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. 

Polling opens August 12 and closes September 9, 2024 at 11:59 pm 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 2024 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 2024, 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.
 

2024 Candidates

Board of Directors

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

  • C. Tod Bevitt (Principal Investigator, Buried Past Consulting, LLC, Oskaloosa, Kansas)
  • Warren Davis (Research Archaeologist, Office of the State Archaeologist/University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)
  • Tyrel Iron Eyes (Tribal Archaeologist, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe/Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO),
    Fort Yates, North Dakota)
  • Stephen M. Perkins (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma)
  • Patrick D. Trader (Senior Principal Investigator, Gray & Pape, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • David T. Williams (State Archeologist, History Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska)