (1977)
Henry Hiż (1976)
* Harley C. Shands passed away while in office; David Savan passed away before taking office.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE SEMIOTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Elvira Katić (2012–2014)
Terry J. Prewitt (2007–2012)
John Deely (2002–2007)
[Secretary of SSA Committee of Presidents,
Acting Executive Director, Executive Director]
Linda J. Rogers (1998–2001)
Terry J. Prewitt (1994–1998)
Dean MacCannell (1985–1994)
Margot D. Lenhart (1980–1985)
Thomas A. Sebeok (1977–1979)
