This is your opportunity to select members of the Plains Anthropological Society Board of Directors which will help guide the future of the organization. Pursuant to Article 4, Section 2 of the Bylaws (as amended), the Board of Directors shall consist of nine persons elected by the membership. Directors shall serve a term of three (3) years on the PAS Board; the term starts at the conclusion of the 2026 Annual Business Meeting. 

Polling opens August 14 and closes September 21, 2026, at 12:00 pm (noon) CDT. Only members in good and current standing may vote in the Board of Directors Election. Current members include lifetime members and anyone who has paid 2026 dues up to and including the day of the election deadline for a regular, student, or joint (in conjunction with a regular member) membership. Voting is not allowed by Institutional subscribers. Each member is allowed to vote only once but may select up to three candidates from the Board of Directors list below. You will not be able to make changes to your ballot once it has been submitted. 

If you have not yet renewed your PAS membership for 2026, or would like to become a member, visit our membership page.

You must be logged into your PAS member account in order to cast a ballot. If you are having trouble logging in please contact Abigail Fisher, the PAS membership chair by clicking here. 

Electronic voting is the preferred method. However, if you wish to receive a paper ballot please contact the Nominations Committee chair Timothy Reed. All paper ballots must be postmarked by the deadline. Any paper ballots postmarked after this deadline will not be counted. Paper ballots from non-current members will not be counted.
 

2026 Candidates

Candidate biographical sketches and statements are available (view PDF) (download PDF)

Board of Directors

  • Crystal Dozier (Associate Professor, Wichita State University, Wichita KS)
  • Megan Ernst (Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Oahe Project, Pierre SD)
  • Nolan Johnson (Highway Archaeologist, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln NE)
  • Katherine Lamie (Senior Archaeologist/Repository Manager, South Dakota State Historical Society Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City SD)
  • Kevin McGeough (Professor, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta)
  • Devin Pettigrew (Assistant Professor, Sul Ross State University, Alpine TX)
  • Rachel Thimmig (Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University, Providence RI)

 

 

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