Executive Board Members
ASBS Officers (2024-2025)
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President
Dorian Williams
Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Join/Renew Membership
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Program Chair & President-Elect
Frances Staten
Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana
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Immediate Past President
Timothy O. Moore
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, Georgia
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Treasurer
McKinley Alexander, Jr.
Retired, Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi
Executive Secretary
Pamela Fells
Holmes Community College
Jackson, Mississippi
First Vice President
Kristie Perry
Southern University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Second Vice President
Dorothy Idleberg
Retired, Alcorn State University
​Jackson, Mississippi
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Recording Secretary
Lakeisha Jenkins Washington Lincoln University - Missouri Jefferson City, Missouri
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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​
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Membership
Kristie Perry
Southern University
Constitution and Bylaws
McKinley Alexander, Jr.
Retired, Jackson State University
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Courtesy
Alton R. Kirk, Psychologist
Associated Psychological Services Center
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Finance Development and Budget
McKinley Alexander, Jr.
Retired, Jackson State University
Nominations
Alma Thornton
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Website
Erica N. Hilton
Methodist University
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Book Party
Delores P. Aldridge
Retired, Emory University
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W. E. B. DuBois Award
Local Arrangements Committee
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Local Arrangements
Kristie Perry
Southern University
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Publications
E. Kelly Sanford
Tennessee State University
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Time and Place
Patricia McGill-Tillman
Retired, Jackson State University
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Graduate Student Research
Shanette Harris
University of Rhode Island
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Undergraduate Student Research
Erica N. Hilton
Methodist University
Journal Editor
R. Gail Grass Fulgham
Jackson State University
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Life Membership
Frances Staten
Grambling State University
Marguerite Rogers Howie
Distinguished Service Award
McKinley Alexander, Jr.
Retired, Jackson State University
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Alton R. Kirk, Psychologist
Associated Psychological Services Center
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Patricia McGill-Tillman
Retired, Jackson State University
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At Large Members​
Term Ending 2025
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Delores Aldridge
Retired, Emory University
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Ogbonnaya John Nwoha
Louisiana Tech University
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Josie Scales
Tennessee State University
Term Ending 2026
Delores Butler
Tennessee State University
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Erica Hilton
Methodist University
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Melvin Walker
Retired, Fort Valley University
Term Ending 2027
Sandra Willis-Theus
Bossier Paris Community College
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Kathy Stromite Golden
Mississippi Valley State University
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Inetha Wimberly
Grambling State University