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
Kent Kerley, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
krkerley@uab.edu
1st Vice-President
Kathrine Johnson, PhD
University of West Florida
kjohnson@uwf.edu
2nd Vice-President
Julie Baldwin, PhD
American University
jbaldwin@american.edu
Treasurer
Molly Buchanan, PhD
Crime & Justice Institute
treasurer@southerncj.org
Immediate Past President
Vacant
SCJA Board of Directors
(Alphabetical order)
Lisa Carter, PhD (2020-2023)
Florida Southern College
lcarter@flsouthern.edu
Kristina Lopez-Smith, PhD (2021-2024)
University of North Florida
kristina.lopez@unf.edu
Ben Stickle, PhD (2021-2024)
Middle Tennessee State University
ben.stickle@mtsu.edu
Shaun Thomas, PhD (2020-2023)
University of Arkansas
shaun@uark.edu
Brenda Vose, PhD (2022-2025)
University of North Florida
brenda.vose@unf.edu
Secretariat
Andy Hansen, PhD
Western Carolina University
secretariat@southerncj.org
Webmaster
John Eassey, PhD
American University
webmaster@southerncj.org
American Journal of Criminal Justice Editor
J. Mitchell Miller, PhD
University of North Florida
mitch.miller@unf.edu
Past Presidents
2020-2021 | Bryan Miller |
2019-2020 | Wesley Jennings |
2018-2019 | John Stogner |
2017-2018 | Marv Krohn |
2016-2017 | Sean Madden |
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 |