Our Board
Judy Sizemore
President & National Board Member
Judy Sizemore
Judy Sizemore is a retired History educator who also served on Congressman Bud Cramer congressional staff. Judy had the honor to serve as the founding director of Alabama’s only National Heritage Area, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. Judy has a passion in sharing her love of history.
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Jessica Harper-Brown
Board Member
Jeffrey Bibbee, PhD
Treasurer
Jeffrey Bibbee
Jeffrey Bibbee lives in Martin, Tennessee, and is currently Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He has also been instrumental in launching "Teach the Trail," an initiative to create K-12 school interdisciplinary curriculum on Southeastern Native cultures.
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Sean Jacobson, PhD
Secretary
Sean Jacobson
Sean Jacobson was born and raised in Louisville, KY. He is currently an Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Alabama, where he teaches courses in Public History, US History, and Native American History. He is writing a monograph exploring the public history of Native American mission schools during the Removal period.
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Nancy Loriot
Board Member
Deidra Suwanee Dees, EdD
Board Member
Deidra Suwanee Dees, Ed.D.
Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees is an enrolled citizen of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Of Mvskoke and Scottish descent, she descends from the Hotvlkvlke (Wind Clan) following Mvskoke stompdance traditions. A graduate of University of South Alabama, Cornell University, and Harvard University, she has worked at the Poarch Band since 2011 and teaches Native American Studies at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Dees recently received a Native Voices Award for her book Vision Lines: Native American Decolonizing Literature and poetry in Modern Language Studies.
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Lisa Hoffman
Board Member
Chris Haveman
Board Member
Seth Armstrong
Board Member
Seth Armstrong
Seth Armstrong is a graduate of the graduate history program at the University of North Alabama. He is currently the historical consultant for Native American history for the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, and serves on the board of directors for the Oka Kapassa Festival.
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