# Board Roster

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**2025 Roster**

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#### **Non-Scientific Members**

- **Eric Cave, PhD, Chair** – Professor of Philosophy
- **Jordan Butcher, PhD** – Assistant Professor of Political Science
- **Melodie Philhours, PhD** – Associate Professor of Marketing
- **Topeka Small-Singleton, PhD** – Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Doctoral Program
- **Edward Salo, PhD** – Associate Director of Heritage Studies; Professor of History

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#### **Scientific Members**

- **Christina Akbari, PhD** – Associate Professor of Communication Disorders
- **James Church, PhD** – Professor of Exercise Science
- **Margaret Hance, PhD** – Associate Professor of Psychology
- **Eric Scudamore, PhD** – Associate Professor of Exercise Science

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#### **Community Members**

- **Shelly Lamb** – Non-Scientific Member
- **Amanda McMillon (Alternate)** – Scientific Member
- **St. Bernards Medical Center**

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#### **Non-Voting Members**

- **Jenny Estes** – Director of Research Compliance; IRB Administrator

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**For more information, please contact:**  
**Director of Research Compliance**  
Phone: (870) 972-2694 | Email: <a class="decorated-link cursor-pointer" data-end="1275" data-start="1261" rel="noopener">IRB@astate.edu</a>