SWCA Board Members

President: Candis Bond, Augusta University (2024-2026) 

Vice President: Joy Bracewell, Georgia College & State University (2024-2026)

Archivist: Chelsea Murdock, Clemson University (2024-2026)

Treasurer: Brittny Byrom, Oxford College at Emory University (2024-2028)

Board Members

Immediate-Past President: Brian McTague, Virginia Commonwealth University (2024-2025)

Immediate-Past Treasurer: Brandy Ball Blake, Georgia Institute of Technology (2024-2025)

SWCA-CARE Co-Chairs: 

Jennifer Smith Daniel, Queens University of Charlotte (2024-2025)

Layli Miron, Indiana University (2024-2025)

Representative-at-Large: Kem Roper, Athens State University (2024-2026)

Representative-at-Large: Caitlin Kelly Georgia Institute of Technology (2024-2026)

Outreach Coordinator: Jenny Koster, Piedmont Virginia Community College (2023-2025)

Digital Content Developer (DCD): James Howard, University of Georgia (2024- )

Immediate-Past Digital Content Developer (DCD): Eric Mason, Nova Southeastern University (2024-2025)

Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation (SDC) Co-Editors: 

Eric Mason, Nova Southeastern University (2023-2028)

Jamie Garner, Augusta University (2023-2028)

Conference Chair:

Kat Richards, University of North Alabama (2025)

Kem Roper, Athens State University (2025)

Immediate-Past Conference Chair: Levin Arnsperger, Leigh Elion, and Melissa Yang, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (2024)

Community Representatives

Community College Representative: Jessica Newman, Jefferson Community and Technical College (2024-2026)

Graduate Student Representative: Madeline Crozier, University of Tennessee (2024-2026)

HBCU Representative: Kerry Brackett, Miles College (2023-2025)

Secondary School Representatives: Melissa Daniels Cho and Mia Tambellini, Deep Run High School (2023-2025)

State Representatives

Alabama: Amy Dayton, University of Alabama (2024-2026)

Florida: Meghan Velez, University of Central Florida (2024-2026)

Georgia: Courtney Mullis, Georgia Institute of Technology (2024-2026)

Kentucky:  Amy Nichols, Berea College (2024-2026)

Mississippi: Wonderful Faison, Jackson State University (2024-2026)

North Carolina: Tonya Doane, Bennett College (2023-2025)

South Carolina: Deidre Garriott, University of South Carolina (2024-2026) 

Tennessee:  Allie Johnston, Austin Peay State University (2024-2026)

Virginia: Lori Jacobson, William & Mary (2023-2025)

Social Media: Odessa Hinton, Augusta University (2024-2025)

Webinar Committee: Duke Jenkins, Kennesaw State (2024-2025)