FinNALA Organization
Finnish North American Literature Association
FinNALA promotes the dissemination and study of Finnish North American Literature.

FinNALA works to define the depth, breadth, and contours of Finnish North American Literature
from its inception in the late nineteenth century to the present.

FinNALA's promotes study and preservation of literature in Finnish and English and in the mixed
language that sprang from the intermingling of both.
FinNALA's Mission
Advisory Board
  • Beth L. Virtanen, University of Alberta, Edmonton

  • Borje Vahamaki, University of Toronto

  • Varpu Lindstrom, York University, Toronto

  • Jopi Nyman, University of Joensuu

  • John Stotesbury, University of Joensuu

  • Lauri Anderson, Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan

  • Frances Wiideman, Michigan Technological University, Houghton

  • Marianne Wargelin Brown, Independent Scholar
Officers
  • Beth L. Virtanen, President

  • Kaarina Brooks, Secretary

  • Sirpa Kaukinen, Associate Editor, FinNALA Newsletter
Special Thanks to Finlandia Foundation National

FinNALA would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Finlandia Foundation National for their 2005
grant support for the poetry portion of the Annotated Bibliography of Finnish North American
Literature.
Board Member Jopi Nyman
Board Member John Stotesbury
Beth L. Virtanen, PhD
FinNALA President,
Editor-in Chief
Sirpa Kaukinen,
F-Newsletter and
website
associate-editor