Former Leadership

Presidents (Elected Position since 2000)

2000–2003 Jeannine Blackwell, University of Kentucky
2004–2006 Jeanette Clausen, Indiana University, Purdue
2006–2008 Julie Klassen, Carleton College
2008–2010 Nora Alter, University of Florida
2010–2012 Barbara Kosta, University of Arizona
2012–2014 Hester Baer, University of Oklahoma/University of Maryland
2014–2016 Mareike Herrmann, College of Wooster
2016–2018 Beth Muellner, College of Wooster
2018–2019 Elisabeth Bridges, Rhodes College
2019–2021 Helga Thorson, University of Victoria
2021–2023 Maria Stehle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

VPs/President Elects (Elected Position since 2002)

2002–2003 Jeanette Clausen, Indiana University, Purdue
2004–2006 Julie Klassen, Carleton College
2006–2008 Nora Alter, University of Florida
2008–2010 Barbara Kosta, University of Arizona
2010–2012 Hester Baer, University of Oklahoma
2012–2014 Mareike Herrmann, College of Wooster
2014–2016 Beth Muellner, College of Wooster
2016–2018 Elizabeth Bridges, Rhodes College
2018–2019 Helga Thorson, University of Victoria
2019–2021 Maria Stehle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2021–2023 Britt Abel, Macalester College

Steering Committee Members

To fill us in on who’s missing from 1974-1980, or to correct information, contact the webeditorsat: webeditor(AT)womeningerman.org
Founding Members (please contact webmistresses if you have a copy or complete list of founding members)
1974 – 1976
· Patricia Herminghouse, Washington University

1976 – 1978
· Patricia Herminghouse, Washington University (National Coordinator)

1978-1981
· Karen Achberger, St. Olaf College

1979-1981
· Sara Lennox, U Mass Amherst (Co-Chair, 1980-1981)

1980-1983
· Marianne Burkhard, U. Illinois
· Martha Wallach, U. Wisconsin Green Bay

1981-1984
· Rita Jo Horsley, U. Mass
· Almut R. Poole, Los Angeles

1982-1985
· Jeannine Blackwell, Michigan State U.
· Barbara D. Wright, U. Conn. Storrs

1983-1986
· Sandra Frieden, U. Houston
· Edith Waldstein, M.I.T.

1984-1987
· Dinah Dodds, Lewis and Clark College
· Syddna Weiss, Hamilton College

1985-1988
· Jan Emerson, Reed College
· Charlotte Armster, Gettysburg College

1986-1988
· Heidrun Suhr, U. Minnesota-Minneapolis

1986-1989
· Vibs Petersen, U. Tulsa

1987-90
· Angelika Bammer, Emory U
· Tineke Ritmeester, U. Minnesota-Duluth

1988-1991
· Dorothy Rosenberg, Portland, Oregon; Northhamptom, MA
· Liz Mittman, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
· Linda Kraus Worley, U. Kentucky, Lexington

1989-1992
· Karen Remmler, University of Kentucky-Lexington . Mt. Holyoke

1990-1993
· Ursula Mahlendorf, U.C. – Santa Barbara
· Leslie Morris, U. Mass-Amherst / Bard College

1991-1994
· Linda Feldman, U. Windsor / U. of Western Ontari
· Anna Kuhn, UC-Davis

1992-1995
· Margaret Hamptom, Earlham College
· Helga Thorson, U of MN

1993-1996
· Helen Cafferty, Bowdoin College
· Helga Kraft, U of Florida Gainesville

1994-1997
· Marjorie Gelus, Sacramento, CA
· Margaret Ward, Wellelesly College

1995-1998
· Sara Paulsen, Harvard University
· Lisa Roetzel, University of Rochester

1996-1999
· Brigitte Rossbacher, Washington University
· Anna Kuhn, University of California, Davis

1997-2000
· Ruth-Ellen Joeres, University of Minnesota
· Simone Novak, U. California, Davis

1998-2001
· Mareike Herrmann, Randolph-Macon College
· Brigetta Abel, University of Minnesota

2000-2002
· Wendy Arons, Notre Dame University
· Dinah Dodds, Lewis and Clark University

2001-2003
· Hester Baer, Duke University
· Veronika Fuechtner, University of Chicago

2002-2004
· Jennifer Hosek, University of California, Berkeley
· Michelle Stott, Brigham Young University

2003-2005
· Maria Luisa Arroyo, Harvard University
· Marjanne Goozé, University of Georgia

2004-2006
· Laura McGee, Western Kentucky University
· Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University

2005-2007
· Katharina Altpeter-Jones, Lewis and Clark College
· Jennifer Askey, Kansas State University

2006-2008
· Jill Smith, Union College/ Bowdoin College
· Amy Young, Fort Hays State University / University of Arkansas, Little Rock

2007-2009
· Mareike Herrmann, College of Wooster
· Allie Merley, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2008-2010
· Barbara Kosta, University of Arizona
· Richard McCormick, University of Minnesota

2009-2011
· Lisa Hoeck, Wayne State University
· Denise Della Rossa, Notre Dame University

2010-2012
· Sonja Klocke, Knox College
· Jackie Vansant, University of Michigan-Dearborn

2011–2013
· Beth Muellner, College of Wooster
· Maureen Gallagher, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2012–2014
· Nicole Grewling, Washington College
· Jennifer Askey, Wilfrid Laurier University

2013–2015
· Stephanie Ohnesorg, University of Tennesee
· Faye Stewart, Georgia State University

2013–2016
· Britt Abel, Macalester College
· Nicole McInteer, Pennsylvania State University

2014–2017
· Erika Berroth, Southwestern University
· Corinna Kahnke, Duke University

2015–2018
· Simone Pfleger, Washington University in St. Louis / University of Alberta
· Jamele Watkins, University of Massachusetts Amherst / Stanford University

2016–2019
· Beverly Weber, University of Colorado-Boulder
· Rob McFarland, Brigham Young University

2017–2020
· Regine Schwarzmeier, Belmont University
· Petra Watzke, Skidmore College

2018–2021
· Didem Uca, University of Pennsylvania
· Nicole Grewling, Washington College

2019–2022
· Angineh Djavadghazaryans, Oakland University
· Claire Scott, Vanderbilt University

2020–2023
· Emily Frazier-Rath, Davidson College
· Sara Jackson, University of Massachusetts – Amherst

2021–2024
· Nicole Coleman, Wayne State University
· Melissa Sheedy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Graduate Student Steering Committee Members

· Marisol Bayona Roman, University of Texas at Austin
· Wendy Timmons, Vanderbilt University
· Titi Kou-Herrema, Michigan State University

Treasurers (Volunteer/Appointed Position)

To fill us in on who’s missing from 1974-1983–contact the webeditors at: webeditor(AT)womeningerman.org

1983–1985 ​ Karen Achberger, St. Olaf College

1985–2002 Jeanette Clausen, Indiana-U., Purdue-U

2002–2006 Vibs Petersen, Drake University

2006–2016 Waltraud Maierhofer, University of Iowa

2016–present Denise Della Rossa, University of Notre Dame