2026 ASA Election
ASA is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 ASA elections. Thank you to all the candidates who generously volunteered their service, and congratulations to the new members of our leadership team.
President-Elect
President-Elect in September 2026; President in September 2027; and Immediate Past President in September 2028.
Rory M. McVeigh, University of Notre Dame
Vice President-Elect
Vice President-Elect in September 2026; Vice President in September 2027; and Immediate Past Vice President in September 2028.
Dina G. Okamoto, Indiana University Bloomington
Council Member-at-Large
Serves from September 2026 to August 2029.
Jennifer L. Glass, University of Texas
David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine
Karolyn Tyson, Georgetown University
Jody Agius Vallejo, University of Southern California
Committee on Committees: Member-at-Large
Serves from September 2026 to August 2028.
Tania M. Jenkins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Sauder, University of Iowa
Committee on Committees (MA or 4-year Institution)
Serves from September 2026 to August 2028.
Bart Stykes, Sam Houston State University
Committee on Committees (2-year institution)
Serves from September 2026 to August 2028.
Sarah L. Hoiland, CUNY Hostos Community College
Nominating Committee
Serves from September 2026 to August 2028.
Monica C. Bell, Yale University
David L. Brunsma, Virginia Tech
Daniel Hirschman, Cornell University
José A. Muñoz, California State University, San Bernardino
Ranita Ray, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Publications Committee
Serves from September 2026 to August 2029.
Nina Bandelj, University of California, Irvine
Kyle Crowder, University of Washington
Ali Meghji, University of Cambridge
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The results of the elections for Sections, Communities, and Student Forum Advisory will be posted here in the coming days.
Sections
Aging and the Life Course
Chair-Elect
Janet Wilmoth
Council Member
Patricia Morton
Nik Lampe
Student Representative
Anna Catherine De La Paz
Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Chair-Elect
Kerby Goff
Council Member
Shiri Noy
Pablo Gastón
Weirong Guo
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Caitlin Fitzgerald
Bylaws Amendment Proposals were approved.
Animals and Society
Chair-Elect
Erin Kidder
Council Members
Cameron T. Whitley
Yana Kuchirko
Asia and Asian America
Chair-Elect
Hyeyoung Kwon
Council Member
Carolyn Choi
Yue Qian
Student Representative
Kritika Pandey
Biology and Society
Chair-Elect
Robbee Wedow
Council Member
Tamkinat Rauf
Brea Perry
Children and Youth
Chair-Elect
Patricia Snell Herzog
Council Member
Mai Thai
Dialika Sall
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Zora Haque
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Chair-Elect
Pamela Oliver
Council Member
Elizabeth Borland
Weijun Yuan
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Anna Milewski
Mentorship Committee Member
Michelle S. Phelps
Workshop Committee Chair
Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Nominating Committee
Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Publications Committee
Katrina Kimport
Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
Kathleen Fallon
Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Student Representative
Selay Ghaffar
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Chair-Elect
Gül Seçkin
Council Member
Zoe Zhao
Chuncheng Liu
Nominating Committee
Di Di
Community and Urban Sociology
Chair-Elect
William Grady Holt
Secretary/Treasurer
Krista Paulsen
Council Member
Nicole Trujillo-Pagàn
Jeffrey Parker
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Rafia Mallick
Publications Committee
Claire Herbert
Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Membership Committee Chair
Elaina Johns-Wolfe
Mentorship Committee Chair
Jennifer L. Garfield-Abrams
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Comparative-Historical Sociology
Chair-Elect
Ho-fung Hung
Secretary/Treasurer
Karolina Koziura
Council Member
Youbin Kang
Jen Triplett
Student Representative
Katrina Qiyao Wang
Consumers and Consumption
Chair-Elect
Vaughn Schmutz
Council Member-at-Large
Meghann Lucy
Barbara Kiviat
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Minsu Park
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Carly Hamdon
Crime, Law, and Deviance
Chair-Elect
Kevin Drakulich
Council Member
Amber Joy Powell
Tony Cheng
Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society
Chair-Elect
Andrei Boutyline
Secretary/Treasurer
Simone Zhang
Council Member
Linda Zhao
Student Representative
Ann Jiang
Disability in Society
Chair-Elect
Rachel Fish
Secretary-Treasurer-Elect
Meryl Alper
Program Committee Chair
Asmita Aasaavari
Publicity Committee Chair
Hillary Steinberg
Membership Committee Chair
Emily Ruppel
Student Representative
Esperanza Padilla
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Drugs and Society
Chair-Elect
Kate Jaffe
Council Member
Ryan T. Steel
Student Representative
Taylor Domingos
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Economic Sociology
Chair-Elect
Brooke Harrington
Council Member
Sandra Portocarrero
Jessica Santana
Student Representative
Zosia Cooper
Environmental Sociology
Chair-Elect
LaDawn Haglund
Treasurer
Feng Hao
Council Member-at-Large
Apollonya Porcelli
Nominating Committee Chair
Ian Carrillo
Policy and Research Committee Chair
Pierce Greenberg
Publications Committee Chair
Aseem Hasnain
Student Representative
Joyce Ho
Legacy Committee Chair
Steven Brechin
Digital Communications Co-Chair – Social Media
Valerie Berseth
Digital Communications Co-Chair – Webmaster
John Zinda
Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
Council Member
Nadja Tadic
Yuchen Yang
Bylaws Amendment Proposals were approved.
Family
Chair-Elect
Sarah Damaske
Council Member
Kristin Perkins
Cassandra Cotton
Student Representative
Shuyin Liu
Global and Transnational Sociology
Chair-Elect
Chris Tilly
Council Member
Veda Hyunjin Kim
Caitlin Schroering
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Nikoleta Sremac
Global Middle East and North Africa
Bylaws Amendment Proposals were approved.
History of Sociology and Social Thought
Chair-Elect
Matt Dawson
Secretary/Treasurer
Jean-Pierre Reed
Council Member
Gary Fine
Eric Malczewski
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Jiangnan Liu
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility
Chair-Elect
Ann Owens
Secretary/Treasurer
Asad L. Asad
Council Member
Marissa Thompson
Steven Alvarado
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Jesse Zhou
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
International Migration
Chair-Elect
Pawan Dhingra
Council Member
Ángel Escamilla García
Lauren Duquette-Rury
Student Representative
Neha Lund
Labor and Labor Movements
Chair-Elect
Gretchen Purser
Council Member
Zophia Edwards
Student Representative
Carolina Hernandez
Latino/a Sociology
Chair-Elect
Laura E. Enriquez
Secretary/Treasurer
Sara I. Villalta
Council Member
Vanessa Delgado
Gabriela León-Pérez
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Rosa Navarro
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Marxist Sociology
Chair-Elect
William I Robinson
Secretary
Reynaldo Ortíz-Minaya
Council Member – Chair of Membership Committee
Samantha Agarwal
Council Member – Chair of Research and Publications Committee
Rishi Awatramani
Council Member, Chair of Blog Committee
Jorge Daniel Vásquez
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Mathematical Sociology
Chair-Elect
Pamela Emanuelson
Council Member
Hana Shepherd
Byungkyu Lee
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Jenna Wertsching
Medical Sociology
Chair-Elect
Yang Claire Yang
Secretary-Treasurer Elect
Alicia Riley
Council Member
Cindy Cain
Membership Committee Chair
Dagoberto Cortez
Health Policy and Research Committee Chair
Joseph Wolfe
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair
Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu
Nominating Committee Chair-Elect
Laura E. Hirshfield
Nominating Committee
Emily Ekl
Elizabeth M. Anderson
Nominating Committee, Student Member
Rui (Zoe) Huang
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Ranran He
Methodology
Secretary/Treasurer
Yongjun Zhang
Council Member
Sarah Mustillo
Elizabeth Roberto
Student Representative
Tara Prendergast
Organizations, Occupations, and Work
Chair-Elect
Erin A. Cech
Council Member
Koji Chavez
Jennifer Nelson
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Victoria Zhang
Peace, War, and Social Conflict
Chair-Elect
Gordon Chang
Council Members
Jillian LaBranche
Yagil Levy
Student Representative
Adrijana Miladinović
Political Economy of the World-System
Chair-Elect
Phillip A. Hough
Council Member
Smriti Upadhyay
Spencer Potiker
Student Representative
Tamas Gerocs
Political Sociology
Chair-Elect
Daniel Laurison
Council Members
Johnnie Lotesta
Celene Reynolds
Student Representative
Irem Inal
Race, Gender, and Class
Chair-Elect
Ruth Enid Zambrana
Secretary/Treasurer
Erin Michaels
Council Member
Mahala D. Stewart
Ingrid Castro
Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Chair-Elect
Emily Walton
Council Members
Korey Tillman
Melissa Villarreal
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Andrea Constant
Publications Committee
W. Carson Byrd
Syeda Masood
Science, Knowledge, and Technology
Chair-Elect
Oliver Rollins
Secretary/Treasurer
Jennifer Singh
Council Member
Zach Griffen
Santiago Molina
Siri Suh
Student Representative
Shira Zilberstein
Janna Huang
Social Psychology
Chair-Elect
Stephen Benard
Council Member
Bianca Manago
Trenton D. Mize
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Zara Jillani
Sociological Practice and Public Sociology
Chair-Elect
Lorella Palazzo
Council Member
David Flores
Kim Creasap
Steven E. Lize
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Emily Bonner
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Sociology of Culture
Chair-Elect
Amin Ghaziani
Chief Operating Officer
Laura Nelson
Council Member
Ruth Braunstein
Laura Acosta
Raúl Pérez
Student Representative
Matthew Coetzee
Sociology of Development
Chair-Elect
Diana Graizbord
Council Member
Rebekah Burroway
Rahardhika Utama
Student Representative
Yunhan Wen
Sociology of Education
Chair-Elect
Robert Crosnoe
Secretary/Treasurer
Ingrid A. Nelson
Council Member
Jose Eos Trinidad
Bailey Brown
Student Representative
Samuel Jr Ocasio
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Sociology of Emotions
Chair-Elect
Ghassan Moussawi
Secretary/Treasurer
Benjamin Fields
Council Member
Cerenity E. Collins
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Colter Uscola
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Sociology of Human Rights
Chair-Elect
Jeong-Woo Koo
Council Member
Hollie Nyseth Nzitizira
John G. Dale
Student Representative
Jacob Caponi
Sociology of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations
Chair-Elect
Desi Small-Rodriquez
Secretary/Treasurer
Melissa Horner-Petrone
Council Member-at-Large
Kiana Wilkins
Student Representative
Hunter Sagaskie
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Sociology of Law
Chair-Elect
Hilary Robinson
Council Member
Jeremy Levine
Michaela Simmons
Chiara Packard
Student Representative
Iolanthe Brooks
Sociology of Mental Health
Chair-Elect
Christy Erving
Secretary/Treasurer
Jun Zhao
Nominating Committee
Jason L Cummings
Award Committee Chair
Hope Yan
Student Representative
Aigné Taylor
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Sociology of Population
Chair-Elect
Kristen Harknett
Council Member
Rebecca Anna Schut
Haowei Wang
Student Representative
Iris Huimeng Zhao
Sociology of Religion
Chair-Elect
Amy Adamczyk
Council Member
Anna Holleman
Brandon Martinez
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Andrea Garcia-Borbón
Sociology of Sex and Gender
Chair-Elect
Christin Munsch
Secretary/Treasurer
Ellen Lamont
Council Member
Allison Daminger
Danya Lagos
Catherine Taylor
Student Representative
Corinne Tam
Sociology of Sexualities
Chair-Elect
Terrell J. A. Winder
Council Member
Alicia Walker
Michelle Gomez Parra
Jennifer Tabler
Publications Committee Member, 2-year Term
Natalie Ingraham
Publications Committee Member, 3-year Term
Cati Connell
Abi Ocobock
Publications Committee, Student Member
Carlo Sariego
Katherine (Katie) Alexander
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Chandler Fairbanks
Linda Wilson
Sociology of the Body and Embodiment
Chair-Elect
Madeleine Pape
Council Member
Ariane Prohaska
Andrea Miller
Anne Barrett
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Yeryeng Choi
Beth Gaines
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Chair-Elect
Katherine Bullock
Council Member, 2-year Institution
Rifat A. Salam
Council Member, 4-year Institution
Hannah Espy
Council Member, University
Claudia Emilia Lavenant Jimenez
Council Member, Graduate Student Representative
Viola Sawyer
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Theory
Chair-Elect
Cihan Tuğal
Secretary/Treasurer
Jacob Habinek
Council Member
Natalie Aviles
Heba Alex
Student Representative
Luiza Monetti
Bylaws Amendment Proposal was approved.
Dues Change Proposal was approved.
Communities
Community College Faculty
Advisory Committee, 3-year term
Vondora Wilson-Corzen
Brandi Lee Perri
Jason Surratt
Community Engaged Scholars and Teachers
Chair
Eileen Avery
Co-Organizer
David Frank
Student Representative
Marsha J. McDowell
Filipino Sociologists
Community Leader
Brenda Gambol
Alexandra Casison
First-Generation and Working-Class Sociologists
Chair-Elect
Jenny Stuber
Outreach Coordinator
Jacqulyn S. Gabriel
Korean Sociologists in America
Council Member
Byeongdon (Don) Oh
Student Representative
Min Jee Lee
Sociologists Teaching in Carceral Settings
Co-Chair
Jarrod Levell Brown
Lorien Lake-Corral
Sociologists Working Everywhere
Community Leader
Marie Skoczylas
Samuel A. Torres
South Asian Sociologists
Co-Chair
Shruti Devgan
Advisory Committee, 1-year term
Vrinda Marwah
Advisory Committee, 3-year term
Tamanna Shah
Student Representative
Shivani Choudhary
Student Forum Advisory Board
Graduate Advisory Board Committee Members
Atalanta Copeman-Papas
Jessica Chaikof
Sharon Rachel
Willow Sipling
Undergraduate Student Representative
Lisa Luo