Board of Directors - 2023

Officers

President
LaShaune Johnson, Creighton University

President-Elect / 2024 Program Chair
Jennifer Pearson, Wichita State University

Secretary
Megan Nielsen, Midland University

Treasurer
Pamela Emanuelson, North Dakota State University 

Directors

At-large Director [2021-24]
Deniz Yucel, William Paterson University of New Jersey

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

Illinois Director [2021-24]
Jorge Chavez-Rojas, Millikin University

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

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

Minnesota Director [2021-24]
Lisa Waldner, University of St. Thomas

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 [2022-25]
Dawn Norris, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Student Directors
Sana Illahe, South Dakota State University [2020-23]
Elyse Neumann, University of Kansas [2021-24]
Genesis Fuentes, University of Maryland, College Park [2022-25]

Appointed Positions

Media Editor 
TBD

Director of Exhibits / Advertising
Carrie Coward Bucher, Elmhurst College

Annual Meeting Committee Chair
Patrick McGinty, Western Illinois University

Local Arrangements Chair [2023, Minneapolis]
Jordan Ruble, Anoka Ramsey Community College

Long Range Planning Committee Chair
Peter Kivisto, Augustana College

Publications Committee Chair
Chris Conner, University of Missouri

Treasurer-Designate
Allison Vetter, Lawrence University

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

Executive Director
Jennifer Talarico, Midwest Sociological Society

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