Board of Directors - 2024-25

Officers

President
Jennifer Pearson, Wichita State University

President-Elect / 2025 Program Chair
Laurie Linhart, Des Moines Area Community College

Secretary
Liz Legerski, University of North Dakota

Treasurer
Pamela Emanuelson, North Dakota State University 

Directors

At-large Director [2024-27]
Ryan Ceresola, Hartwick College

At-large Director [2023-26]
Daniel Bartholomay, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Illinois Director [2024-27]
Rachel Whaley, Southern Illinois University

Iowa Director [2023-26]
Lisa Muñoz, Hawkeye Community College

Kansas Director [2023-26]
Christy Craig, Fort Hays State University

Minnesota Director [2024-27]
Emily Bowman, Metropolitan State University

Missouri Director [2023-26]
Ahoo Tabatabai, Columbia College 

Nebraska Director [2022-25]
Lissette Aliaga-Linares, University of Nebraska Omaha

North & South Dakota Director [2022-25]
Kristi Brownfield, Northern State University

Wisconsin Director, interim [2024-25]
Sana Illahe, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Appointed Positions

Media Editor 
TBD

Director of Exhibits / Advertising
TBD

Annual Meeting Committee Chair
Patrick McGinty, Western Illinois University

Local Arrangements Chair [2024, Des Moines]
Aaron Puhrmann, Grand View University

Governance Committee Chair
Peter Kivisto, Augustana College

Publications Committee Chair
Chris Conner, University of Missouri

Treasurer-Designate
Allison Vetter, Lawrence University

President Elect-Elect* / 2026 Program Chair
Michael Haedicke, University of Maine

Executive Director
Jennifer Talarico, Midwest Sociological Society

*The President Elect-Elect is not formally a member of the Board until they become President-Elect.