PAST OFFICERS of the SOCIETY

The paragraphs below identify the principal officers and the dates of the Annual Meetings since the Society was founded. Beginning with 1996, they also list the recipients of the Edna Steeves Prize for the best graduate student paper at the Annual Meeting, which was first awarded in that year.

2016
President: Jean-Marc Kehrès (French, Trinity College)
Secretary-Treasurer Melissa Bissonette (English, St. John Fisher College)
Annual Meeting: University of Massachusetts, October 20-22
Chair of Annual Meeting: Joseph Bartolomeo (English, UMASS)

2015
President: Peter Sabor (English, McGill University)
Secretary-Treasurer Melissa Bissonette (English, St. John Fisher College)
Annual Meeting: Trinity College, October 8-10, 2015
Chair of Annual Meeting: Jean-Marc Kehrès (French, Trinity College)

2014
President: Lisa Berglund (English, Buffalo State College)
Secretary-Treasurer Melissa Bissonette (English, St. John Fisher College)
Annual Meeting: Syracuse University, September 25-28
Chair of Annual Meeting: Amy Wyngaard (French, Syracuse University)

2013
President:  Catherine Gallouët (French, Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Secretary-Treasurer:  Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 3-6, 2013
Chair of Annual Meeting: Gordon Turnbull (General Editor, Yale Boswell Editions)
Edna Steeves Prize awarded to Michael Paulson (English, Columbia University)

2012
President:  Frans De Bruyn (English, University of Ottawa)
Secretary-Treasurer:  Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, October 11-13, 2012
Chair of Annual Meeting: Andrew Curran (French and Dean of Arts and Humanities, Wesleyan)
Edna Steeves Prize awarded to Tali Zechory (French, Harvard University)

2011
President:  Frans De Bruyn (English, University of Ottawa)
Secretary-Treasurer:  Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: McMaster University, Hamilton ON, October 27-29
Chair of Annual Meeting: Peter Walmsley (English, McMaster University)
Edna Steeves Prize awarded to Jacob Bodway (English, SUNY at Buffalo)

2010
President: Alden Gordon (Art History, Trinity College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York, October 21-23
Chair of Annual Meeting: Lisa Berglund (English, Buffalo State College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Amy Mallory-Kani, SUNY at Albany

2009
President: J. T. Scanlan (English, Providence College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 5-8, 2009
Chair of Annual Meeting: Frans De Bruyn (English, University of Ottawa)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Michael Genovese, University of Virginia

2008
President: John C. O’Neal (French, Hamilton College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy E. Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, October 30- November 2, 2008
Chair of Annual Meeting: Catherine Gallouët (French, Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Nathan Gorelick, SUNY at Buffalo

2007
President: Anna Battigelli (English, SUNY at Plattsburgh)
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy E. Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Dartmouth College, October 25-28, 2007
Chair of Annual Meeting: Peter Cosgrove (English, Dartmouth College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Trevor Speller, SUNY Buffalo.

2006
President: Edward T. Larkin (German, University of New Hampshire)
Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Johnson (English, SUNY at New Paltz)
Annual Meeting: Salem State College, November 9-12
Chair of Annual Meeting: Christopher Fauske (Arts and Sciences, Salem State College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Emily King, Tufts University

2005
President: Beverly Lemire (History, University of Alberta)
Secretary-Treasurer: Charlotte Craig (German, Rutgers University)
Annual Meeting: University of New Brunswick, September 30 - October 2
Chair of Annual Meeting: Beverly Lemire (History, University of Alberta)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Emily Dolan, Cornell University; Special Honorable Mention to Miruna Stanica, Stanford University

2004
President: David Hensley (English, McGill University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Charlotte Craig (German, Rutgers University)
Annual Meeting: University of Vermont, November 4-6, 2004
Chair of Annual Meeting: Dennis Mahoney (German, University of Vermont)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Michelle Syba, Harvard University

2003
President: Dennis F. Mahoney (German, University of Vermont)
Secretary-Treasurer: Charlotte Craig (German, Rutgers University)
Annual Meeting: Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, November 6-9, 2003
Chair of Annual Meeting: J. T. Scanlan, (English, Providence College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Brian Michael Norton, New York University

2002
President: Michael Suarez, S. J. (English, Fordham University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Anna Battigelli (English, SUNY at Plattsburgh)
Annual Meeting: CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, October 17-19, 2002
Chairs of Annual Meeting: David Richter (English, CUNY) and Mira Morganstern (Political Science, Kingsborough Community College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Jessica Leiman, Yale University

2001
President: Mira Morgenstern (Political Science, Kingsborough Community College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Anna Battigelli (English, SUNY at Plattsburgh)
Annual Meeting: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 1-4, 2001
Chair of Annual Meeting: Trevor Ross (English, Dalhousie University)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Marianne Tettlebaum, Cornell University

2000
President: Patricia Bruckmann (English, Trinity College, University of Toronto)
Secretary-Treasurer: Anna Battigelli (English, SUNY at Plattsburgh)
Annual Meeting: University of Southern Maine and Bowdoin College, October 26-29, 2000
Chair of Annual Meeting: Lucinda Cole (English, University of Southern Maine)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Robert Grossman, University of Virginia

1999
President: Randolph Trumbach (History, CUNY)
Secretary-Treasurer: Roger D. Lund (English, Le Moyne College)
Annual Meeting: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, December 9-12, 1999
Chair of Annual Meeting: Edward T. Larkin (German, University of New Hampshire)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Elisabeth Ellington, Brandeis University

1998
President: Ronald Leblanc (German, University of New Hampshire)
Secretary-Treasurer: Roger D. Lund (English, Le Moyne College)
Annual Meeting: Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 17-20, 1998
Chair of Annual Meeting: Harry C. Payne, President, Williams College
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Karen Odden, New York University

1997
President: Carol Blum (French, SUNY at Stony Brook)
Secretary-Treasurer: Roger D. Lund (English, Le Moyne College)
Annual Meeting: Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, December 11-14, 1997
Chair of Annual Meeting: Ourida Mostefai (French, Boston College)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to Lisa Zunshine, University of California, Santa Barbara

1996
President: Damie Stillman (Art History, University of Delaware)
Secretary-Treasurer: Roger D. Lund (English, Le Moyne College)
Annual Meeting: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 26-29, 1996
Chairs of Annual Meeting: B. Eugene McCarthy and Maurice A. Geracht (English, College of the Holy Cross)
Edna Steeves Prize Awarded to David L. Hays, Yale University

1995
President: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, September 7-10, 1995
Chair of Annual Meeting: Frans DeBruyn (English, University of Ottawa)

1994
President: H. Grant Sampson (English, Queen's University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: Fordham University, New York City, October 6-9, 1994
Chairs of Annual Meeting: Frank T. Boyle (English, Fordham) and Susan Greenfield (Humanities, Fordham)

1993
President: John C. O'Neal (French, Hamilton College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT, September 30- October 3, 1993
Chairs of Annual Meeting: Gordon Turnbull (English, Yale) and Duncan Robinson(Yale Center for British Art)

1992
President: Thomas McCormick (Art History, Wheaton College)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: SUNY at Stony Brook, October 15-18, 1992
Chair of Annual Meeting: Rose A. Zimbardo (Theatre, SUNY at Stony Brook)

1991
President: Anne J. Jacobson (Philosophy, Rutgers University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: University of Vermont, Burlington, October 31-November 3, 1991
Chair of Annual Meeting: Dennis Mahoney (German, University of Vermont)

1990
President: R B Reaves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 1-4, 1990
Chair of Annual Meeting: Joseph Bartolomeo (English, University of Massachusetts)

1989
President: Aubrey Rosenberg (French, University of Toronto)
Secretary-Treasurer: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Annual Meeting: Worcester Polytechnic University, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 5-8, 1989
Chair of Annual Meeting: Bland Addison (History, Worcester Polytechnic University)

1988
President: Mary Anne Schofield (English, St. Bonaventure University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Christina Gillis (American Council of Learned Societies)
Annual Meeting: Kutztown University and Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, October 20-23, 1988
Chair of Annual Meeting: Charlotte M. Craig (German, Kutztown University)

1987
President: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)
Secretary-Treasurer: Christina Gillis (American Council of Learned Societies)
Annual Meeting: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, September 24-27, 1987
Chair of Annual Meeting: H. Grant Sampson (English, Queen's University)

1986
President: Robert Adams Day (English, Graduate Center, CUNY)
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Anne Schofield (English, St. Bonaventure University)
Annual Meeting: Temple University, Philadelphia, October 9-11, 1986
Chair of Annual Meeting: Louis A. Cellucci (English, Temple University)

1985
President: Patricia Meyer Spacks (English, Yale University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Anne Schofield (English, St. Bonaventure University)
Annual Meeting: Colgate University and Hamilton College, September 19-22, 1985
Chair of Annual Meeting: John C. O'Neal (French, Hamilton College)

1984
President: English Showalter (Executive Director, Modern Language Association)
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Anne Schofield (English, College of William & Mary)
Annual Meeting: University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, November 1-4, 1984
Chair of Annual Meeting: Edna L. Steeves (English, University of Rhode Island)

1983
President: John Yolton (Philosophy, Rutgers University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: Syracuse University and LeMoyne College, October 6-8, 1983
Chair of Annual Meeting: Roger Lund (English, LeMoyne College)

1982
President: J. Paul Hunter (English, University of Rochester)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 7-10, 1982
Chair of Annual Meeting: Richard Quaintance (English, Rutgers University)

1981
President: Gita May (French, Columbia University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 9-11, 1981
Chair of Annual Meeting: Ruth Perry (English, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

1980
President: J. William Johnson (English, University of Rochester)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: C. W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY, October 16-18, 1980
Chair of Annual Meeting: Joan Digby (C. W. Post College)

1979
President: Marcus McCorison (Director, American Antiquarian Society)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: University of Toronto, October 12-14, 1979
Chairs of Annual Meeting: Patricia Bruckmann and Brian Corman (English, University of Toronto)

1978
President: Earl Miner (English, Princeton University)
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank Shuffelton (American Studies, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: University of Massachusetts, October 5-7, 1978
Chair of Annual Meeting: Louis Greenbaum (History, University of Massachusetts)

1977
President: Lewis White Beck (Philosophy, University of Rochester)
Secretary-Treasurer: Peter Linebaugh (History, University of Rochester)
Annual Meeting: University of Rochester, October 13-15, 1977
Chair of Annual Meeting: Paula Backscheider (English, University of Rochester)