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Executive Board Members

ASBS Officers (2025-2026)

President

Frances Staten

Grambling State University

Grambling, Louisiana

Join/Renew Membership

For all inquiries about ASBS membership, please email staten@gram.edu.
Program Chair & President-Elect 

Kristie Perry

Southern University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Immediate Past President

Dorian Williams

Dillard University

New Orleans, Louisiana

Treasurer

McKinley Alexander, Jr.

Retired, Jackson State University           

Jackson, Mississippi  
 

Executive Secretary

Pamela Fells

Holmes Community College        

Jackson, Mississippi  

                             

First Vice President

Dorothy Idleberg

Retired, Alcorn State University

​Jackson, Mississippi

Second Vice President

Erica Hilton

Methodist University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Recording Secretary

Shaciarra Hamilton

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois    

Assistant Recording Secretary

Alma Thornton

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi  

Membership in ASBS is open to scholars, practitioners, and students of all disciplines and ethnicities who embrace and promote the ideals and philosophy of the Association. Members represent disciplines that include agriculture, anthropology, business, communication, counselor education, criminal justice, economics, education, health, history, philosophy, political science, physical education and recreation, psychology, religion, social work, and sociology.


Members receive the organization’s journal, Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the annual ASBS Newsletter.

Committee and Activity Chairs​

Membership        

Kristie Perry

Southern University

                                                          
Constitution and Bylaws 

McKinley Alexander, Jr.

Retired, Jackson State University           

Courtesy 

Alton R. Kirk, Psychologist 

Associated Psychological Services Center 

Finance Development and Budget

McKinley Alexander, Jr. 

Retired, Jackson State University

                             

Nominations

Patricia McGill-Tillman

Retired, Jackson State University

Website

Erica N. Hilton

Methodist University

Book Party                  

Delores P. Aldridge 

Retired, Emory University 

W. E. B. DuBois Award

Local Arrangements Committee

Local Arrangements  

Kristie Perry

Southern University

Publications

E. Kelly Sanford

Tennessee State University

Time and Place

Patricia McGill-Tillman

Retired, Jackson State University

Graduate Student Research

Shanette Harris

University of Rhode Island

Undergraduate Student Research

Erica N. Hilton

Methodist University

 

Journal Editor    

R. Gail Grass Fulgham

Jackson State University

Life Membership

Frances Staten 

Grambling State University 

 

Marguerite Rogers Howie  

Distinguished Service Award     

McKinley Alexander, Jr. 

Retired, Jackson State University

Alton R. Kirk, Psychologist 

Associated Psychological Services Center 

Patricia McGill-Tillman

Retired, Jackson State University

At Large Members​

Term Ending 2026

 

Alana Stevenson

Simmons College of Kentucky

Josie Scales

Tennessee State University

Melvin Walker

Retired, Fort Valley University

Term Ending 2027
Inetha Wimberly

Grambling State University

Kathy Stromite Golden

Mississippi Valley State University

Sandra Willis-Theus

Bossier Paris Community College

Term Ending 2028                                  

Lin

Kathy Stromite Golden

Mississippi Valley State University

Inetha Wimberly

Grambling State University

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