The American Reading Forum

1979

Coordinator  Conference Coordinator: James Dinnan

1980 Comprehension: Process and Product

1 st 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

1981 American Reading Forum Reading 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

1982 Reading 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

1984 Reading 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

1985 Evaluation 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

1986 Changing 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

1988 Reading 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

1989 Achieving 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

1990 Literacy: 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

1991 Developing 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

1992 Reading: Strategies, Practices, and Research for the 21st Century

ARF MOVES To 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

1993 Reading: 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

1995 Literacy: 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

1996 Promises, 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

1998 Literacy 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

1999 Literacy 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

2000 Multiple 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

2001 ARF 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

2002 Reading 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

2003 Reading 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

2004 A 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