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Executive Council 2024-2025

President

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Elected Office

Karen Jarratt-Snider, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Applied Indigenous Studies

Northern Arizona University

P.O. Box 15020

Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Immediate Past President

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Elected Office

William Schaniel, Ph.D.

University of West Georgia (retired)

Global Scholastic Services

126 Point Rd.

Whitesburg, GA 30185

President-Elect

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Elected Office

Ruth Whisler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Northern Arizona University - Yuma Branch Campus

PO Box 6236, Yuma, AZ 85366

Phone:  928-373-8880

 

Vice-President / Secretary

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Elected Office

Tonia Warnecke, Ph.D.

Cornell Chair & Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

Rollins College

1000 Holt Avenue, Box 2781

Winter Park, FL 32789

WSSA Council Members

Council Member Through 2027

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Elected Office

Dr. Ejiro U. Osiobe, D.E.D.

Senior Researcher, The Ane Osiobe International Foundation

Department of Business and Economics

Baker University

Council Member Through 2027

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Elected Office

Lily Zeng, Ph.D.

Professor

Graduate Coordinator

School of Media and Journalism

Arkansas State University

Council Member Through 2027

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Elected Office

Monica S. Gallamore, Ph.D.

Mellon/ACLS Fellow, 2022

Professor

Collin College - Preston Ridge

Council Member Through 2027

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Elected Office

E. Scott Lee, D.A.

Chair – Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science

Professor

Collin College - Indiana University East

Council Member Through 2026

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Elected Office

Pierre M. Atlas, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Indiana University Indianapolis

801 W. Michigan Street

BS 4050

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Council Member Through 2026

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Elected Office

Fernando Viacava Breiding

Tecnológico Nacional de México, Campus Morelia

Michoacán

Mexico

Council Member Through 2026

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Elected Office

Pete Martini, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Nevada State University

1300 Nevada State Drive

Kasner Academic Building 119

Henderson, NV 89002

Council Member Through 2025

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Elected Office

Barbara Bonnekessen, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Eastern Illinois University

600 Lincoln Avenue

Charleston, IL 61920-3099

Council Member Through 2025

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Elected Office

Aresta Tsosie-Paddock, Ph.D.

University of Arizona

Council Member Through 2025

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Elected Office

Michèle Companion, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology

University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: 719-255-4141

Ex-Officio Council Members

Executive Director

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Larry A. Gould, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Northern Arizona University

2307 Chof Trail

Flagstaff, AZ 86005

Contact For:

  • All WSSA business matters
  • All WSSA legal matters
  • All WSSA election matters
  • Proposals to add or delete WSSA sections

Co-Editor, Social Science Journal

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Mandi Bates Bailey, Editor-in-Chief

American University

Co-Editor, Social Science Journal

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Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, Editor-in-Chief

North Carolina Central University

(919) 530-7259

Co-Editor, Social Science Journal

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Anne Price, Editor-in-Chief

Valdosta State University

(229) 245-4326

Association Archivist

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Nina Burkardt, Ph.D.

Midcontinent Ecological Science Center

United States Geological Survey (retired)

4512 McMurry Avenue

Fort Collins, CO 80525

Office: (970) 226-9275

Conference Manager / Membership Manager

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Thomas Stark, B.Sc.

Owner, One Stone Web

1955 E. Grovers Ave. #22

Phoenix, AZ 85022

Cell: (815) 213-2479

Social Media Presence

Oliver Harkins

Northern Arizoina University - Yuma