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 2025-February 2026
President 2026-2027
Kara Woods
Research Analyst
National Policy Research Center
located at Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive #449
Lorman, Mississippi 39096
601-786-1505
President-Elect 2026-2027
Ryan Thomson
Assistant Professor, Rural Sociology
Auburn University
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
313 Comer Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-5631
Program Chair 2026-2027
Kelli Russell
Assistant Extension Professor
Auburn University
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
301 Comer Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-4800
Program Chair Elect 2026-2027
Courtney P. Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Leadership
Oklahoma State University
442 Agriculture Hall | Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-8024 |
Non-Voting Committee Members
Journal Editor 2018-Present
John J. Green
Southern Rural Sociological Association
Email: greenjj1@gmail.com
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Past President 2025-2026
Russ Garner
Director of Community Sustainability
Communities Unlimited
(479) 445-2950
Graduate Student Representative
​Open Position
Undergraduate Student Representative
Open Position
Secretary-Treasurer 2018-Present
Robert Zabawa
Research Professor of Agricultural Social Sciences
Tuskegee University
207 Campbell Hall
1210 W. Montgomery Rd.
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone: 334-727-8114
Email: rzabawa@tuskegee.edu