The American Reading Forum

The American Reading Forum

1979-2004

1979

Coordinator Conference Coordinator:

James Dinnan

1980

Comprehension: Process and

Product

1st Annual Meeting

American Reading Conference

Dec. 4-6, 1980

Board of Directors Sylvia Carter Hutchinson,

University of Georgia Gordon Gray, Clemson

University Bob W. Jerrolds, University

of Georgia

Board of Directors Anthony Manzo, Cal State

Fullerton Wayne Otto, University of

Wisconsin Alton Raygor, University of

Minnesota George Spache, Spache

Educational Consultants, Inc.

Chairs and Officers

Chair: Bob W. Jerrolds Secretary: Gordon Gray

Coordinators Conference Coordinator:

James Dinnan & Bob Jerrolds

1981American Reading

ForumReading in

the Disciplines

Board of Directors Sylvia Carter Hutchinson,

University of Georgia Gordon Gray, Clemson

University Bob Jerrolds, North Georgia

College Alton Raygor, University of

Minnesota

Chairs and Officers Chair: George Spache Secretary: Gordon Gray

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: George McNinch

Conference Coordinator: James Dinnan & Bob Jerrolds

1982Reading

Research to Reading Practice

Board of Directors Anthony Manzo, Cal State

Fullerton George Spache, Spache

Educational Consultants, Inc.

Wayne Otto, University of Wisconsin Madison

Chairs and Officers Chair: Sylvia Carter

Hutchinson Secretary: Gordon Gray

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: George McNinch

Conference Coordinators: Wayne Otto, Sam Mathews

1983

Reading Teacher Education

Board of Directors

Bryon Callaway, University of Georgia

Marian Tonjes, Western Washington State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Bob W. Jerrolds Secretary: Sharon Kossack

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: George McNinch

Conference Coordinator: Gordon Grey, Paul Berg, Tom Cloer

1984Reading Research

in 1984: Comprehension,

Computers, Communication

Board of Directors Bernard Hayes, Utah State

University Eunice Askov, Pennsylvania

State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Marian Tonjes Secretary: Sharon Kossack Treasurer: Thomas Cloer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: George McNinch

Conference Coordinator: Eunice Askov & Martha Collins

1985Evaluation in

Reading: Learning, Teaching,

Administering

Board of Directors

Martha Collins, Akron University Peggy Ransom, Ball State University Charles Peters, Elected (Served 1

year) Chester Laine, University of Cincinnati (Appointed)

Chairs and Officers Chair: Marian Tonjes Secretary: Sharon Kossack Treasurer: Thomas Cloer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Donovan Lumpkin, Mary Harshbarger, Peggy Ransom

Conference Coordinator: Brenda Kolker, Paul Terwilliger

1986Changing

Conceptions of Reading: Literacy Learning

Instruction

Board of Directors

Patricia Duncan, Virginia Commonwealth

Victoria Risko, Vanderbilt University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Martha Collins Secretary: Sharon Kossack Treasurer: Thomas Cloer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Donovan Lumpkin, Mary Harshberger, Peggy Ransom

Conference Coordinators: Kay Camperell, Jane Meeks Hager

1987

The Dilemmas of Teaching

Reading

Board of Directors Marino Alvarez, Tennessee

State University Ruth Kurth, Concordia

College

Chairs and Officers Chair: Martha Collins Secretary: Lucy Dahlberg Treasurer: Joan Elliot

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Donovan Lumpkin, Mary Harshberger, Peggy Ransom

Conference Coordinators: Nancy Kaufman, Catherine McMillan, Alice Randlett

1988Reading

Researchers, Policymakers,

and Practitioners

Board of Directors Joan Elliott, Indiana University

of Pennsylvania James Dinnan, University of

Georgia George McNinch, West

Georgia College

Chairs and Officers Chair: Ruth Kurth Secretary: Lucy Dahlberg,

Jane Meeks Hager, Edna Coplin, Joan Elliot

Treasurer: Joan Elliot

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Donovan Lumpkin, Mary Harshberger, Peggy Ransom, JoAnne Williams

Conference Coordinators: Beth Ann Hermann, Martha Berry

1989Achieving

Excellence in Reading

Board of Directors Thomas Estes, University of

Virginia Sylvia Carter Hutchinson,

University of Georgia

Chairs and Officers Chair: Ruth Kurth Secretary: Joan Elliot Treasurer: Brenda

Townsend

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinator: Peggy Ransom

1990Literacy:

International, National, State,

and Local

Board of Directors Kaybeth Camperell, Utah

State University Lawrence Erickson,

Southern Illinois University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Joan Elliott Secretary: Brenda

Townsend Treasurer: Richard Telfer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinators: Bob Jerrolds, Sydney Benton, Rebecca Moore

1991Developing Lifelong Readers: Policies, Procedures, and

Programs

Board of Directors Terry Bullock, University of

Cincinnati Brenda Townsend,

International Reading Association

Donovan Lumpkin, Ball State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Lawrence Erickson Secretary: Brenda

Townsend Treasurer: Richard Telfer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinators: Rebecca Moore, Brenda Rogers

1992Reading:

Strategies, Practices, and

Research for the 21st Century

ARF MOVESTo

Sundial Beach and Tennis Resort

Board of Directors Sarah Dowhower, Miami

University Gary Moorman, Appalachian

State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Lawrence Erickson Secretary: Brenda

Townsend Treasurer: Richard Telfer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinators: Peggy Ransom, Cindy Gillespie Hendricks

1993Reading: Putting

the Pieces Together

Board of Directors David Gustafson, University

of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Cindy Gillespie Hendricks, Bowling Green State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Terry Bullock Secretary: Donovan

Lumpkin Treasurer: Richard Telfer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinators: Cindy Gillespie Hendricks, Peggy Ransom

1994

Linking Literacy: Past, Present, and

Future

Board of Directors Marino Alvarez, Tennessee

State University Kenneth Smith, Eastern

Oregon State University Marilyn Eanet, Rhode Island

College

Chairs and Officers Chair: Gary Moorman Secretary: Dave Gustafson Treasurer: Richard Telfer

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinators: Cindy Gillespie Hendricks, Peggy Ransom

1995Literacy:

The Information Superhighway to

Success

Board of Directors Chester Laine, University of

Cincinnati Alice Randlett, University of

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Chairs and Officers Chair: Cindy Gillespie

Hendricks Secretary: Alice Randlett Treasurer: Dave Gustafson

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes

Conference Coordinator: Valerie Bristor

1996Promises, Progress,

and Possibilities: Perspectives of

Literacy Education

Board of Directors JoAnne Belk, Mississippi State

University Norman Stahl, Northern

Illinois University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Chester Laine Secretary: Alice Randlett Treasurer: Dave Gustafson,

Lawrence Erickson

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes, Richard Telfer

Conference Coordinators: Joan Elliott, Ruth Kurth, Brenda Townsend

1997

Finding Our Literacy Roots

Board of Directors Valerie Bristor, Florida Atlantic

University Jo Ann Bass, Valdosta State

University Jerry Johns, Northern Illinois

University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Norman Stahl Secretary: Alice Randlett Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Kaybeth Camperell, Bernard Hayes, Richard Telfer

Conference Coordinators: Cindy Gillespie Hendricks, Lessie Cochran, Michael French

1998Literacy

Conversations: Family, School,

Community

Board of Directors Donna Alvermann, University

of Georgia Tom Cloer, Jr., Furman

University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Valerie Bristor Secretary: Anne Mallery Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Richard Telfer

Conference Coordinator: Marilyn Eanet, Kay Camperell, Alice Randlett

1999Literacy Transitions

into the Next Millennium:

Where Have We Been?   Where are

We Going?

Board of Directors Jane Meeks Hager, Old

Dominion University Ray Wolpow, Western

Washington University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Valerie Bristor Secretary: Anne Mallery Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Richard Telfer

Conference Coordinators: Jane Matanzo, Deborah Harris, Marie Holbein

2000Multiple

Perspectives in the Millennium

Board of Directors Jane Matanzo, Florida Atlantic

University Woodrow Trathen,

Appalachian State University Michaeline Laine, University

of Cincinnati

Chairs and Officers Chair: Donna Alvermann Secretary: Anne Mallory Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Richard Telfer

Conference Coordinators: Joyce Fine & Susanne Lapp

2001ARF 2001: A

Literacy Odyssey

Board of Directors Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern

Illinois University Joyce Fine, Florida

International University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Jane Meeks Hager Secretary: Anne Mallery Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editors: Gary Moorman, Woodrow Trathan

Conference Coordinator: Valerie Bristor

2002Reading at

the Crossroads

Board of Directors Suzanne Lapp, Florida

Atlantic University Robert Schlagal,

Appalachian State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Michaeline Laine Secretary: Alice Randlett Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Woodrow Trathen

Conference Coordinator: Bob Schlagal

Website Manager: Gary Moorman

2003Reading

Research: Has It Made a

Difference in Student

Learning?

Board of Directors Lessie Cochran, Bowling

Green State University Terry Bullock, University of

Cincinnati Jill Lewis, New Jersey City

University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Joyce Fine Secretary: Alice Randlett Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Woodrow Trathen

Conference Coordinators: Terry Bullock, Michaeline Laine, Chester Laine

Website Manager: Gary Moorman

2004A Silver Jubilee of Reading: Legacies,

Realities, and Predictions

Board of Directors Mona Matthews, Georgia

State University Michael French, Bowling

Green State University

Chairs and Officers Chair: Jill Lewis Secretary: Lynn Miller Treasurer: Sarah Dowhower

Editors and Coordinators

Yearbook Editor: Woodrow Trathen

Conference Coordinators: Lessie Cochran, Cynthia Bertelsen, Cindy Hendricks

Website Manager: Gary Moorman