President

Maureece Levin

Maureece Levin is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is an anthropological archaeologist interested in human-environment relationships, food production systems, and landscape management. She teaches introductory classes across anthropological subfields and upper-level classes on topics such as ethnobotany, field and laboratory methods, and the archaeology of human diets. 

Email: mlevin@ualr.edu

Vice President

Stacy Lom

Stacy Lom is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Arkansas, where she teaches classes revolving around culture, microsociology, and qualitative research methods. Her research interests include formalization and rules, organizational decision-making, and politics surrounding knowledge production and consumption, especially in relation to the development and effects of evaluation practices. She has been at UCA since 2014 and has been an AASAC officer since 2015.

Email: slom@uca.edu

Secretary

Sherry Skaggs

Sherry Skaggs is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Central Arkansas. She teaches courses in the Criminal Justice System, and her primary research area is policing. Her most recent publications have been on police recruitment and retention, police-community relations, police interaction with juveniles, and service-learning, experiential learning, and interprofessional education in criminal justice. When not teaching or researching, she is hosting service projects with local police agencies. Sherry has served as AASAC President (2016-2017) and Vice President (2015-2016), and she is excited about serving as secretary now.   

Email: sskaggs@uca.edu

Treasurer

Matthew Moore

Matthew Moore is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Central Arkansas.  He teaches classes in white-collar crime, deviance, and global crime. He has published articles on homicide, suicide, firearms, and social capital.  Dr. Moore has been the treasurer for AASAC since 2016.

Email: mdmoore@uca.edu

Archivist

Patrick Casey

Patrick Michael Casey is an assistant professor of sociology. His past research interests lie in the areas of racial, religious, and political identities. In particular, his prior research sought to explore the ways that these various identities may converge, intersect, and contradict. Dr. Casey‘s current research investigates how AI tools may influence human beliefs and attitudes, especially concerning contentious topics. He has been a member of AASAC since 2023.

Email: pcasey@uca.edu

Past Presidents of the Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological Association

  • 2023 – 2024 Jiabin Fan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 2022 – 2023 Elizabeth Kelly (Ouachita Baptist University) 
  • 2021 -2022 Stacy Lom (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2020-2021 Svetla Dimitrova (University of Arkansas at Fort Smith)
  • 2019-2020 Neveen Shafeek Amin (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 2018-2019 Allison Vetter (Hendrix College)
  • 2017-2018 Rifat Akhter (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2016-2017 Sherry Lynn Skaggs (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2015-2016 Rebecca Wiewel (Arkansas Tech University)
  • 2014-2015 James Stobaugh (Arkansas Tech University)
  • 2013-2014 Joshua Lockyer (Arkansas Tech University)
  • 2012-2013 Eric Bowne (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2011-2012 Brian Campbell (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2010-2011 Doug George (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2009-2010 Allison Vetter (Henderson State University)
  • 2008-2009 John King (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
  • 2007-2008 Kinko Ito (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 2006-2007 Dorothy Everts (University of Arkansas at Monticello)
  • 2005-2006 John Toth (Hendrix College)
  • 2004-2005 Allison Vetter (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 2003-2004 Doc Gibson (Henderson State University)
  • 2002-2003 Gyuang-Zhen Wang (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 2001-2002 Shanta Sharma (Henderson State University)
  • 2000-2001 Ed Powers (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 1999-2000 David Briscoe (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1998-1999 Janet Wilson (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 1997-1998 Judy Vaughn (Arkansas Tech)
  • 1996-1997 Don Wells (Henderson State University)
  • 1995-1996 Stella Capek (Hendrix College)
  • 1994-1995 Robert Sanderson (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1993-1994 Hans Baer (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1992-1993 Juanita Sanford (Henderson State University)
  • 1991-1992 Kennedy Upham (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 1990-1991 Cal Dunham (Arkansas Tech University)
  • 1989-1990 Julianna Flinn (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1988-1989 William Mangold (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
  • 1987-1988 Alan Marks (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1986-1987 John Miller (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • 1985-1986 Donna Darden (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
  • 1984-1985 Lou Anne Locke (Ouachita Baptist University)
  • 1983-1984 James Bruce (Hendrix College)
  • 1982-1983 Gordon D. Morgan (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
  • 1981-1982 Kennedy Upham (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 1980-1981 John E. Reed (College of the Ozarks)
  • 1979-1980 Bill Verkler (Harding College)
  • 1978-1979 Larry Williams (Arkansas State University)
  • 1977-1978 Carl Redden (University of Central Arkansas)
  • 1976-1977 Gwendolyn Starlard (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff)
  • 1974-1975 Ferris Baker (Hendrix College)
  • 1973-1974 Ed Lusby (Southern State College)
  • 1972-1973 Harridas Muzamdar (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff)
  • 1971-1972 Harridas Muzamdar (Arkansas Mechanical & Normal College)