People
Officers
Dr. Xavier Oliveras González
President
Dr. Jamie Ferrill
President Elect (Vice President)
Senior Lecturer
Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security
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Dr. Machteld Venken
2nd Vice President
Professor of Contemporary Transnational History Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH)
Dr. Laurie Trautman
Immediate Past President
Director
Border Policy Research Institute
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington, USA
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Board of Directors
Gülsel Çiftci, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2026-2029
Associate Professor
Trakya University / Edirne, Türkiye
about: Gülsel
Dorte Andersen, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2026-2029
Associate professor, Head of Centre for Border Region Studies
University of Southern Denmark
about: Dorte
Iliana Reyes, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2025-2028
Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies & Center for Latin American Studies
University of Arizona
about: Iliana
Ekaterina Mikhailova, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2025-2028
Associate Professor in Border Studies at the Barents Institute
University of Tromsø
about: Ekaterina
Olivier J. Walther, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2025-2028
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
University of Florida
about: Olivier
Bertha A. Bermúdez Tapia, Ph.D.
Board of Directors 2025-2028
Assistant Professor
Sociology Department
New Mexico State University
about: Bertha
Andréanne Bissonnette, Ph.D.
Board of Directors: 2023-2026 + 2026-2027
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Border Policy Research Institute
Westen Washington University
about: Andréanne
Kenneth Madsen, Ph.D.
Board of Directors: 2024-2027
Professor College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography The Ohio State University
Claudia Donoso, Ph.D.
Board of Directors: 2024-2027
San Antonio, Texas, USA
about: Claudia
Journal of Borderlands Studies
Dr. Kimberly Collins
Editor in Chief
Professor
California State University, San Bernardino
San Bernadino, CA, USA
Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Jennifer Bettis
Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Research Manager
Border Policy Research Institute
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA, USA
p: +1-360-650-3253
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Questions or concerns?
Please email Jennifer.Bettis@wwu.edu for assistance.
Past Presidents
2025-2026
Dr. Laurie Trautman
Western Washington University, USA
2024-2025
Dr. Anna Casaglia
University of Trent
Trento, Italy
2023-2024
Dr. Paul Richardson School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
2022-2023
Dr. T. Mark Montoya, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2021-2022
Dr. Naomi Chi, Hokkaido University, Japan
2020-2021
Dr. Jussi Laine, University of Eastern Finland, Joensu, Finland
2019-2020
Dr. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria, Canada
2018-2019
Dr. Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University, USA
2017-2018
Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, George Mason University, USA
2016-2017
Dr. Martha Patricia Barraza, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
2015-2016
Dr. Akihiro Iwashita, Hokkaido University, Japan
2014-2015
Dr. Martin Van Der Velde, Radboud Univ. Nijmegen, Netherlands
2013-2014
Dr. Victor A. Konrad, Carleton University, Canada
2012-2013
Dr. Christine T. Brenner, University of Massachusetts, USA
2011-2012
Dr. Heather N. Nicol, Trent University, Canada
2010-2011
Dr. Javier D. Durán, University of Arizona, USA
2009-2010
Dr. Tony Payan, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
2008-2009
Dr. James W. Scott, IRS, Germany
2007-2008
Dr. Manuel Chávez, Michigan State University, USA
2006-2007
Dr. Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University, USA
2005-2006
Dr. Irasema Coronado, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
2004-2005
Dr. David Stea, Southwest Texas State University, USA
2003-2004
Dr. Anthony V. Popp, New Mexico State University, USA
2002-2003
Dr. James V. Pick, University of Redlands, USA
2001-2002
Dr. Janet M. Tanski, New Mexico State University, USA
2000-2001
Dr. Edgar Ortiz Calisto, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
1999-2000
Dr. James Peach, New Mexico State University, USA
1998-1999
Dr. David A. Molina, University of North Texas, USA
1997-1998
Dr. Jesús Tamayo, Centro de Ecología y Desarrollo, Mexico
1996-1997
Dr. Edward J. Williams, University of Arizona, USA
1993-1995
Dr. Stephen P. Mumme, Colorado State University, USA
1991-1993
Dr. C. Richard Bath, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
1989-1991
Dr. Joan B. Anderson, University of San Diego, USA
1987-1989
Dr. Paul Ganster, San Diego State University, USA
1985-1987
Dr. Oscar J. Martínez, University of Arizona, USA
1983-1985
Dr. Jerry R. Ladman, Arizona State University, USA
1981-1983
Dr. David Hornbeck, Calif. State University, Northridge, USA
1979-1981
Dr. Richard L. Nostrand, University of Oklahoma, USA
1976-1979
Dr. Ellwyn R. Stoddard, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Past Executive Secretaries
2022-2026
Dr. Daniel Covarrubias
Texas A&M International University, USA
2017-2022
Dr. Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University, USA
2013-2017
Dr. Jussi Laine
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland