Executive Board Members
ASBS Officers (2025-2026)
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President
Frances Staten
Grambling State University, Retired
Grambling, Louisiana
Join/Renew Membership
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Program Chair & President-Elect
Kristie Perry
Southern University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Immediate Past President
Dorian Williams
Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana
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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
Dorothy Idleberg
Retired, Alcorn State University
​Jackson, Mississippi
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Second Vice President
John Nwoha
Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana
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Recording Secretary
Shaciarra Hamilton
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Assistant Recording Secretary
Alma Thornton
Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi
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Archives
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
Dorothy Idleberg
Retired, Alcorn State University
​Jackson, Mississippi
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
Jackson State University
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Website
Kristie Perry
Southern University
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Book Party Sponsor Delores P. Aldridge
Retired, Emory University
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W. E. B. DuBois Award
Local Arrangements Committee
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Local Arrangements
Dorian Williams, Dillard University
Esmail Ashraf, Dillard University
Pamela Fells, Holmes Community
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Publications
Thomas Durant,
Retired, Louisiana State University
Chair
Shenette Harris
University of Rhode Island​​​
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Alexander Mckinley
Jackson State University
​John Nwoha
Grambling State University
Alana Stevenson ​
​Linda Delaney
Stephen Okojie
Jackson 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
Thomas Durant
Louisiana State University, Retired
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Journal Editor
Thomas Durant,
Retired, Louisiana State University
Life Membership
Frances Staten
Retired, 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 2026
Delores Butler
Tennessee State University
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Alanna Stevenson
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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
Term Ending 2028
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Reginald Johnson
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Shanette Harris
University of Rhode Island​​​
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Linda Delaney
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