The Research Committee is directed by an international executive committee made up of 7 members, elected by the broader membership:

Chair: James Chamberlain (Mississippi State University)
Vice-Chair: Brian Milstein (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
Secretary: Candi Cipactli Corral (Northern Arizona University)
Steven Klein (University of Florida)
Clyde W. Barrow (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Soledad Soza (Universidad de los Lagos)
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo (University of Ghana).