SWCA Board Members

Executive Board

President: Brian McTague, Virginia Commonwealth University (2022-24)

Vice President/Incoming President: Candis Bond, Augusta University (2022-2024)

Immediate-Past President: Janine Morris, Nova Southeastern University (2022-24)

Archivist: Chelsea Murdock, Clemson University (2022-24)

Treasurer: Brandy Ball Blake, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020-24)

Treasurer-Elect (Incoming Treasurer): [to be filled in 2023]

Board Members

SWCA-CARE Co-Chairs: Jennifer Smith Daniel, Queens University of Charlotte, and Karen Keaton Jackson,North Carolina Central University

Representative-at-Large: Kem Roper, Athens State University (2022-2024)

Representative at Large: Caitlin Kelly Georgia Institute of Technology (2022-2024)

Outreach Coordinator: Jenny Koster, Piedmont Virginia Community College (2021-2023)

Digital Content Developer (DCD): Eric Mason, Nova Southeastern University

Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation (SDC) Co-Editors: Devon Ralston, Winthrop University, and Scott Pleasant, Coastal Carolina University (2024)

Immediate-Past SDC Editor: Karen Head, Georgia Institute of Technology

Current Conference Chair:  Clayann Gilliam Panetta, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN (2023)

Immediate-Past Conference Chair: NSU WCC, Nova Southeastern University (2022)

Community Representatives

Community College Representative: Jessica Newman, Jefferson Community and Technical College (2022-24)

Graduate Student Representative: Brittny Byrom, Georgia State University (2022-24)

HBCU Representative: LaKela Atkinson, East Carolina University (alumna of North Carolina Central University) (2021-23)

Secondary School Representatives: Elizabeth M. Berry and Melissa C Daniels, Deep Run High School (2021-2023)

State Representatives

Alabama: Jaclyn Wells, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2022-24)

Florida: Billie Jo Dunaway, Daytona State College (2021-2023)

Georgia: Saurabh Anand, University of Georgia (2022-24)

Kentucky:  Amy Nichols, Berea College (2022-24)

Mississippi: Bethani C. England, Hinds Community College  (2022-2024)

North Carolina: Maegan Mercer-Bourne, Wake Technical Community College (2021-2023)

South Carolina: Deidre Garriott, University of South Carolina (2022-24) 

Tennessee:  James Hamby, Middle Tennessee State University (2022-2024) 

Virginia: Lori Jacobson, William & Mary (2021-2023)