Executive Board Members
ASBS Officers (2024-2025)
President
Dorian Williams
Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Join/Renew Membership
For all inquiries about ASBS membership, please email staten@gram.edu.
Program Chair & President-Elect
Frances Staten
Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana
Immediate Past President
Timothy O. Moore
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, Georgia
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
Second Vice President
Dorothy Idleberg
Retired, Alcorn State University
Jackson, Mississippi
Recording Secretary
Lakeisha Jenkins Washington Lincoln University - Missouri Jefferson City, Missouri
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
Alma Thornton
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 2025
Delores Aldridge
Retired, Emory University
Ogbonnaya John Nwoha
Louisiana Tech University
Josie Scales
Tennessee State University
Term Ending 2026
Delores Butler
Tennessee State University
Erica Hilton
Methodist University
Melvin Walker
Retired, Fort Valley University
Term Ending 2027
Sandra Willis-Theus
Bossier Paris Community College
Kathy Stromite Golden
Mississippi Valley State University
Inetha Wimberly
Grambling State University