Past Officers and Board Members

Nota Bene: MVSA only updates lists of publications for active Board Members. The publication lists for past Board Members should only be considered “current” through the end date of their last term.

Officers

Presidents

2019-2022 — Christopher J. Ferguson (History), Auburn University
2017-2019 — Mary-Catherine Harrison (English), University of Detroit Mercy
2015-2017 — Christina Bashford (Music), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
2013-2015 — Julie Codell (Art History), Arizona State University
2011-2013 — Florence Boos (English), University of Iowa
2009-2011 — Tom Prasch (History), Washburn University
2007-2009 — Linda K. Hughes (English), Texas Christian University
2005-2007 — James Sack (History), University of Illinois–Chicago
2003-2005 — Micael Clarke (English), Loyola University
2001-2003 — Susan Thach Dean (Special Collections), U.S. Naval Academy
1999-2001 — Kristine Ottesen Garrigan (English), DePaul University
1997-1999 — Richard W. Davis (History), Washington University
1995-1997 — Frederick Kirchhoff (English), Metropolitan State University
1993-1995 — Debra N. Mancoff (Art History), Beloit College
1991-1993 — Patrick Brantlinger (English), Indiana University–Bloomington
1990-1991 — James J. Barnes (History), Wabash College
1988-1990 — Lawrence Poston (English), University of Illinois–Chicago
1986-1988 — M. Jeanne Peterson (History), Indiana University–Bloomington
1984-1986 — Martha Vicinus (English), University of Michigan
1982-1984 — Nicholas Temperley (Music), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
1980-1982 — John R. Reed (English), Wayne State University
1977-1980 — Walter L. Arnstein (History), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Executive Secretaries

2015-2017 — Emily Harrington (English), University of Colorado–Boulder
2014-2015 — Mary-Catherine Harrison (English), University of Detroit Mercy
2005-2014 — Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (English), Indiana University East
2003-2005 — Anne Windholz (English), Augustana College
1998-2003 — Robert Koepp (English), Illinois College
1996-1998 — Keith Welsh (English), Webster University
1992-1996 — Dale J. Trela (English), Roosevelt University
1988-1992 — Micael Clarke (English), Loyola University
1984-1988 — Kristine Ottesen Garrigan (English), DePaul University
1980-1984 — Frederick Kirchhoff (English), Indiana University-Purdue University–Fort Wayne
1977-1980 — Lawrence Poston (English), University of Illinois–Chicago

Treasurers

2017-2019 — Lynn M. Alexander (English), University of Tennessee Martin
1995-2017 — Julie Melnyk (English), University of Missouri–Columbia

Web Coordinators

2007-2012 — Kirsten Parkinson (English), Hiram College
2012-2022 — Emily K. Cody (English), The Ohio State University–Columbus

Graduate Representatives

2012-2020 — Emily K. Cody (English), The Ohio State University–Columbus
2020-2022 — Rachel Stewart (English), The Ohio State University–Columbus

Executive Board Members

(Alphabetical by last name)

Lynn M. Alexander (English), University of Tennessee Martin, 2017-2019
Walter L. Arnstein (History), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, 1984-1988
Christina Bashford (Music), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2021
Joan Bassin (Art History), Kansas City Art Institute, 1980-1983
Florence Boos (English), University of Iowa, 1977-1982, 1998-2002, 2009-2015
Patrick Brantlinger (English), Indiana University–Bloomington, 1980-1984, 1989-1995
Joe D. Burchfield (History of Science), Northern Illinois University, 1977-1980
Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (English), Indiana University East, 2005-2015
Julie Codell (Art History), Arizona State University, 1988-1991, 2011-present
Emily K. Cody (English), The Ohio State University–Columbus, 2012-2022
Jeffrey Cox (History), University of Iowa, 1994-1998
James E. Cronin (History), University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1977-1982
Richard W. Davis (History), Washington University, 1989-1994
Susan Dean (Special Collections), Newberry Library and Chicago Public Library, 1982-1986; University of Colorado, 1992-1996
Lynette Felber (English), Indiana University-Purdue University–Fort Wayne, 1996-2000
Christopher J. Ferguson (History), Auburn University, 2010-2017
Kristine Ottesen Garrigan (English), DePaul University, 1995-1997
William Gatens (Music), Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1991-1995
Emily Harrington (English), University of Colorado–Boulder, 2015-2017
Mary-Catherine Harrison (English), University of Detroit Mercy, 2013-2023
Anne Helmreich (Art History), Case Western Reserve University, 2004-2011
Linda K. Hughes (English), Texas Christian University, 1982-1986, 2005-2013
Cynthia Huff (English), Illinois State University, 2012-2015
David C. Itzkowitz (History), Macalester College, 1988-1992
Jody Lamb (Art History), Ohio University, 1994-1998
Patrick Leary (History), VictorianResearch.org, 2003-2010
Debra N. Mancoff (Art History), Beloit College, 1984-1988
Nancy Rose Marshall (Art History), University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2015-2019
Charles McGuire (Music), Oberlin College & Conservatory, 2013-present
William R. McKelvy (English), Washington University, 2000-2004, 2007-2015
Julie Melnyk (English), University of Missouri–Columbia, 1995-2017
James Murphy (English), DePaul University, 2004-2008
Kirsten Parkinson (English), Hiram College, 2007-2013
Harold Perkin (History), Northwestern University, 1986-1989
Lawrence Poston (English), University of Illinois–Chicago, 1990-1992
Tom Prasch (History), Washburn Univerity, 2000-2004, 2007-2015
James J. Sack (History) University of Illinois–Chicago, 1998-2002
Lowell Satre (History), Youngstown State University, 1983-1984
Barbara Quinn Schmidt (English), Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville, 1990-1994
Robin Sheets (English), University of Cincinnati, 1986-1990
Carol Simpson Stern (Interpretation), Northwestern University, 1977-1980
Rachel Stewart (English), The Ohio State University–Columbus, 2020-2022
Judith Stoddart (English), Michigan State University, 1997-2000
Joseph Stubenrauch (History), Baylor University, 2017-2020
Mary Beth Tegan (English), St. Xavier University, 2008-2012

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