
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 2023-February 2024

Past 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
President 2023-2024
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@gmail.com



Program Chair 2023-2024
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
President Elect 2023-2024
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

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
Student Representation

Graduate Student Representative
Meikah Dado, Texas A & M University
Meikah is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Department. She is a graduate research assistant at the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture where she works on the Africa Team. Her research interests are in international agricultural development involving women and youth.
Undergraduate Student Representative
Open Position

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