Board of Directors

Officers

President
Meredith Redlin, South Dakota State University

President-Elect / 2022 Program Chair
Brian Donovan, University of Kansas

Immediate Past President / ASA Representative
Julie Pelton, University of Nebraska Omaha

Secretary
Megan Nielsen, Midland University

Treasurer
Lisa Thrane, Wichita State University

Directors

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

At-large Director [2020-23]
Gina Petonito, Miami University

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

Iowa Director [2020-23]
Susan Stewart, Iowa State University

Kansas Director [2020-23]
Rochelle Rowley, Emporia State University

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

Missouri Director [2020-23]
Pooya Naderi, Park University 

Nebraska Director [2019-22]
Lisa Kort-Butler, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

North & South Dakota Director [2019-22]
Liz Legerski, University of North Dakota

Wisconsin Director [2019-22]
Brandon Hofstedt, University of Wisconsin, Extension

Student Directors
Michael Miner, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee [2019-22]
Sana Illahe, South Dakota State University [2020-23]
Elyse Neumann, University of Kansas [2021-24]

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 [2022, Chicago]
TBD

Long Range Planning Committee Chair
Peter Kivisto, Augustana College

Publications Committee Chair
Joan Hermsen, University of Missouri

Treasurer-Designate
Pamela Emanuelson, North Dakota State University

President-Elect-Elect* / 2023 Program Chair
LaShaune Johnson, Creighton University

Executive Director
Jennifer Talarico, Midwest Sociological Society

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

Find a full roster of MSS Leadership here.