2025-2026 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OFFICERS
Immediate Past President: Joseph Bangura
bangurajjoseph@gmail.com
President: Sabella Abidde
sabidde@alasu.edu
VP/President Elect: Ryan Alexander
ralex006@plattsburgh.edu
Secretary: Philip Szmedra
szmedra001@gannon.edu
Treasurer: Danielle Smith
daniellesmith@georgiasouthern.edu
Executive Director: Lauren Eastwood
lauren.eastwood@plattsburgh.edu
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
Position #1: Alwen Yeung
alwen.yeung@gsw.edu
Position #2: Assefaw Bariagaber
assefaw.bariagaber@shu.edu
Position #3: Yassaman Saadatmann
ysaadatmand@georgiasouthern.edu
Nominations & Elections Committee [chair]: Michael R. Hall
mrhall@georgiasouthern.edu
Information Services Committee [chair]: Brian Parkinson
brian.parkinson@gsw.edu
Teaching Committee [chair]: Cathy Skidmore-Hess
cskid@georgiasouthern.edu
Journal of Global South Studies [editor]: Carolina Rocha
cmrocha@illinois.edu
The Call for Nominations was from 1 June 2025 to 1 August 2025. Elections were conducted from 15 August 2025 to 15 September 2025. The new VP/President Elect is Ryan Alexander. Representing Position #2 is Assefaw Bariagaber. In addition, the Executive Council appointed Brian Parkinson to fill the vacant position of chair of the Information Services Committee. On 6 January 2026 we welcomed Carolina Rocha as the new Editor of the Journal of Global South Studies. If you are interested in serving on the Executive Council, please contact the chair of the Nominations and Elections committee at any time throughout the year.