Officers & Committees History
ALSC Presidents
1994-1995 Ricardo J. Quinones, Claremont McKenna College
1995-1996 Roger Shattuck, Boston University
1996-1997 Robert Alter, UC Berkeley
1997-1998 Eleanor Cook, University of Toronto
1998-1999 Austin Quigley, Columbia University
1999-2000 Mary Lefkowitz, Wellesley College
2000-2001 John Hollander, Yale University
2001-2002 James T. Engell, Harvard University
2002-2003 Stanley N. Stewart, UC Riverside
2003-2004 Michael Valdez Moses, Duke University
2004-2005 Rosanna Warren, Boston University
2005-2006 Tom Clayton, University of Minnesota
2006-2007 Morris Dickstein, CUNY Graduate Center
2007-2008 Christopher Ricks, Boston University
ALSC Council members
Term ending Conference 1996
James Engell, Harvard University
David Hertz, Indiana University
John Hollander, Yale University
Term ending Conference 1997
Felicia Bonaparte, CUNY
Paul A. Cantor, University of Virginia
Anne Ferry, Independent Scholar
Lorraine J. Clark, Trent University
Term ending Conference 1998
Michael Valdez Moses, Duke University
Jeanne J. Smoot, North Carolina State University
Stanley N. Stewart, UC Riverside
Term ending Conference 1999
James Heffernan, Dartmouth College
Michael Putnam, Brown University
Ralph Rader, UC Berkeley
Term ending Conference 2000
Inger Brodey, University of Puget Sound
Dario Fernandez-Morera, Northwestern University
Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University
Term ending Conference 2001
John M. Ellis, UC Santa Cruz
Gerald Gillespie, Stanford University
Robert Gleckner, Duke University
Term ending Conference 2002
David Bromwich, Yale University
Robert Fagles, Princeton University
Lisa Fishman, Beloit College
Term ending Conference 2003
Robin Feuer Miller, Brandeis University
Bruce Redford, Boston University
Ann Schmiesing, University of Colorado
Term ending September 1, 2004
Sara Mack, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Winder McConnell, UC Davis
Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
Term ending Conference 2005
Clare Cavanagh, Northwestern University
Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
Term ending Conference 2006
Daniel Lowenstein (Interim Councilor), UCLA Law School
Andrew Patner, Chicago, Illinois
William Waters, Boston University
Term ending Conference 2007
Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University
Suzanne Nalbantian, Long Island University/C.W. Post Center
Lee Oser, College of the Holy Cross
Term ending Conference 2008
Stephen M. Foley, Brown University
James Longenbach, University of Rochester
Rachel Wetzsteon, William Paterson University
Committee on Curriculum
1995-1996
Norman Fruman (Chair), University of Minnesota
John Hollander, Yale University
Richard Lehan, UCLA
Mary Ann McGrail, Boston University
1996-1997
Norman Fruman (Chair), University of Minnesota
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., University of Virginia
Mary Ann McGrail, Boston University
Michael V. Moses, Duke University
1997-1998
John Briggs, UC Riverside
Mary Ann McGrail, Boston University
Roger Shattuck, Boston University
Myron Simon, UC Irvine
1998-1999
John Briggs (Chair), UC Riverside
Helen Killoran, Ohio University Lancaster
William Sessions, Georgia State University
Roger Shattuck, Boston University
1999-2000
John Briggs (Chair), UC Riverside
Helen Killoran, Ohio University Lancaster
William Sessions, Georgia State University
Roger Shattuck, Boston University
2000-2001
Helen Killoran (Chair), Ohio University Lancaster
Bruce Gans, Wright College
Seymour Menton, UC Irvine
William Sessions, Georgia State University
2001-2002
Bruce Gans (Chair), Wright College
Seymour Menton, UC Irvine
Daniel Lowenstein, UCLA
Patrick Brady, University of Tennessee
2002-2003
Patrick Brady, University of Tennessee
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
John Irwin, Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Lowenstein, UCLA
2003-2004
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
Robert DeMaria, Vassar College
John Irwin, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Wachtel, Northwestern University
2004-2005
Scott Crider, University of Dallas
Robert DeMaria, Vassar College
Teresa Kennedy, Mary Washington College
Andrew Wachtel, Northwestern University
2005-2006
David Mikics, Chair, University of Houston
Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University
Scott Crider, University of Dallas
2006-2007
David Mikics, Chair, University of Houston
Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Lew Kamm, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University
2007-2008
James Kee, College of the Holy Cross
Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Lew Kamm, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Committee on Publications
1995-1996
Paul A. Cantor (Chair), University of Virginia
J. D. McClatchy, Yale Review
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
Rosanna Warren, Boston University
1996-1997
Paul A. Cantor (Chair), University of Virginia
J. D. McClatchy, Yale Review
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
Rosanna Warren, Boston University
1997-1998
Rosanna Warren (Chair), Boston University
Paul A. Cantor (Chair), University of Virginia
J. D. McClatchy, Yale Review
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
1998-1999
Rosanna Warren (Chair), Boston University
Paul A. Cantor, University of Virginia
Wendell Harris, Pennsylvania State University
Howard Young, Pomona College
1999-2000
Rosanna Warren (Chair), Boston University
Paul A. Cantor, University of Virginia
Wendell Harris, Pennsylvania State University
Howard Young, Pomona College
2000-2001
Mark Bauerlein (Chair), Emory University
Wendell Harris, Pennsylvania State University
Ed Ochester, University of Pittsburgh
Howard Young, Pomona College
2001-2002
Mark Bauerlein (Chair), Emory University
Peter Firchow, University of Minnesota
John Halperin, Vanderbilt University
Ed Ochester, University of Pittsburgh
2002-2003
Morris Dickstein, CUNY
Peter Firchow, University of Minnesota
John Halperin, Vanderbilt University
Stephen Yenser, UCLA
2003-2004
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
Morris Dickstein, CUNY
John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Yenser, UCLA
2004-2005
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania
Paul Voss, Georgia State University
Michelle Yeh, University of California Davis
2005-2006
Reginald Gibbons, Northwestern University
Frederick Speers, Longman Publishers
Paul Voss, Georgia State University
Michelle Yeh, University of California Davis
2006-2007
Frederick Speers, Chair, Addison Wesley Higher Education /
Pearson Publishing
Reginald Gibbons, Northwestern University
Marcia Karp, Massachusetts College of Art
James Najarian, Boston College
2007-2008
Marcia Karp, Chair, Boston University
James Najarian, Boston College
Debra San, Massachusetts College of Art
Milton L. Welch, North Carolina State University
Conference Committee
2004
Paul Cantor, Chair, University of Virginia
Robert McMahon, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
Michael Valdez Moses, Duke University
2005
Steven Shankman, Chair, University of Oregon
Clare Cavanagh, Northwestern University
Morris Dickstein, CUNY
John Hollander, Yale University
Christopher Ricks, Boston University
Stephen Scully, Boston University
Rosanna Warren, Boston University
2006
Tom Clayton, Chair, University of Minnesota
Maria J. Fitzgerald, University of Minnesota
Achsah Guibbory, Barnard College
Jay L. Halio, University of Delaware
Daniel Hooley, University of Missouri
Barbara Packer, University of California, Los Angeles
Caterina Salabè, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
2007
Morris Dickstein, Chair, CUNY Graduate Center
Mark Bauerlein, Emory University
Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Rachel Hadas, Rutgers University
Lee Oser, College of the Holy Cross
Sarah Spence, University of Georgia
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
2008
John Talbot, Chair, Brigham Young University
Saskia Hamilton, Barnard College, Columbia University
Jack Kolb, University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher Ricks (ex officio), Boston University
Rosanna Warren, Boston University
Susan Wolfson, Princeton University
Michelle Yeh, University of California, Davis
Nominations Committee
2004
Sara Mack, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Winder McConnell, UC Davis
Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
2005
Clare Cavanagh, Northwestern University
Kenneth Gross, University of Rochester
Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University
2006
William Waters, Chair, Boston University
Daniel Lowenstein, UCLA Law School
2006 Special Subcommittee on Nominations
Lee Oser, College of The Holy Cross
Rachel Wetzsteon, William Paterson University
2007
Lee Oser, Chair, College of the Holy Cross
Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University
Suzanne Nalbantian, Long Island University/C.W. Post Center
2008
Rachel Wetzsteon, Chair, William Paterson University
James Longenbach, University of Rochester
Current Officers and Committees (2007-2008)
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