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2025 Executive Board

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President

University of Central Arkansas

ssorbet1@uca.edu

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Vice President/

President-Elect

University of South Alabama

kbyrd@southalabama.edu

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Secretary

Southeastern Louisiana University

ashley.wicker@selu.edu

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Immediate Past President

Grambling State University

(Louisiana)

nofling@gram.edu

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Executive Director

Louisiana Tech University (Retired)

info@msera.org

Officers

State Directors

Alabama Director

Celeste Wheat

University of West Alabama

cwheat@uwa.edu

Arkansas Director

Charlotte Parham

University of Central Arkansas
crgreen@uca.edu

Florida Director

Earlisha Whitfield

University of Central Florida

earlishawhitfield@gmail.com

Kentucky Director
Raglena Salmans

Eastern Kentucky University

raglena.salmans@eku.edu

Louisiana Director
Lisette Manuel

Southeastern Louisiana University

lisette.manuel@selu.edu

Mississippi Director

Sarah Salisbury

Mississippi State University

sjp104@msstate.edu


Tennessee Director

Jim Rost

Middle Tennessee State University

jim.rost@mtsu.edu

SDE/LEA Representative

Kasey Warren

Halls High School, Lauderdale County Schools

kwarren@k12.lced.net

At-Large Directors

Mary Giles

University of Tennessee at Martin

mgiles7@utm.edu

Tony Latiker

Jackson State University

tony.t.latiker@jsums.edu

Jane Nell Luster

Education Consultant

janenellluster@gmail.com

Mindy Waldrop

Western Kentucky University

mindy.waldrop@wku.edu

University Student Director

Erika Cheek

University of South Alabama

echeek@southalabama.edu

Committee Chairpersons and Other Leadership Team Members

Archives

Mississippi State University 

Budget Advisory

Rebecca Robichaux-Davis (chair)

Mississippi State University

rrr102@msstate.edu

SRERA Liaison
Randy Parker

Louisiana Tech University (retired)
doctorp1954@gmail.com

Constitution and By-laws
Rod Uzat

University of Texas Permian Basin

uzat_r@utpb.edu

Institutional Support

Deanna Rice

University of Central Arkansas

dkrice@uca.edu

 

Franz Reneau

Georgia Tech University

franz.reneau@gatech.edu

Distinguished Awards

Stefanie Sorbet

University of Central Arkansas

ssorbet1@uca.edu


Distinguished Papers

Kelly Byrd

University of South Alabama

kbyrd@southalabama.edu


Evaluation

Tina Allen

Louisiana Tech University

tallen@latech.edu

Dustin Whitlock

Louisiana Tech University

whitlock@latech.edu


Foundation
Larry Daniel

Anderson University

ldaniel@andersonuniversity.edu

Future Site
Kasey Warren

Halls High School, Lauderdale County Schools

kwarren@k12.lced.net

 
University Student Advisory

Christy Hornsby

Northwestern State University (LA)

hornsbyc@nsula.edu

Laura Norman

Northwestern State University (LA)

normanl@nsula.edu


MSERA Mentors
Larry Daniel

Anderson University

ldaniel@andersonuniversity.edu

Ibrahim Duyer

Arkansas State University

iduyar@astate.edu

Historian

Rebecca Robichaux-Davis

Mississippi State University

rrr102@msstate.edu

Parlimentarian

Raglena Salmans

Eastern Kentucky University

raglena.salmans@eku.edu

Rod Uzat

University of Texas Permian Basin

uzat_r@utpb.edu

LERA Liaison

Keicia Hawkins

Northwestern State University

hawkinsk@nsula.edu

Local Arrangements

Kasey Warren

Halls High School, Lauderdale County Schools

kwarren@k12.lced.net

Margaret Westmoreland

Southeastern Louisiana University

margaret.westmoreland@selu.edu


Membership
Stephanie Cheramie

Calcasieu Parish School Board

stephanie.cheramie@cpsb.org

Nominations

George Noflin

Grambling State University

nofling@gram.edu


Program Chair & Proceedings

Keicia Hawkins

Northwestern State University

hawkinsk@nsula.edu

Mindy Waldrop

Western Kentucky University

mindy.waldrop@wku.edu


Research in the Schools 

To Be Determined

The Researcher 

Mindy Waldrop

Western Kentucky University

mindy.waldrop@wku.edu

Raglena Salmans

Eastern Kentucky University

raglena.salmans@eku.edu

Social Media

Kasey Warren

Halls High School, Lauderdale County Schools

kwarren@k12.lced.net

Webmaster/Technology

Ashley Wicker

Southeastern Louisiana University

ashley.wicker@selu.edu

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