Section Officers and Steering Committee

2025-2026 Section Officers

President
Terri Bimes
University of California, Berkeley
bimes@berkeley.edu

Vice President
Brendan Doherty
United States Naval Academy
doherty@usna.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Gbemende Johnson
University of Georgia
gbemende.johnson@uga.edu 

Past President/Ex-Officio
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
University of North Texas
Matthew.Eshbaugh-Soha@unt.edu

Social Media Coordinator
Austin Trantham
Saint Leo University
austin.trantham@saintleo.edu

2026 Division Chair
Christopher Devine
University of Dayton
cdevine1@udayton.edu

Steering Committee Members

Mary McHugh, Merrimack University (2023-2026), mchughm@merrimack.edu

Nancy Kassop, SUNY-New Paltz (2023-2026), kassopn@newpaltz.edu

Kenneth Lowande, University of Michigan (2024-2027), lowande@umich.edu 

Alison Howard, Dominican University of California, (2024-2027),  alison.howard@dominican.edu

Yu Ouyang, Purdue University Northwest (2024-2027), yuouyang@pnw.edu

Ilana Shpaizman, Bar Ilan University (2024-2027), ilana.shpaizman@biu.ac.il

Kevin Baron, Siena University (2025-2028), kbaron@siena.edu 

Justin Vaughn, Coastal Carolina University, (2025-2028), jvaughn@coastal.edu 

Adam Warber, Clemson University (2025-2028, AWARBER@clemson.edu

Graduate Student Representative: Aaron Childee, Cornell University (2025-2028), eac328@cornell.edu