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MALAS LEADERSHIP
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President
Aaron Paul Brakke
Assistant Professor
Samford University
Department of Architecture & Interior Design
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
205-726-4906
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Vice President
Dr. Betty Smith
Professor Emerita of Geography
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave., Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-6340
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Secretary
Patrick Anderson
Academic Advisor
University of Illinois - Springfield
Office of Advising Services,
Information and Support
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
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Treasurer
Dr. Sophia Gehlhausen
Associate Director for Policy, Academic Programs, and Strategic Initiatives
University of Illinois System
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
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OFFICERS
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
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Dr. Adriana Piatti-Crocker
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
University of Illinois Springfield
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
217-206-8329
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Dr. Francisco Mayorga
Professor of Political Science
Rector of La Universidad Privada Boliviana – Santa Cruz Bolivia
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Dr. Sabella O. Abidde
Professor of Political Science
Dept. of History and Political Science
G.W Trenholm Hall 203
Alabama State University
915 South Jackson Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
334-604-8038
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Michael Gold-Biss, Ph.D., MBA
Professor of Political Science
North Hennepin Community College
7411 85th Avenue North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
703-517-0118
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Allen Zegarra
Ph.D. Candidate
Spanish and Portuguese Studies
University of Florida
Dauer Hall Office 18 Gainesville, FL 32611-7405
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Dr. Gregory D. Schmidt
Professor of Political Science
The University of Texas at El Paso
Benedict Hall 211
500 W. University
El Paso, TX 79968
915-747-7973
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Dr. Cecilia Battauz
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Department of Languages, Literature and Mass Communication
Colorado Mesa University
1100 North Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501
970.248.1068
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