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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 2025-2027 Matthew Balentine, University of North Alabama
(mdbalentine@una.edu)

Florida 2025-2027: Rachael Cofield, Florida State University
(rcofield@fsu.edu)

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

Kentucky 2025-2027: Michele Abee Biskis, Bellarmine University
(mabeebiskis@bellarmine.edu)

Mississippi 2024-2026: Kayla Stan, The University of Southern
Mississippi,
(Kayla.Stan@usm.edu)

North Carolina 2024-2026: Tommy Patterson, North Carolina A&T
University
(twpatterson@ncat.edu)

South Carolina 2025-2027: Varun Goel, University of South Carolina
(varungoel@sc.edu)

Tennessee 2024-2026: Alisa Hass, Middle Tennessee State University,
(alisa.hass@mtsu.edu)

Virginia 2024-2026: Junghwan Kim, Virginia Tech,
(junghwankim@vt.edu)

West Virginia 2025-2027: Jonathan Kozar, Marshall University,
(kozar@marshall.edu)

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Student Representative to the Steering Committee
Hailey Richardson, The University of Alabama
(hnrichardson1@crimson.ua.edu)

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Honors Committee
Clay Tucker, University of Southern Mississippi (2025-2027)*
(clay.tucker@usm.edu)

Rafael Harun, Tennessee State University (2025-2027)
(sharun@tnstate.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)

Eric Spears, Columbus State University (2025-2027)
(spears_eric@columbusstate.edu)

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Nominations Committee

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

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

David Keellings, University of Florida (2025-2027)
(djkeellings@ufl.edu)

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IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Learning) Committee

Jesse Lane, Northwest Missouri State University (2025-2027)*
(JLANE@nwmissouri.edu)

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

Chandana Mitra, Auburn University (2025-2027)
(czm0033@auburn.edu)

Jack Swab, The University of Tennessee (2025-2027)
(jswab@utk.edu)

John Stehlin, University of North Carolina – Greensboro (2025-2027)
(JGSTEHLI@uncg.edu)

Rakesh Malhotra, North Carolina Central University (2025-2027)
(rmalhotra@nccu.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
(jgallah@umw.edu)

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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
Madhuri Sharma, The University of Tennessee (2025-2027)
(msharma3@utk.edu)

Paul Knapp, University of North Carolina Greensboro (2025-2027)
(paknapp@uncg.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