Southern Sociological Society Committees
2014-2015
Southern Sociological Society Officers (elected and appointed)
President:
David Maume, University of Cincinnati
(david.maume@uc.edu)
Vice President:
John Reynolds, Florida State University
(john.reynolds@fsu.edu)
Executive Officer:
David L. Brunsma, Virginia Tech
(brunsmad@vt.edu)
Recording Secretary: Stephanie A. Bohon, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
(sbohon@utk.edu)
President-elect:
Barbara Risman, University of Illinois-Chicago
(brisman@uic.edu)
Vice President-elect: Steve McDonald, North Carolina State University
(steve_mcdonald@ncsu.edu)
Executive Committee (elected)
The Executive Committee includes the SSS Officers and the following:
Past President:
Leslie Hossfeld, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
(hossfeldl@uncw.edu)
Past-Past President: Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
(tomaskovic-devey@soc.umass.edu)
Past-Past-Past President: Beth A. Rubin, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
(barubin@uncc.edu)
Executive Committee Members
2014-2017:
Dawn Robinson, University of Georgia (sodawn@uga.edu)
Lisa Slattery Walker, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
(Lisa.Walker@uncc.edu)
2013-2016:
James N. Maples, Eastern Kentucky University
(jmaple11@utm.edu)
Elizabeth Stearns, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
(mestearn@uncc.edu)
2012-2015:
Toni Calasanti, Virginia Tech (toni@vt.edu)
Shannon Davis, George Mason University (sdaviso@gmu.edu)
Publications Committee (elected—three years)
Chair: Bill Danaher, Southern Illinois University (danaherw@siu.edu)
Martha Crowley, North Carolina State University, 2017 (martha_crowley@ncsu.edu)
Kirsten Dellinger, University of Mississippi, 2017 (kdelling@olemiss.edu)
Jill Kiecolt, Virginia Tech, 2015 (kiecolt@vt.edu)
Koji Ueno, Florida State University, 2016 (kueno@fsu.edu)
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2014
(tomaskovic-devey@soc.umass.edu)
Ex-officio:
Robert Freymeyer, Editor, The Southern Sociologist, Presbyterian College
(rfreym@presby.edu)
David L. Brunsma, SSS Executive Officer, Virginia Tech (brunsmad@vt.edu)
J. Slade Lellock, Webmaster, Virginia Tech (jsl@vt.edu)
Program Committee (appointed—one year)
Co-Chair: Shannon Davis, George Mason University (sdaviso@gmu.edu)
Co-Chair: Sarah Winslow, Clemson University (swinslo@clemson.edu)
Dustin Avent-Holt, Georgia Regents University (daventho@gru.edu)
Maria Aysa-Lastra, Winthrop University (aysalastram@winthrop.edu)
Nick Berigan, East Tennessee State University (beriganphd@outlook.com)
Dana Berkowitz, Louisiana State University (dberk@lsu.edu)
Krista Brumley, Wayne State University (kbrumley@wayne.edu)
D'Lane Compton, University of New Orleans (dcompton@uno.edu)
Matthew Ezzell, James Madison University (ezzellmb@jmu.edu)
Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina-Charlotte (sfitzger@uncc.edu)
Lisette Garcia, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
(lgarcia@hacr.org)
Angie Hattery, George Mason University (ahattery@gmu.edu)
Amie Hess, Meredith College (hessamie@meredith.edu)
Brian Hinote, Middle Tennessee State University (Brian.Hinote@mtsu.edu)
Sue Hinze, Case Western Reserve University (susan.hinze@case.edu)
Kecia Johnson, Florida State University (kjohnsonlists@gmail.com)
Gayle Kaufman, Davidson College (gakaufman@davidson.edu)
Meredith Kleykamp, University of Maryland (kleykamp@umd.edu)
Arielle Kuperberg, University of North Carolina-Greensboro (atkuperb@uncg.edu)
Carol Ann MacGregor, Loyola University New Orleans (camacgre@loyno.edu)
Debarashmi Mitra, Central New Mexico Community College (dmitra@cnm.edu)
Karen Parker, University of Delaware (kparker@udel.edu)
Carmel Price, University of Michigan (carmelp@umich.edu)
Allison Pugh, University of Virginia (apugh@virginia.edu)
Tom Shriver, North Carolina State University (tom_shriver@ncsu.edu)
Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl, Coastal Carolina (hstrmicp@coastal.edu)
Sheryl Skaggs, University of Texas – Dallas (slskaggs@utdallas.edu)
Earl Smith, Wake Forest University (smithearl8@gmail.com
Shelley Smith, University of South Carolina, shelley-smith@sc.edu)
Kevin Stainback, Purdue University (stainback@purdue.edu)
Will Tyson, University of South Florida (wtyson@usf.edu)
Elizabeth Vaquera, University of South Florida (evaquera@usf.edu)
Gretchen Webber, Middle Tennessee State University (Gretchen.Webber@mtsu.edu)
Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University (alw6@clemson.edu)
Deniz Yucel, William Patterson University (yuceld@wpunj.edu)
Local Arrangements (appointed—one year)
Chair: Jaita Talukdar, Loyola University of New Orleans (jtalukda@loyno.edu)
Sue Mennino, Loyola University of New Orleans (smennino@gmail.com)
Finance Committee (appointed—six years)
Chair: David L. Brunsma, Executive Officer, Virginia Tech (brunsmad@vt.edu)
David Maume, University of Cincinnati, President (david.maume@uc.edu)
Barbara Risman, President-Elect, University of Illinois-Chicago (brisman@uic.edu)
Charlie Brody, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 2018 (cbrody@uncc.edu)
Jeremy Reynolds, University of Georgia, 2016 (jreynolds@uga.edu)
Kirsten Dellinger, Ole Miss, 2020 (kdelling@olemiss.edu)
Nominations Committee (appointed—three years)
Chair: John Reynolds, Vice President, Florida State University
(john.reynolds@fsu.edu)
John Shefner, University of Tennessee, 2017 (jshefner@utk.edu)
Tom Shriver, North Carolina State University, 2017 (tom_shriver@ncsu.edu)
Diane Evertt, Stetson University, 2017 (deveret@stetson.edu)
Kecia Johnson, SUNY-Albany, 2016 (kjohnson@albany.edu)
William Tyson, University of South Florida, 2016 (wtyson@usf.edu)
Angela Wadsworth, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2016
(wadswortha@uncw.edu)
Amy Chasteen Miller, University of Southern Mississippi, 2015
(amy.chasteen@usm.edu)
Patricia Warren, Florida State University, 2015 (pwarren836@comcast.net)
James Witte, George Mason University, 2015 (jwitte@gmu.edu)
Election Committee (appointed—five years)
Chair, Stephanie A. Bohon, Recording Secretary, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
(sbohon@utk.edu)
David L. Brunsma, Executive Officer, Virginia Tech (brunsmad@vt.edu)
J. Slade Lellock, Webmaster, Virginia Tech (jsl@vt.edu)
Committee on Honors (appointed—three years)
Chair: Hugh Floyd, Samford University, 2016 (hhfloyd@samford.edu)
Stephen McNamee, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2016
(mcnamee@uncw.edu)
Kenneth Andrews, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2015 (kta@unc.edu)
Hernan Ramirez, Florida State University, 2015 (hramirez@fsu.edu)
Carmel Price, University of Michigan, 2017 (carmelp@umich.edu)
Amy Donley, University of Central Florida, 2017 (adonley@mail.ucf.edu)
Site Selection Committee (elected and appointed—four years)
Chair: Leslie Hossfeld, University of North Carolina-Wilmington (hossfeldl@uncw.edu)
Site Selection Officers:
Dennis McSeveney, University of New Orleans (dmcseven@uno.edu)
Charles Tolbert, Baylor University (charlie_tolbert@baylor.edu)
David Maume, University of Cincinnati (david.maume@uc.edu)
Leslie Hossfeld, University of North Carolina-Wilmington (hossfeldl@uncw.edu)
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
(tomaskovic-devey@soc.umass.edu)
Beth Rubin, University of North Carolina-Charlotte (barubin@uncc.edu)
Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities (appointed—three years)
Chair: J. Scott Carter, University of Central Florida, 2015(carter@mail.ucf.edu)
Melencia Johnson, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 2017 (MelenciaJ@usca.edu)
Zandria Robinson, University of Memphis, 2017, (zrobinsn@memphis.edu)
Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl, College of Charleston, 2016 (strmicpawlhv@cofc.edu)
Sancha Medwinter, Duke University, 2016(sld28@socduke.edu)
Bruce Wade, Spelman College, 2015 (bwade@spelman.edu)
Committee on Professions (appointed—three years)
Chair: Rebecca Bach, Duke University, 2015 (rbach@soc.duke.edu)
Diane Levy, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2016 (levyd@uncw.edu )
Paul Luebke, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 2015 (paul.luebke@ncleg.net)
Mathieu Deflem, University of South Carolina, 2017 (deflem@mailbox.sc.edu)
George Wilson, University of Miami, 2017 (gwilson@mail.as.miami.edu)
Committee on Sociological Practice (appointed—three years)
Chair: E. Brooke Kelly, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, 2015
(brooke.kelly@uncp.edu)
Shirley Rombough, University of Texas-Pan American, 2017 (srombough@utpa.edu)
Benjamin Albers, Bridgewater College, 2017 (balbers@bridgewater.edu)
Josh Tuttle, George Mason University, 2016 (jtuttle2@masonlive.gmu.edu)
Julia Waity, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 2016, (waityj@uncw.edu)
Frank Samson, University of Miami, 2015 (flsamson@miami.edu)
Committee on Sociology in Community and Small Colleges (appointed—
three years)
Chair: Nicholas Guittar, Valdosta State University, 2015
(naguittar@valdosta.edu)
Editor, The Teaching Corner: James N. Maples, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015
(jmaple11@utm.edu)
Jeannie Haubert, Winthrop University, 2015 (haubertj@winthrop.edu)
Sandra Weissinger, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 2015 (sweissi@siue.edu)
Susan Ambler, Maryville College, 2016, (susan.ambler@maryvillecollege.edu)
Kimberly Lancaster, Coastal Carolina Community College, 2016
(lancasterk@coastalcarolina.edu)
DeAnna Gore, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 2017 (deannag@usca.edu)
Kris De Welde, Florida Gulf Coast University (dewelde@fgcu.edu)
Membership Committee (appointed—three years)
Chair: Anthony Greene, College of Charleston, 2015 (greenead@cofc.edu)
Anthony Peguero, Virginia Tech, 2017 (anthony.peguero@vt.edu)
Lane Destro, Radford College, 2017 (destro@roanoke.edu)
Jean-Anne Sutherland, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2016
(sutherlandja@uncw.edu)
Susan Pearce, East Carolina University, 2016 (pearces@ecu.edu)
Adrienne Milner, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2015 (anmilner@comcast.net)
Committee on the Status of Students (appointed—three years)
Co-Chair: Jeffrey Will, University of North Florida, 2015 (jwill@unf.edu)
Co-Chair: Linda Renzulli, University of Georgia, 2017
(lindarenzulli1@gmail.com)
Abigail Reiter, George Mason University, 2016 (areiter12@gmail.com)
David Gay, University of South Florida, 2017 (David.Gay@ucf.edu)
Allison Wisecup, Radford University, 2017, (awisecup@radford.edu)
Committee on Gender and Sexuality (appointed—three years)
Chair: Julie Wiest, West Chester University, 2015 (jbwiest@gmail.com)
Deniz Yucel, William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2017 (yucel@wpunj.edu)
Kylie Perrotta, Delaware State, 2017, (kparrotta@desu.edu)
Marni Brown, Georgia Gwinett College, 2016, (mbrown30@ggc.edu)
Christy Flatt, Gordon State University, 2016, (cflatt@gordonstate.edu)
Lakshmi Jayaram, University of South Florida, 2015 (lakshmi3786@gmail.com)
Development Committee (ad-hoc)
Chair: Stephanie Moller, University of North Carolina-Charlotte (smoller@uncc.edu)
Angela O’Rand, Duke University (aorand@soc.duke.edu)
Vincent J. Roscigno, The Ohio State University (roscigno.1@osu.edu)
Beth A. Rubin, University of North Carolina-Charlotte (barubin@uncc.edu)
Disaster Relief Committee (ad-hoc)
Chair: David L. Brunsma, Virginia Tech (brunsmad@vt.edu)
Dana Greene, North Carolina State University (dmgreene@nccu.edu)
DeMond Miller, Rowan University (millerd@rowan.edu)
J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama (spicou@usamail.usouthal.edu)
Presidential Task Force on Committees
Chair: Denise Bissler, Randolph Macon College (dbissler@rmc.edu)
James N. Maples, Eastern Kentucky University (jmaple11@utm.edu)
Cameron Lippard, Appalachian State University (lippardcd@appstate.edu)
Assistant Executive Officer (appointed—five years)
J. Slade Lellock, Virginia Tech (jsl@vt.edu)
Archivist (appointed—indefinite term)
James Hougland, University of Kentucky (jghoug2@email.uky.edu)
Electronics Communication Coordinator (appointed—five years)
J. Slade Lellock, Webmaster, Virginia Tech (jsl@vt.edu)
Audio-Visual Coordinator (appointed—indefinite term)
Lindsay Kahle, Virginia Tech (lindsk87@vt.edu)
Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Liasion (appointed—
indefinite term)
Roberta Spalter-Roth
Organizational Liaison (appointed—indefinite term)
Kirsten Dellinger, University of Mississippi (kdelling@olemiss.edu)
Parliamentarian (appointed—indefinite term)
Thomas C. Hood, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (tomhood@utk.edu)
Presidential Aide (appointed—one year)
Michael Maume, University of North Carolina-Wilmington (maume@uncw.edu)