annual meeting Program Chair

Ryan Kostanecki (2026)
Macomb Community College
kostaneckir331@macomb.edu

President

Kevin Lorentz II (2025-2027)
Department of Political Science
Saginaw Valley State University
989-964-4378
kglorent@svsu.edu

Executive Vice President

Kimberly Saks (2025-2027)
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Michigan-Flint
810-766-6729
kimsaks@umich.edu

Vice President for Communication

Douglas Carr (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science
Oakland University
248-370-2972
carr@oakland.edu

Secretary

Marty Jordan (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University
517-295-3518
jordan61@msu.edu

Treasurer

Brady Baybeck (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science
2067 FAB, 656 West Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202
brady.baybeck@wayne.edu

David Dulio (2025-2026)
Department of Political Science
Oakland University
248-370-2523
ddulio@oakland.edu

Lauren Foley (2025-2027)
Department of Political Science
Western Michigan University
269-387-5690
email

Sharon Lean (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science
Wayne State University
313-577-3169
sflean@wayne.edu

Melissa Shaffer-O’Connell (2025-2027)
Department of Political Science
Lake Superior State University
906-635-2339
mshafferoconnell@lssu.edu

Kyla Stepp (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Central Michigan University
989-774-3259
stepp1k@cmich.edu

Roger Durham (2025-2026)
Department of Political Science
Aquinas College
616-632-2840
durharog@aquinas.edu

Ryan Peterson (2025-2028)
Department of Political Science
Delta College
989-686-9135
ryanpetersen@delta.edu

Kevin Dockerty (2025-2026)
Department of Political Science
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
kdockerty@kvcc.edu

Ryan Kostanecki (2025-2027)
Department of Social Science
Macomb Community College
586-286-2282
kostaneckir331@macomb.edu

• 2024-2025 Kevin Lorentz II, Saginaw Valley State University

• 2023-2024 Kimberly Saks, University of Michigan-Flint

• 2022-2023 David Takitaki, Ferris State University

• 2020-2022 John Clark, Western Michigan University

• 2019-2020 Corwin Smidt, Michigan State University

• 2018-2019 Judith Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University

• 2017-2018 Larry Sych, Central Michigan University

• 2016-2017 Roger Durham, Aquinas College

• 2015-2016 David Dulio, Oakland University

• 2014-2015 Britt Cartrite, Alma College

• 2013-2014 Gary Johnson, Lake Superior State University

• 2012-2013 Dennis Duggan, North Central Michigan College

• 2011-2012 Keith St. Clair, Grand Rapids Community College

• 2010-2011 Lisa Lawrason, Delta College

• 2009-2010 Claudia Petrescu, Eastern Michigan University

• 2008-2009 John Clark, Western Michigan University

• 2007-2008 Dina Krois, Lansing Community College

• 2006-2007 Don Anderson, University of Michigan—Dearborn

• 2005-2006 Vidu Soni, Central Michigan University

• 2004-2005 Jim Penning, Calvin College

• 2003-2004 Dina Krois, Lansing Community College

• 2002-2003 Roger Durham, Aquinas College

• 2001-2002 Ed Lorenz, Alma College