About The SAS

Officers & Committees of the Southern Anthropological Society

PRESIDENT (2020-2021)
Matt Samson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Chair, Latin American Studies
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina 28035
Phone: 704-894-2613
Email: masamson@davidson.edu


PRESIDENT ELECT (2020-2023)
Abby Wightman
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Mary Baldwin University
P.O. Box 1500
Staunton, VA 24402
Email: awightman@marybaldwin.edu


IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (2018-2020)
Betty J. Duggan
Retired, Curator of Ethnology and Ethnography
New York State Museum
Adjunct Professor
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
P.O. Box 28212
Chattanooga, TN 37424
Phone: 518-763-2401
Email: bdugganj@hotmail.com


SECRETARY-TREASURER (2023-present)
Shelly Yankovskyy
Valdosta State University
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31698
Email: sayankovskyy@valdosta.edu


COUNCILLORS
Kiley Molinari (2023-2026)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology
Francis Marion University
Florence, SC 29506
Phone: 843-661-1813
Email: kiley.molinari@fmarion.edu


SOUTHERN ANTHROPOLOGIST EDITOR
Matt Samson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Chair, Latin American Studies
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina 28035
Phone: 704-894-2613
Email: masamson@davidson.edu

SOUTHERN ANTHROPOLOGIST EDITORIAL BOARD
Robbie Ethridge
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Department of History
University of Mississippi
Email: rethridg@olemiss.edu

Heidi M. Altman
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8051
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: 912-681-5723
Email: haltman@georgiasouthern.edu

Carrie B. Douglass
Department of Anthropology
Brooks Hall B003
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: 434-982-2993
Email: cbdouglass@virginia.edu

Hector Qirko
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone: 843-953-8185
Email: qirkoh@cofc.edu


SAS PROCEEDINGS GENERAL EDITOR
Marcos Mendoza
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Mississippi
University, MS 36855
Phone: 662-915-7343
Email: mendoza@olemiss.edu


E-NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

ARCHIVISTS
Daniel W. Ingersoll
Department of Anthropology
Kent Hall 330
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
Phone: 240-895-4240
Email: dwingersoll@smcm.edu


ENDOWMENT FUND
Robbie Ethridge
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Department of History
University of Mississippi
Email:rethridg@olemiss.edu


MOONEY PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chair: Marjorie Snipes
Professor
Department of Anthropology
West Georgia College
Carrollton, GA 30118
Phone: 678-839-6453
Email: msnipes@westga.edu

Lindsey King
Associate Professor
Rogers-Stout Hall 205
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614-1702
Phone: 423-439-6584
Email: kingcl@etsu.edu

Antoinette Jackson
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
4202 East Fowler Ave, SOC107
Tampa, FL 33620-7200
Phone: 813/974-6882
Email: atjackson@usf.edu


MOONEY AWARD COORDINATOR

*Please send book entries to Daniel Ingersoll, or contact him for announcements and information on the Mooney Prize.

Daniel W. Ingersoll, Jr.
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus
409 Salt Marsh Lane
Chincoteague, VA 23336
Phone: 240-434-3691
Email: dwingersoll@smcm.edu


ZORA NEAL HURSTON PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chair: Lisa Lefler (2008-2015)
Executive Director, Center for Native Health
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Phone: 828-227-2164
Email: llefler@email.wcu.edu


STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION COMMITTEE
Chair: Marjorie Snipes
Professor
Department of Anthropology
West Georgia College
Carrollton, GA 30118
Phone: 678-839-6453
Email: msnipes@westga.edu

Matthew Richard
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Valdosta State University
Valdosta GA 31698
Email: mjrichar@valdosta.edu