As a NCAS member, you may want to participate by becoming a member of one of the Academy's committees. Some of these are listed below with a short description of the committee's responsibilities: Contact an Academy Board Member or email ncacadsci@gmail.com, if you are interested in serving on any of these committees. More detailed information regarding responsibilities of elected members and appointed Board Members can be found in the NCAS Handbook.
Bryden Committee
Education Committee
Finance Committee
Membership Committee
Publications Committee
Yarbrough Committee
Finance Committee
The Finance, Grants and Endowment Committee determines guidelines for handling Academy funds and prepares an annual budget, identifies and contacts potential sources of funding, organizes financing of specific projects for the Academy, and builds the endowment of the Academy. The Committee is made of the Chair, Treasurer, Chair of the Membership Committee, Senior Executive of CANCAS, Senior Executive Director of NCSAS, and NCAS President.
Committee Chair
Eid Haddad, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Department of Biological Sciences
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
ehaddad@uncfsu.edu
Committee Member
Laura Reichenberg, PhD (CANCAS Co-director)
Pfeiffer University
Department of Biology
Misenheimer, NC
laura.reichenberg@pfeiffer.edu
Committee Member
Chris Thomas, PhD (NCSAS Director)
North Carolina School Science & Mathematics Distance Education Durham, NC thomas@ncssm.edu
Treasurer
Evan Reynolds, PhD
Campbell University Dept of Chemistry & Physics
Buies Creek NC
Committee Member
Eric Anderson, PhD. (Membership Committee Chair)
East Carolina University
Department of Biology
Greenville, NC
Committee Member
Michael Kingston, PhD (President Elect, Ex-Officio)
Elon University
Dept Biology
Elon, NC
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee is responsible for writing, arranging, and publishing the quarterly Academy Newsletters, producing one-time publications as needed, contributing to the NCAS Twitter and Instagram accounts, and managing the NCAS website. If you're interested in adding science communication or writing skills to your CV, consider joining the Publications committee!
Karen Guzman, PhD
Publications Committee Chair
Professor of Biology
Campbell University
Buies Creek NC guzman@campbell.edu
Stephanie Mathews, PhD
Webmaster
Assistant Professor of Biology. Campbell University
Buies Creek NC mathews@campbell.edu
Meredith Rowe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Gardner Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC mrowe1@gardner-webb.edu
Jess McCann, PhD
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Duke School of Medicine
Yarbrough Grant Committee
The Yarbrough Research Grant Committee manages undergraduate research funding in its name by advertising the grant, soliciting and evaluating proposals, and recommending funding requests to the NCAS Treasurer. The Undergraduate Research Grant was renamed to the Yarbrough Grant in 1976 in honor of Dr. John A. Yarbrough’s (Biology, Meredith College) 25 years of service to the Academy. The committee is comprised of the Chair, the Executive Director of CANCAS, and other members as appointed by the Chair of the committee.
Dr. Emanuel Waddell
North Carolina A&T
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
2907 East Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27401
Bryden Grant Committee
Dr. Helen Caldwell Bryden Awards Committee Chair
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Physics-Geology-Earth Sciences
625 7th Ave
Hickory NC 28601
Ph: 828-328-7263
Dr. Sirena Hargrove-Leak
Elon University Engineering Campus Box 2630 Elon, NC 27244
Dr. Zhenquan Jia
UNC Greensboro
Department of Biology
Greensboro, NC 27412
Membership Committee
Dr. Eric Anderson Membership Committee Chair
East Carolina University
Department of Biology
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Dr. Taek You
Campbell University
Dept Biol Sciences Buies Creek NC
Dr. Zhenquan Jia
UNC Greensboro
Department of Biology
Greensboro, NC 27412
Dr. Evan Reynolds
Campbell University
Dept of Chemistry & Physics
Buies Creek NC 27506
Karen Guzman, PhD
Campbell University Dept Biol Sciences
Buies Creek NC
Education Committee
The education committee informs and advises the BOD about activities and issues in science education in N.C.