Governance
Current SECOLAS Officers:
President: Reginald Bess, South Carolina State University
President-Elect: Alvis Dunn, University of North Carolina, Asheville
Secretary-Treasurer: Steven Hyland, Wingate University
Editor, TLA: Gregory Weeks, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Co-Editors, Annals: Jurgen Buchenau, University of North Carolina, Charlotte and Gregory Crider, Winthrop University
Executive Committee:
Immediate Past President: Jackie Sumner, Presbyterian College
Preceding Past President: Jimmy Huck, Tulane University
At-large 2020: Monica Rankin, University of Texas at Dallas
At-large 2020: Amy Borja, University of Dallas
At-large 2021: Lily Balloffet, Western Carolina University
At-large 2021: Martin Nesvig, University of Miami
At-large 2022: Eunice Rojas, Furman University
At-large 2022: Colin Snider, University of Texas at Tyler
Grad Student/Contingent Faculty 2019: David McLaughlin, University of Cincinnati
Grad Student/Contingent Faculty 2020: Hannah Palmer, UNC, Chapel Hill
Awards Committees 2019-20:
Alfred B. Thomas Book Award:
- Steven Bunker, University of Alabama (2020, Chair)
- Beau Gaitors, Winston-Salem State University (2021)
- Angela Willis, Davidson College (2022)
Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article:
- Steven Hyland, Wingate University (2020, Chair)
- Paul Worley, Western Carolina University (2021)
- Lily Balloffet, University of California, Santa Cruz (2022)
Edward Moseley Student Paper Award:
- Melissa Birkhofer, Western Carolina University (2019)
- Joe Lenti, Eastern Washington University (2020)
- Liz Moran, Christopher Newport University (2021)
TLA Best Article Award:
- Martin Nesvig, University of Miami (2020, Chair)
- Eunice Rojas, Furman University (2021)
- Tiffany Miller, Clemson University (2022)
Current and Past Officers
| Year | President | President Elect | Secretary-Treasurer |
| 2019-2020 | Reginald Bess | Alvis Dunn | Steven Hyland |
| 2018-19 | Jaclyn Sumner | Reginald Bess | Steven Hyland |
| 2017-18 | James Huck | Jaclyn Sumner | Steven Hyland |
| 2016-17 | Paul Worley | James Huck | Steven Hyland |
| 2015-16 | Angela Willis | Paul Worley | Steven Hyland |
| 2014-15 | Angela Herren Rajagopalan | Angela Willis | Angela Herren Rajagopalan / Steven Hyland |
| 2013-14 | Frank Robinson | Angela Herren Rajagopalan | Angela Herren Rajagopalan |
| 2012-13 | Tim Hawkins | Frank Robinson | Angela Herren Rajagopalan |
| 2011-12 | Gregory Weeks | Tim Hawkins | Angela Herren Rajagopalan |
| 2010-11 | Carmen Rivera | Gregory Weeks | Angela Herren Rajagopalan |
| 2009-10 | Gregory S. Crider | Carmen Rivera | Angela Herren |
| 2008-09 | Blake Pattridge | Gregory S. Crider | Angela Herren |
| 2007-08 | Paula Heusinkveld | Blake Pattridge | Angela Herren |
| 2006-07 | Stephen Morris | Paula Heusinkveld | Angela Herren |
| 2005-06 | Murdo MacLeod | Stephen Morris | Yvonne Unnold |
| 2004-05 | Isabel Brown | Murdo MacLeod | Yvonne Unnold |
| 2003-04 | Thomas Schoonover | Isabel Brown | Yvonne Unnold |
| 2002-03 | Richmond Brown | Thomas Schoonover | Yvonne Unnold |
| 2001-02 | Jürgen Buchenau | Richmond Brown | Yvonne Unnold |
| 2000-01 | Pamela S. Murray | Jürgen Buchenau | Lisa Nalbone |
| 1999-00 | Kenneth J. Mijeski | Pamela S. Murray | Lisa Nalbone |
| 1998-99 | José Fernández | Kenneth J. Mikeski | Lisa Nalbone |
| 1997-98 | Kathleen Logan Martín | José Fernández | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1996-97 | John Britton | Kathleen Logan | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1995-96 | Melvin S. Arrington, Jr. | John Britton | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1994-95 | Julie Greer Johnson | Melvin S. Arrington, Jr. | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1993-94 | Anne Fountain | Julie Greer Johnson | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1992-93 | Thomas Leonard | Anne Fountain | Rafael E. Hernández |
| 1991-92 | Michael T. Handelsman | Thomas Leonard | Helen Delpar |
| 1990-91 | James Henderson | Michael T. Handelsman | Helen Delpar |
| 1989-90 | T. Ray Shurbutt | James Henderson | Helen Delpar |
| 1988-89 | Harry E. Vanden | T. Ray Shurbutt | Helen Delpar |
| 1987-88 | Donathon Olliff | Harry E. Vanden | Gary Frank |
| 1986-87 | Daniel Reedy | Donathon Olliff | Gary Frank |
| 1985-86 | Helen Delpar | Gary Frank | |
| 1984-85 | Waltraud Queiser Morales | Helen Delpar | Allen Wells |
| 1983-84 | Lawrence A. Clayton | Waltraud Queiser Morales | Allen Wells |
| 1982-83 | Irving Webber | Lawrence A. Clayton | Helen Delpar |
| 1981-82 | Carl Ross | Irving Webber | Helen Delpar |
| 1980-81 | Wesley P. Newton | Carl Ross | Helen Delpar |
| 1979-80 | Ronald R. McIrvin | Wesley P. Newton | Lawrence A. Clayton |
| 1978-79 | William H. Harris | Ronald R. McIrvin | Lawrence A. Clayton |
| 1977-78 | Joseph L. Arbena | Lawrence A. Clayton | |
| 1976-77 | Edward D. Terry | Joseph L. Arbena | |
| 1975-76 | Ralph Lee Woodward | Joseph L. Arbena | |
| 1974-75 | Richard B. Gray | Joseph L. Arbena | |
| 1973-74 | Nestor Moreno | Edward D. Terry | |
| 1972-73 | John D. Martz | Edward D. Terry | |
| 1971-72 | Edward H. Mosley | Edward D. Terry | |
| 1970-71 | William E. Carter | Edward D. Terry | |
| 1969-70 | Eugene R. Huck | Felicity Trueblood | |
| 1968-69 | Manuel D. Ramirez | Felicity Trueblood | |
| 1967-68 | Ione S. Wright | Felicity Trueblood | |
| 1966-67 | Alfred B. Thomas | Felicity Trueblood | |
| 1965-66 | Jane L. DeGrummond | Felicity Trueblood | |
| 1964-65 | Robert W. Bradbury | Philip F. Flemion | |
| 1963-64 | Eric N. Baklanoff | Philip F. Flemion | |
| 1962-63 | A. Curtis Wilgus | Philip F. Flemion | |
| 1961-62 | Frederick G. Gil | Ethel Marshall | |
| 1960-61 | Margaret V. Campbell | Frederick E. Kidder and Charles Nissly | |
| Year | General Chairmen | Secretary-Treasurer | |
| 1959-60 | Bernard L. Poole | Frederick E. Kidder | |
| 1958-59 | Luis Aviles | Frederick E. Kidder | |
| 1957-58 | Charles W. Arnade | Herberto Lacayo | |
| 1956-57 | Alfred B. Thomas | Ethel Marshall | |
| 1955-56 | A. Curtis Wilgus | Harry Kantor | |
| 1954-55 | Sturgis E. Leavitt | Linton L. Barrett | |
| 1953-54 | R. L. Predmore |