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Officers

Terms (except treasurer) run for two years, from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009.

New Officers and Board Members Elected by Acclamation:

New EWS Board Members (1 January 2009-1 January 2011)
Emily Orlando
Frederick Wegener
Linda Costanzo Cahir
Annette Benert

Secretary: Gary Totten (1 January 2009-1 January 2010; he will become Vice President on 1 January 2010, when Margaret Murray moves from VP to President.)

President (2007-2009; extended to 2010) Hildegard Hoeller, CUNY-Staten Island
Immediate Past President (2005-2007) Donna Campbell, Washington State University
Vice President (2008-2009; extended to 2010): 

Margaret Murray, Western Connecticut State University (2008)
(Edie Thornton, 2007)
Secretary (2007-2009): Meredith Goldsmith (interim secretary 2008)
(Margaret Murray, 2007)
Treasurer:  Carole Shaffer-Koros, Kean University

Current At-large Executive Board Members

  • Katherine Joslin, Western Michigan University (January 1, 2007-January 1, 2009)
  • Meredith Goldsmith, Ursinus College (January 1, 2007-January 1, 2009)
  • Gary Totten, North Dakota State University (January 1, 2007-January 1, 2009)
  • Laura Saltz, Colby College (2003-2005; re-elected 2005- 2007; re-elected January 1, 2007-January 1, 2009)
  • Shafquat Towheed, The Open University (January 1, 2008-January 1, 2010)
  • Laura Rattray, University of Hull (January 1, 2008-January 1, 2010)

    • The Co-editors of the Edith Wharton Review, Carole Shaffer-Koros and Linda Costanzo-Cahir, also serve on the Executive Board.

    Past Presidents

    2003-2005 Julie Olin-Ammentorp, LeMoyne College
    2001-2003 Augusta Rohrbach, Harvard University
    1999-2001 Abby Werlock, St. Olaf College
    1997-1999 Dale Flynn, University of California-Davis
    Terms run from January 1 to January 1; thus a term of 1997-1999 runs from January 1, 1997-January 1, 1999.

    Executive Board Members from Previous Years

  • Betsy Klimasmith, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (January 1, 2006-January 1, 2008)
  • Emily Orlando, Tennessee State University (January 1, 2006-January 1, 2008) Mary E. Papke, University of Tennessee (January 1, 2005-January 1, 2007)
  • Margaret Murray, Western Connecticut State University (January 1, 2006-January 1, 2008; elected Secretary 2007-2009)
  • Carol Singley, Rutgers University-Camden (January 1, 2005-January 1, 2007)
  • Charlotte Rich, Eastern Kentucky University, (January 1, 2004-January 1, 2006)
  • Edie Thornton, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (January 1, 2004-January 1, 2006)
  • Irene Goldman-Price, Penn State Hazleton (2002-2004; re-elected for January 1, 2004-January 1, 2006)
  • Frederick Wegener, California State University--Long Beach (re-elected at MLA, January 1, 2003-January 1, 2005)
  • Melissa McFarland Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell (ALA, June 1, 2001-June 1, 2003)
  • Harriet Gold, University of Montreal (MLA, January 1, 2002- January 1, 2004)
  • Janet Beer, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)  (ALA, June 1, 2001-June 1, 2003)
  • Kenneth Price, University of Nebraska
  • Sharon Shaloo, Massachusetts Center for the Book
  • Elizabeth Lennox Keyser, Hollins University
  • Hildegard Hoeller, CUNY  (MLA, 1999-2001)
  • Linda Costanzo-Cahir, Centenary College (ALA, 1999-2001)

    • Election History of At-large Executive Board Members

  • Because all the candidates in the 2008 election ran unopposed. the election was declared by acclamation by Hildegard Hoeller, EWS President. Emily Orlando, Frederick Wegener, Annette Benert, and Linda Costanzo Cahir were elected to the EWS Executive Board, and Gary Totten was elected Secretary. Hildegard Hoeller and Margaret Murray will serve in their current posts until January 1, 2010.
  • At the 2007 MLA business meeting in Chicago, the results of this year's paper ballot were announced: Shafquat Towheed and Laura Rattray replaced outgoing EWS Executive Board members Betsy Klimasmith and Emily Orlando.
  • At the 2006 MLA business meeting in Philadelphia, the results of this year's paper ballot were announced: Meredith Goldsmith, Katherine Joslin, and Gary Totten replaced outgoing board members Margaret Murray (elected Secretary), Carol Singley, and Mary E. Papke, with Laura Saltz re-elected to the board.
  • At the 2005 MLA business meeting in Washington, D.C., the results of this year's paper ballot were announced: Emily Orlando, Betsy Klimasmith, and Margaret Murray replaced outgoing board members Charlotte Rich, Edie Thornton, and Irene Goldman-Price.
  • At the 2004 MLA business meeting in Philadelphia, the results of the EWS's first-ever election by mail-in paper ballot were announced. The results were as follows: Laura Saltz, Carol Singley, and Mary E. Papke replaced outgoing member Frederick Wegener on the Executive Board, and Edie Thornton was elected Secretary.
  • At the 2003 MLA business meeting in New York, Charlotte Rich and Edie Thornton were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing members Harriet Gold, Janet Beer, and Melissa McFarland Pennell. Irene Goldman-Price was elected to a second term.
  • At the 2002 MLA business meeting in New York, Frederick Wegener and Laura Saltz were elected to the Executive Board.
  • At the 2001 MLA business meeting in New Orleans, Harriet Gold and Irene Goldman-Price were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Hildegard Hoeller.
  • At the 2001 ALA business meeting in Cambridge, Melissa Pennell and Janet Beer were elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing members Frederick Wegener and Sharon Shaloo.
  • No board members were elected at MLA 2000.
  • No board members were elected at ALA 2000, because no business meeting was held just before the Newport conference.
  • At the 1999 MLA business meeting in Chicago, Hildegard Hoeller was elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Elizabeth Lennox Keyser.
  • At the ALA business meeting on May 30, 1999, Linda Costanzo-Cahir was elected to the Executive Board, replacing outgoing member Kenneth Price.


    • Advisory Board:

    Annette Zilversmit, Long Island University

    Ad hoc Committee on the Constitution

    Irene Goldman-Price, Chair
    Julie Olin-Ammentorp
    Melissa McFarland Pennell

    Standing Committees:

    Elections Committee
      Laura Saltz
    Fellowships and Grants Committee
        Augusta Rohrbach, Chair
        Frederick Wegener
    Program Committee
       Vice President is always the chair of this committee
        Sharon Shaloo
    Membership Committee
        Dale Flynn, Chair