Amendments to the EPA By-Laws 

The following changes to the EPA By-Laws were adopted by the Board of Directors at its February 26, 2026 meeting and confirmed by members at the February 27, 2026 business meeting.  Section 6 under Article III Membership, pertaining to application for membership, was deleted, as obsolete.  Under the same article, Section 9, Active Membership was added:  Active Membership: Members are expected to keep their membership active by paying annual dues. The annual dues schedule (early-regular-late) is posted at the start of each fiscal year on June 1. The early dues period extends from June 1 – Dec 1; regular from Dec 1 to Feb 1; late from Feb 1 to the start of the annual meeting. Members who fail to pay dues for a continuous period of 3 years will be deemed inactive and their records in the database will be so marked.

2026 Election Results

The EPA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following results of our recent election:

President elect:  David Kearns, PhD - American University

At-large Members of the Board (3 yr terms):
Claudia Brumbaugh, PhD - Queens College, CUNY
Paige Fisher, PhD - Seton Hall University
J. Byron Nelson, PhD - University of the Basque Country 

New EPA Fellows

Adam Fox, PhD, St. Lawrence University
Jessica Nolan, PhD, University of Scranton
Fanli Jia, PhD.  Seton Hall University
Shaun Cook, PhD, Millersville University
Lindsay Mehrkam, PhD, Monmouth University

EPA 2027 CONFERENCE PLANNING

The 98th EPA Annual Meeting will take place at the Downtown Marriott in Philadelphia, PA on February 25-27, 2027.  The call for submissions will go out around September 1, 2026 and the deadline for submissions of all types will be 5:00PM Eastern Time December 1, 2026. 

Additional information about the 2027 meeting will be posted under the Annual Meeting tab above as it becomes available.

Membership dues Schedule

The EPA Board of Directors approved a membership fee schedule that goes into effect on June 1, 2026.  

Notes:  EPA members may present one paper, one poster and one symposium as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.  Graduate students may present one paper and one poster as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.   Undergraduates (EPA Associates) may present one poster as first (or presenting) author at the meeting.  There is no limit on the number of presentations an individual may appear on as a co-author.  Graduate students may choose to register as EPA Associates, in which case they my present only one poster as first author.  Submissions of one paper and/or one poster to the annual conference from EPA Fellows will be accepted without peer review when the Fellow is presenting author.