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Steering Committee
[Includes members of the Executive Committee, the Editors of the Southeastern Geographer, and the elected Representative from the ten states comprising SEDAAG.]

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Editors, Southeastern Geographer
Shrinidhi Ambinakudige (ssa60@msstate.edu)
and
Brian Williams (bsw63@msstate.edu)
Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS 39762

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State Representatives
Alabama 2023-25: Jennifer Rahn, Samford University,
(jlrahn@samford.edu)

Florida 2023-25: David Keellings, University of Florida,
(djkeellings@ufl.edu)

Georgia 2024-26 Richard Milligan, Georgia State University,
(rmilligan@gsu.edu)

Kentucky 2023-25: Bethany Craig, University of Kentucky,
(bcr251@uky.edu)

Mississippi 2024-26: Kayla Stan, The University of Southern
Mississippi,
(Kayla.Stan@usm.edu)

North Carolina 2024-26: Tommy Patterson, North Carolina A&T
University,
(twpatterson@ncat.edu)

South Carolina 2023-25: Jerry Mitchell, University of South Carolina,
(mitchell@sc.edu)

Tennessee 2024-26: Alisa Hass, Middle Tennessee State University,
(alisa.hass@mtsu.edu)

Virginia 2024-26: Junghwan Kim, Virginia Tech,
(junghwankim@vt.edu)

West Virginia 2023-25: Tom Saladyga, Concord University,
(saladygat@concord.edu)

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Student Representative to the Steering Committee
Katrina Ward, University of Kentucky (2024-2025)
(katrina.ward@uky.edu)

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Honors Committee
Maegen Rochner, University of Louisville (2023-2025)
(meagen.rochner@louisville.edu)*

Gabe Schwartzman, University of Tennessee (2023-2025)
(gschwar3@utk.edu)

Paul Knapp, University of North Carolina – Greensboro (2024-2026)
(paknapp@uncg.edu)

Helen Rosko, Georgia Southern University (2024-2026)
(hrosko@georgiasouthern.edu)

Sandy Marshall, Elon University (2024-2026)
(dmarshall8@elon.edu)

Amber Ignatius, University of North Georgia (2024-2026)
(amber.ignatius@ung.edu)

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Nominations Committee
Joyce Clapp, UNC Greensboro (2023-2025)
(jfclapp@uncg.edu)

Michael Ewers, UNC Charlotte (2024-2026)
(mewers@charlotte.edu)

Cara Robinson, Tennessee State University (2024-2026)
(crobin22@tnstate.edu)

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IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Learning) Committee
Clay Tucker, University of Alabama (2024-2026)*
(cstucker3@ua.edu)

Timothy Mulrooney, North Carolina Central University (2023-2025)
(tmulroon@nccu.edu)

Travis Bradshaw, Liberty University (2023-2025)
(tbradshaw10@liberty.edu)

Rafael Harun, Tennessee State University (2023-2025)
(sharun@tnstate.edu)

Gabriela Hamerlinck, University of Florida (2024-2026)
(ghamerlinck@ufl.edu)

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Undergraduate Education Committee
Jennifer Rahn, Samford University
(jlrahn@samford.edu)

Phillip Schmutz, University of West Florida
(pschmutz@uwf.edu)

Heidi Lannon, Santa Fe College
(heidi.lannon@sfcollege.edu)

Matt Cook, Eastern Michigan University
(mcook40@emich.edu)

Jacqueline Gallagher, University of Mary Washington

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Geography Bowl Committee
Dawn Drake, The University of Oklahoma, (Director)
(dmdrake@ou.edu)

Jamison Conley, West Virginia University
(jamison.conley@mail.wvu.edu)

Lee Ann Nolan, West Virginia University

Paul McDaniel, Kennesaw State University
(pmcdan11@kennesaw.edu)

Joshua Hodge, The University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
(Joshua-Hodge@utc.edu)

Mark Sciuchetti, Jacksonville State University
(msciuchetti@jsu.edu)

Ethan Bottone, Northwestern Missouri State University
(ebottone@nwmissouri.edu)

Dawn Bowen, The University of Mary Washington
(dbowen@umw.edu)

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Audit Committee
Saskia van de Gevel, Appalachian State University (2023-2025)
(gevelsv@appstate.edu)

Joe Weber, University of Alabama (2023-2025)
(jweber2@au.edu)

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Endowment Committee
John Kupfer, University of South Carolina,
(kupfer@sc.edu)

Kathy Sherman-Morris, Mississippi state University,
(kms5@msstate.edu)

Paul McDaniel, Kennesaw State University,
(pmcdan11@kennesaw.edu)

Derek Alderman, University of Tennessee,
(dalderma@utk.edu)

Michael Pretes, University of North Alabama,
(mjpretes@una.edu)

Mark Sciuchetti, Jacksonville State University, SEDAAG Treasurer
(msciuchetti@jsu.edu)

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Webmaster
Caroline McClure, Georgia State University
cmcclure5@gsu.edu

*Denotes Committee Chair