
Southern Rural Sociological Association
...an educational and scientific organization established to foster the study, understanding, and application of rural sociology in the South.
SRSA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
February 2022-February 2023

Past President
Buddhi Gyawali
Associate Professor of Geospatial Applications
College of Agriculture, Food Science & Sustainable Systems
Kentucky State University
Cooperative Extension Building, Room 225
400 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-597-6029

President Elect
Eleanor Green
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Mississippi
118 Twin Gum Road
Starkville, MS 39759
Phone: 662-402-4451
Email: ecmgreen@olemiss.edu

Program Chair-2023
Marcus K. Bernard, PhD
Acting Department Chair
Associate Professor
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
School of Agriculture, Communities, and the Environment
College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences
Cooperative Extension Building, Suite 221
Kentucky State University
400 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 597-5758
Non Voting Members
Journal Editor


Undergraduate Student Representative
Edith-Marie Green, University of Mississippi
John J. Green
Director, Southern Rural Development Center
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
P.O. Box 5187
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662.325.0595
Email: john.green@msstate.edu


President
Anne Cafer
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Director, Center for Population Studies
The University of Mississippi
Lamar 543, P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7433

Secretary-Treasurer
Robert Zabawa
Research Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Tuskegee University
201 Campbell Hall
1210 W. Montgomery Rd.
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone: 334-727-8114
Email: rzabawa@tuskegee.edu

Program Chair-Elect
Russ J. Garner
Extension/Research Associate
Southern Rural Development Center
Box 9755
160 Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-0153
Fax: (662) 325-8777
Email: russ.garner@msstate.edu