CONGRESS PRESIDENTS
President of the Congress 2017
Professor Alfred Vella, Rector, University of Malta
Past President of the Congress 2016
Fabrizio Micari, Rector, University of Palermo
OFFICERS OF THE MSA
Executive Director
Benjamin F. Taggie: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Associate Director, Treasurer & Congress Coordinator
Louise Taggie, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Chair Congress Program Committee and Program Coordinator:
John Watkins, University of Minnesota
Assistant Director
Vaios Vaiopoulos, Ionian University, Corfu,Greece
Editor, Mediterranean Studies
Susan O. Shapiro, Utah State University
The Association was incorporated in 1994 after several years of informal existence and is a publicly-supported organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.