{"id":30,"date":"2023-01-03T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:39:04","slug":"governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-2027 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OFFICERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>President: Ryan Alexander<\/p>\n<p>Professor of History, State University of New York, Plattsburgh<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:ralex006@plattsburgh.edu\" href=\"mailto:ralex006@plattsburgh.edu\">ralex006@plattsburgh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immediate Past President: Sabella Abidde<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Political Science, Alabama State University, Montgomery<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:sabidde@alasu.edu\" href=\"mailto:sabidde@alasu.edu\">sabidde@alasu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice-President \/ President-Elect: Jos\u00e9 de Arimat\u00e9ia da Cruz<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Georgia Southern University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:jdacruz@georgiadouthern.edu\" href=\"mailto:jdacruz@georgiadouthern.edu\">jdacruz@georgiadouthern.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secretary: Philip I. Szmedra<br \/>\nProfessor of Economics, Gannon University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:szmedra001@gannon.edu\" href=\"mailto:szmedra001@gannon.edu\">szmedra001@gannon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Treasurer: Danielle Smith<br \/>\nAssistant Provost, Global Education, Georgia Southern University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:daniellesmith@georgiasouthern.edu\" href=\"mailto:daniellesmith@georgiasouthern.edu\">daniellesmith@georgiasouthern.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive Director: Lauren Eastwood<br \/>\nProfessor of Sociology, State University of New York, Plattsburgh<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:lauren.eastwood@plattsburgh.edu\" href=\"mailto:lauren.eastwood@plattsburgh.edu\">lauren.eastwood@plattsburgh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive Council Position 1: Joseph Bangura<\/p>\n<p>Professor of History, Delaware State University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:bangurajjoseph@gmail.com\" href=\"mailto:bangurajjoseph@gmail.com\">bangurajjoseph@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive Council Position 2: Assefaw Bariagaber<br \/>\nProfessor of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:assefaw.bariagaber@shu.edu\" href=\"mailto:assefaw.bariagaber@shu.edu\">assefaw.bariagaber@shu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive Council Position 3: Mihailo Vu\u010deti\u0107<br \/>\nChuck Green Civic Engagement Fellow, Macalester College<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:mvucetic@macalester.edu\" href=\"mailto:mvucetic@macalester.edu\">mvucetic@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee: Michael Hall<br \/>\nProfessor of History, Georgia Southern University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:mrhall@georgiasouthern.edu\" href=\"mailto:mrhall@georgiasouthern.edu\">mrhall@georgiasouthern.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chair, Information Services Committee: Brian Parkinson<br \/>\nProfessor of History, Georgia Southwestern State University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:brian.parkinson@gsw.edu\" href=\"mailto:brian.parkinson@gsw.edu\">brian.parkinson@gsw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chair, Teaching Committee: Cathy Skidmore-Hess<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor of History, Georgia Southern University<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:cskid@georgiasouthern.edu\" href=\"mailto:cskid@georgiasouthern.edu\">cskid@georgiasouthern.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Global South Studies: Carolina Rocha<\/p>\n<p>Associate Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" title=\"mailto:cmrocha@illinois.edu\" href=\"mailto:cmrocha@illinois.edu\">cmrocha@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official Call for Nominations was from 1 June to 1 August 2026. Elections were conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2026. The new VP\/President Elect is Jos\u00e9 de Arimat\u00e9ia da Cruz and the new representative for Position #1 is Joseph Bangura. In addition, the Executive Council appointed Mihailo Vu\u010deti\u0107 to fill the vacancy in Position #3. Lauren Eastwood [who completed her third year serving as Executive Director] agreed to serve in that position until the Executive Council identifies and appoints a new Executive Director [prior to 1 June 2027]. Members interested in serving as Executive Director should contact the President of the association before 1 May 2027. Members interested in serving on the Executive Council should contact the chair of the Nominations and Elections committee. Notwithstanding extenuating circumstances, all members of the Executive Council are expected to make a &#8220;good faith&#8221; effort to attend the annual conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-2027 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OFFICERS President: Ryan Alexander Professor of History, State University of New York, Plattsburgh ralex006@plattsburgh.edu Immediate Past President: Sabella Abidde Professor of Political Science, Alabama State University, Montgomery sabidde@alasu.edu Vice-President \/ President-Elect: Jos\u00e9 de Arimat\u00e9ia da Cruz Professor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.gsw.edu\/agss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}