Executive Council 2024-2025
President

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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William Schaniel, Ph.D.
University of West Georgia (retired)
Global Scholastic Services
126 Point Rd.
Whitesburg, GA 30185
President-Elect

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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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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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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

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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Monica S. Gallamore, Ph.D.
Mellon/ACLS Fellow, 2022
Professor
Collin College - Preston Ridge
Council Member Through 2027

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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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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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Fernando Viacava Breiding
Tecnológico Nacional de México, Campus Morelia
Michoacán
Mexico
Council Member Through 2026

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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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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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Aresta Tsosie-Paddock, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Council Member Through 2025

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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

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

Mandi Bates Bailey, Editor-in-Chief
American University
Co-Editor, Social Science Journal

Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, Editor-in-Chief
North Carolina Central University
(919) 530-7259
Co-Editor, Social Science Journal

Anne Price, Editor-in-Chief
Valdosta State University
(229) 245-4326
Association Archivist

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

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