ASB ELECTED OFFICERS
(2025 - 2026)
President
Heather M. Joesting
Associate Professor
Georgia Southern University,
Savannah, GA
Vice President Natasha Vanderhoff Professor Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL |
Past-President Holly Boettger-Tong Professor Wesleyan College Macon, GA |
Secretary |
Treasurer |
Associate Treasurer |
ASB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT LARGE
Class of 2026
Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy
Associate Professor Agnes Scot University Decatur, GA 
Dennis Haney Professor Furman University Greenville, SC |
Class of 2027
Andrea Moore
Associate Professor Savannah State University Savannah, GA 
Matt Estep Associate Professor Appalachian State University Boone, NC |
Class of 2028
Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Professor University of LA, Monroe Monroe, LA 
Megan Gibbons Assistant Professor University of AL at Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
2025-2026 Committee Chairs
COMMITTEE |
CHAIR |
Committee on Human Diversity |
Valarie Burnett, Newberry College, Newberry, SC |
Global Change Committee |
Nisse Goldberg, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL |
Education Committee |
co-chairs: Jennell Talley, Georgie Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA Valarie Burnett, Newberry College, Newberry, SC |
Publication Committee |
TBA |
ASB Affiliates |
Dennis Haney, Furman University, Greenville, SC |
Graduate Student Support Award |
Matt Estep, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
Meritorious Teaching Award |
Charles Horn, Newberry College, Newberry, SC |
Professional Research Award |
Dennis Haney, Furman University, Greenville, SC |
Student Research Award |
Sahar Hasim, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL |
Silent Auction Committee |
Dawn Wilkins, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN |
Finance Committee |
Sahar Hasim, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL |
Program Committee |
co-chairs: Davy Giles, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN Jenny Schafer, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC |
Exhibitors Committee |
Natasha Vanderhoff, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL |
Nominating Committee |
Holly Boettger-Tong, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA |
Previous presidents
Year |
President |
Affiliation |
1937 |
George H. Boyd |
University of Georgia |
1938 |
E.E. Reinke |
Vanderbilt University |
1939 |
Hugo Leander Blomquist |
Duke University |
1940 |
R.C. Rhodes |
Emory University |
1941 |
A.S. Pearse |
Duke University |
1942 |
Mary S. MacDougall |
Agnes Scott College |
1946 |
James T. Penney |
South Carolina University |
1947 |
Martin D. Young |
National Microbiological Institute, National Institutes of Health, in Columbia, S. C. |
1948 |
Samuel D. Meyer |
University of Virginia |
1949 |
Howard M. Phillips |
Emory University |
1950 |
Elon E. Byrd |
University of Georgia |
1951 |
W.M.A. Deacon |
Vanderbilt University |
1951 |
Harwell Presley Sturdivan |
Western Maryland College |
1952 |
Margaret N. Hess |
Winthrop College |
1953 |
Brice D. Reynolds |
University of Virginia |
1954 |
H.R. Trotten |
University of North Carolina |
1955 |
Alvin V. Beatty |
Emory University |
1956 |
George C. Kent, Jr. |
Louisiana State University |
1957 |
Howard K. Wallace |
University of Florida |
1958 |
Mary Esther Gaulden |
Clemson University |
1959 |
Horton H. Hobbs |
University of Virginia |
1960 |
Victor A. Greulach |
University of North Carolina |
1961 |
Royal E. Shanks |
University of Tennessee |
1962 |
Walter S. Flory |
University of Virginia/Blandy Experimental Farm, State Arboretum of Virginia |
1963 |
E. Ruffin Jones |
College of William and Mary-Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Norfolk Division |
1964 |
William D. Burbanck |
Emory University |
1965 |
Harry J. Bennett |
Louisiana State University |
1966 |
Elsie Quarterman |
Vanderbilt University |
1967 |
Harold J. Humm |
Queens College |
1968 |
Robert B. Short |
Florida State University |
1969 |
John M. Carpenter |
University of Kentucky |
1970 |
C. Willard Hart, Jr. |
Virginia Tech |
1971 |
Grover C. Miller |
North Carolina State University |
1972 |
Leland Shanor |
University of Florida |
1973 |
David J. Cotter |
Georgia College |
1974 |
James N. Dent |
University of Virginia |
1975 |
Perry Holt |
Virginia Tech |
1976 |
John M. Herr, Jr. |
University of South Carolina |
1977 |
Madeline P. Burbanck |
Emory University |
1978 |
Raymond O. Flagg |
Carolina Biological Supply Co. |
1979 |
James W. Hardin |
North Carolina State University |
1980 |
Franklin F. Flint |
Randolph-Macon College |
1981 |
J. Frank McCormick |
University of Tennessee |
1982 |
Margaret L. Gilbert |
|
1983 |
Charles E. Jenner |
University of North Carolina |
1984 |
J.C. O'Kelley |
University of Alabama |
1985 |
Lafayette Frederick |
Howard University |
1986 |
Donald J. Shure |
Emory University |
1987 |
Rebecca R. Sharitz |
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia |
1988 |
William H. Martin |
Eastern Kentucky University |
1989 |
Joe E. Winstead |
Western Kentucky University |
1990 |
Frank P. Day |
Old Dominion University |
1991 |
Sandra T. Bowden |
Agnes-Scott College |
1992 |
C. Ross Hinkle |
University of Central Florida |
1993 |
Ken R. Marion |
University of Alabama Birmingham |
1994 |
Michael J. Baranski |
Catawba College |
1995 |
James W. Ross |
|
1996 |
James S. Fralish |
Southern Illinois University |
1997 |
J. Whitfield Gibbons |
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia |
1998 |
Eloise Carter |
Oxford University of Emory |
1999 |
Patricia Parr |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
2000 |
Howard S. Neufeld |
Appalachian State University |
2001 |
Robert Haynes |
University of Alabama |
2002 |
J. Kenneth Shull, Jr. |
Appalachian State University |
2003 |
Andrew Ashe |
Pembroke State University |
2004 |
Claudia Jolls |
East Carolina University |
2005 |
Dwayne Wise |
Mississippi State University |
2006 |
Kim Marie Tolson |
University of Louisiana Monroe |
2007 |
Mike Dennis |
Breedlove, Dennis & Associates |
2008 |
Tom Wentworth |
North Carolina State University |
2009-2010 |
Patricia B. Cox |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
2011-2012 |
Donald Roush |
University of North Alabama |
2013-2015 |
Zack Murrell |
Appalachian State University |
2015-2017 |
Joey Shaw |
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
2017-2019 |
Ashley B. Morris |
Middle Tennessee State University |
2019-2021 |
J. Christopher Havran |
Campbell University |
2021-2023 |
Christopher G. Brown |
Georgia Gwinnett College |
2023-2025 |
Holly Boettger-Tong |
Wesleyan College |
