Rural Sociology

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
Email: amcafer@olemiss.edu

Program Chair-2023 - Marcus Bernard
Associate Professor, Rural Sociology
College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences
Kentucky State University
Cooperative Extension Building, Suite 231C, 105 University Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 597-5758
Email: Marcus.Bernard@kysu.edu

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@gmail.com

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

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
Email: buddhi.gyawali@kysu.edu

Journal Editor - John J. Green, Mississippi State University
Graduate Student Representative - Yasmin McLaurin, University of Mississippi
Undergraduate Student Representative - Edith-Marie Green, University of Mississippi