Photo of sunflowers in Dorthea Dix Park, by Maria Pickering, Assistant Professor of Biology, Meredith College.
To represent the Academy, the Board of Directors of the Academy consists of members that represent the interests of all three branches. The Collegiate Academy and Student Academy have separate boards and meet separately to handle their routine business, but Senior Academy business is addressed during the main board meeting along with items that need to be coordinated between the three branches.
The Board of Directors is composed of elected officers and appointed individuals. The Board meets four times per year to consider business related to the activities and functions of the Academy.
President 2024-2025
Managing Editor of Journal 2019-2025
Dr. Mark McCallum
Pfeiffer University
Academic Affairs & Department of Biology
48380 US Hwy 52 Misenheimer, NC 28109
Ph 704-463-3307
Vice President 2024-2025
Dr. W. Linwood Coker
Campbell University
Dept of Chemistry & Physics
PO Box 1547
Buies Creek NC 27506
Ph 910-891-1739
President Elect 2024-2025
Dr. Laura Hudson Reichenberg
Pfeiffer University
Department of Biology
Misenheimer, NC 28109
Ph 704-463-3320
Immediate Past President 2024-2025
Dr. Taek You
Campbell University
Dept Biol. Sciences
205 Day Dorm Rd
Buies Creek, NC 27506
Ph 910-893-1734
Secretary 2022-2025
Dr. Maria Pickering
Meredith College
Dept Biological Sciences
3800 Hillsborough St
Raleigh NC 27607-5298
Ph 919-760-8437
Treasurer 2021-2024
Dr. Evan Reynolds
Campbell University
Campbell University
Dept of Chemistry & Physics
143 Main Street
Buies Creek NC 27506
Ph 910-893-1736
Membership Committee Chairperson 2021-2024
Dr. Eric Anderson
East Carolina University
Department of Biology
1000 E 5th St
Greenville, NC 27858-4353 Ph 252-328-6895
Elected Board Member 2022-2025
Dr. Michael Stiff
Lenoir Rhyne University
Dept Biology 625 7th Ave NE
Hickory NC 28601
Ph 828-328-1741
Elected Member 2023-2026
Dr. Danielle Graham
Fayetteville State University N
Dept of Biological and Forensic Sciences
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Ph 910-672-1055
Elected Member 2024-2027
Dr. Daniel Brown
Duke University Toxicology Program Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
2200 West Main Street Suite 400
Durham NC 27705
Collegiate Academy Executive Director 2021-2024
Ryan Brandt
Elon University
Dept Biology
McMichael Science Building 124I
2625 Campus Box Elon NC 27244
Publication Committee Chairperson 2018-2024
Dr. Karen Guzman
Campbell University
Dept of Biological Sciences
PO Box 308
Buies Creek NC 27506-0308
Ph 910-814-4365
Finance Committee Chairperson 2017-2024
Dr. Eid Haddad
Fayetteville State University
Dept of Biological Sciences
Science and Technology Building #426
Ph 910-672-2436
Education Committee Chair 2022-2025
Dr. David Parker
Elon University
Dept Biology
McMichael Science Building 124E
2625 Campus Box Elon NC 27244
Strategic Planning Committee Chairperson
Dr. Judy Moore
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Department of Biology
625 7th Ave
Hickory NC 28601
Ph: 828-328-7925
Bryden Awards Committee Chair 2023-2025
Graduate Counselor 2021-2024
Dr. Zhenquan Jia UNC Greensboro
Department of Biology
312 McIver Street Greensboro, NC 27412 Ph 336-256-0078
Yarbrough Research Grants Committee Co-chair 2023-2026
Dr. Emanuel Waddell
North Carolina A&T
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
2907 East Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27401
Yarbrough Research Grants Committee Co-Chair 2021-2024
Dr. David Cartrette
Pfeiffer University
Dept of Natural Sciences
48380 US Hwy 52 Misenheimer, NC 28109 Email David.cartrette@Pfeiffer.edu
Annual Meeting Committee Chairperson 2021-2024
Dr. Maria Santisteban
UNC Pembroke Dept Biology
PO Box 1510
Pembroke NC 28372-1510
Ph 910-775-4274 Fax 910-522-5754
Executive Editor of the Journal 2019-2025
Dr. David Judge
Gardner-Webb University
Dept of Natural Sciences - Biology
PO Box 7221, GWU
Boiling Springs, NC 28017
Ph 704-406-4368
Student Academy Executive Director 2021-2025
Dr. Chris Thomas
North Carolina School Science & Mathematics Distance Education 1219 Broad St Durham, NC 27705-3577 Ph 919-416-2768
Collegiate Academy President 2024-2025
Jackson Owens
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Ex-Officio Members
Academy Historian 2022-2025
Dr. Lisa Kelly
UNC-Pembroke Dept Biology
PO Box 1510
Pembroke NC 28372-1510
Ph 910-521-6377
Website Coordinator 2021-2024
Dr. Stephanie Mathews
North Carolina State University
Dept Biological Sciences
Campus Box 7614
Raleigh NC 27695-7614
Ph 919-513-3492
Parliamentarian 2023-2026
Dr. Alexey Sukhinin
UNC-Greensboro
Dept of Mathematics and Statistics
PO Box 26170
Greensboro NC 27402-6170
Science and Public Policy Committee Chairperson 2024-2027
Local Arrangements Committee 2023-2024
Dr. John Merle
Chemistry Department
Winston Salem State University
Winston Salem, NC 27110
Ph 336-750-2237