Executive

SCJA Leadership

SCJA is governed by officers and a Board of Directors elected by the
membership. The work of the organization is performed in committees and several
opportunities to serve exist.

SCJA Officers

President

Sean Maddan, PhD

University of West Georgia

smaddan@westga.edu

1st Vice-President

Marv Krohn, PhD

University of Florida

mkrohn@ufl.edu

2nd Vice-President

John Stogner, PhD

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

JohnStogner@uncc.edu

Immediate Past President

J. Heith Copes, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

jhcopes@uab.edu

Secretary-Treasurer

Kent Kerley, PhD

University of Texas at Arlington

kent.kerley@uta.edu

SCJA Board of Directors

Laura Agnich, PhD (2015-2018)

Georgia Southern University

lagnich@georgiasouthern.edu

Gavin Lee, PhD (2015-18)

University of West Georgia

gavinl@westga.edu

Cathy Marcum, PhD (2014-17)

Appalachian State University

marcumcm@appstate.edu

Bryan Lee Miller, PhD (2014-17)

Georgia Southern University

bryanmiller@georgiasouthern.edu

Christina Policastro, PhD (2016-19)

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

christina-policastro@utc.edu

SCJA Secretariat

The Secretariat supports the activities of the Southern Criminal Justice
Association by maintaining the Association’s membership and mailing list,
conducting mailings for the Association, operating the registration desk at the
annual conference, and performing other duties designated by the President
and/or the Board of Directors.

Secretariat

Kathy Johnson, PhD

University of West Florida

secretariat@scja.net

American Journal of Criminal Justice Editor

Wesley G. Jennings, PhD

University of South Florida

ajcjscja@usf.edu

Past Presidents

2015-2016	J. Heith Copes
2014-2015	Greg Dunaway
2013-2014	Holly Miller
2012-2013	David May
2011-2012	Angela Crews
2010-2011	Brian Payne
2009-2010	Elizabeth Mustaine
2008-2009	J. Mitch Miller
2007-2008	Alexis Miller
2006-2007	Brandon Applegate
2005-2006	Peter Wood
2004-2005	Gordon Crews
2003-2004	Matthew Robinson
2002-2003	Richard Tewksbury
2001-2002	Joseph Sanborn, Jr.
2000-2001	Elizabeth Grossi
1999-2000	John Smykla
1998-1999	Ronald Hunter
1997-1998	Elizabeth McConnell
1996-1997	Terry Edwards
1995-1996	Laura Moriarty
1994-1995	Joseph Auten
1993-1994	Jeffery Rush
1992-1993	Charles Fields
1991-1992	Michael Blankenship
1990-1991	Kenneth Ayers, Jr.
1989-1990	Reid Montgomery, Jr.
1988-1989	Damon Camp
1987-1988	Mittie Southerland
1986-1987	Ronald Vogel
1985-1986	Michael Braswell
1984-1985	Tom Barker
1983-1984	Chester Quarles
1982-1983	Robert Bagby
1981-1982	Ken Venters
1980-1981	Reed Adams
1979-1980	Gene Stephens
1978-1979	Robert Fancher
1977-1978	Neil Chamelein
1976-1977	Frank Semberger
1975-1976	Robert Barrow
1974-1975	Richter Moore, Jr.
1973-1974	John Truitt
1972-1973	William Mathias