About
The Southeastern American Studies Association is the largest regional chapter of the American Studies Association (U.S.A.). SASA presents new developments and findings in American Studies scholarship, identifies and defines areas of debate about the nature of American culture and its study, and conducts cultural and historical programs on the Southeast and its communities. SASA holds a biennial conference, with recent meetings at Emory University (2019) The College of William and Mary (2017), Kennesaw State University (2015), College of Charleston (2013), Georgia State University (2011), and George Mason University (2009). Conference themes are broad and inclusive to encompass such topics as art and architecture, black literature and music, American Studies as cultural critique, the cultural uses of photography, Native American Studies, popular culture, Southern literature and women’s studies. The SASA Constitution can be found here.
Current Board
Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University
President, president@SoutheasternASA.org
Jared N. Champion, Mercer University
Vice President, vp@SoutheasternASA.org
Michael Innis-Jiménez, University of Alabama
Secretary/Treasurer, treasurer@SoutheasternASA.org
Elijah Gaddis, Auburn University
Alisha Gaines, Florida State University
Jannah Mitchell, Florida State University
Jannah Mitchell, Florida State University
Graduate Student Representative
Krystyn Moon, University of Mary Washington
Past President
Margaret T. McGehee, Oxford College of Emory University
Past President
Scott Peeples, College of Charleston
Immediate Past President
Lauren Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Patricia Ventura, Spelman College