The Kate Chopin International Society
Our mission
We provide a network and forum for the study of American author Kate Chopin (1850–1904). We encourage and support scholarship and activities that illuminate Chopin's contribution to the American literary tradition, and we seek to preserve her literary significance for future generations.
Our history--we are eight years old now!
The society was formed in 2004 by Heather Ostman and Avis Hewitt, both English professors at American universities, after the conference of the American Literature Association, an organization made up of scholarly societies devoted to the study of American authors. Most better-known American authors have a society of their own, and Heather and Avis thought Kate Chopin deserved a scholarly society focused on her work, even though the Kate Chopin Society of North America, with a different emphasis, already existed in St. Louis.
The Kate Chopin International Society created an advisory board made up mostly of Chopin specialists and sponsored a panel at the 2005 ALA conference, as well as at the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ALA conferences and will sponsor two at the 2012 conference (to be held in San Francisco in late May). We also sponsor panels at other conferences. You can learn about those through the links on the left.
Our officers
Heather Ostman continues as president of the society and Avis Hewitt acts as secretary.
On the advisory board are Heather (State University of New York: Westchester Community College) and Avis (Grand Valley State University), Thomas Bonner (Xavier University of Louisiana), Barbara Ewell (Loyola University of New Orleans), Bernard Koloski (Mansfield University of Pennsylvania), John May (Louisiana State University), Kathleen Butterly Nigro (University of Missouri--St. Louis), Mary Papke (University of Tennessee), John Staunton (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Helen Taylor (Exeter University, UK), and Emily Toth (Louisiana State University).
Kelli O'Brien is our conference coordinator.
A partial listing of our members--Fall, 2010:
Sonia Adams
Indiana University in Pennsylvania
S.M.Adams2@iup.edu
Melanie M. Austin
Seattle University
Janet Beer
Vice Chancellor
Oxford Brookes University
United Kingdom
jbeer@brookes.ac.uk
Sylvia Bennett
Marian Central High School
Woodstock, IL
sylvia.c.bennett@gmail.com
Laura V. Bonner
Editor, CarMax
Richmond, VA
lauravbonner@gmail.com
Thomas Bonner, Jr.
KCIS Board Member
Xavier University of Louisiana
tbonner@xula.edu
Zach Brooks
University of Alabama at Birmingham
zachbrooks2011@live.com
Christina G. Bucher
Berry College
cbucher@berry.edu
Vickie Burns
James Madison University
burnsvl@dukes.jmu.edu
P. K. Collier
Author
Niantic, Connecticut
PKcollier@yahoo.com
Teresa Crew
Johnson and Wales University
smokeygracie@comcast.net
Suzanne L. Disheroon
Cedar Valley College
drsusiedish@gmail.com
sdisheroon@dcccd.edu
Michelle Elkerton
Mater Dei High School
MElkerton@materdei.org
Miranda Elkins-Livingston
Texas Woman's University
melkins@twu.edu, lilymae2@hotmail.com
Kate S. Flynn
Roosevelt High School
Saint Louis
KateSFlynn@gmail.com
Rosemary Franklin
University of Georgia
franklin@uga.edu
Meredith Frederich
Northern Illinios University
mfrederi@niu.edu
Scott Thomas Gibson
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
stgibson@gmail.com
Farrah Gilbert
North Greenville University
fgcheer@hotmail.com
Terri Hennessy
Grays Harbor College
thenness@ghc.edu
Avis Hewitt
KCIS Board Member
Grand Valley University
Avis.Hewitt@gmail.com
Lenora Hobbs
Kate Chopin Society of North America
Marilyn Hoder-Salmon
Florida International University
hodersm@fiu.edu
Irene Jankowski
ijankowski@ix.netcom.com
Trece Jordan-Larsen
Slidell High School
Slidell, Louisiana
trece.jordan-larsen@stpsb.org
Bernard Koloski
KCIS Board Member
bkoloski@katechopin.org
Linda Kornasky
Angelo State University
Erik Levanowitz
Bath-Haverling Central School
Bath, New York
elevanowitz@bathcsd.org
Sonja Lynch
Wartburg College
sonja.lynch@wartburg.edu
John R. May
KCIS Board Member
Louisiana State University
jmay2@lsu.edu
Gary Mayer
Stephen F. Austin State University
gmayer@sfasu.edu
Kerry Meehan McCann
Northern Regional College
Northern Ireland
Kerry@mccannfamily.plus.com
Crescida McCue
Humble High School
Houston Baptist University
crescida.mccue@humble.k12.tx.us
Julia McLeod
University of Tennessee
jmcleod5@utk.edu
Diane Meeks
Freelance writer
dianemeeks2@gmail.com
Patricia A.C. Milanes
York College
City University of New York
pmilanes@york.cuny.edu
Tom Morgan
University of Dayton
morgantz@notes.udayton.edu
Lola Moss
Clark County School District, Nevada
LRM562@interact.ccsd.net
Cindy Murillo
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
ccmur@unm.edu
Jennifer Nader
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
jennader@unm.edu
Kathleen Butterly Nigro
KCIS Board Member
University of Missouri--St. Louis
Michelle N. Noyer-Granacki
Williams College
Michelle.N.Noyer-Granacki@williams.edu
Kelli Purcell O’Brien
KCIS Conference Coordinator
University of Memphis
kobrien1@memphis.edu
Kathryn O’Donoghue
City University of New York Graduate Center
kathryn.erin.odonoghue@gmail.com
Heather Ostman
KCIS President
Westchester Community College
SUNY; Valhalla, NY
Heather.Ostman@sunywcc.edu
Mary Papke
KCIS Board Member
University of Tennessee
papke@utk.edu
Kyllikki Persson
Belmont University
kyllikki.persson@gmail.com
Eulalia Piñero-Gil
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
eulalia.pinero@uam.es
Becky Plant
Heritage University
rplant@live.com
Josh Privett
Bob Jones University
jpriv491@students.bju.edu
Melinda Roberts
Westchester Community College
SUNY; Valhalla, NY
Melinda.Roberts@sunywcc.edu
Verna B. Robinson
Anne Arundel Community College
vbrobinson@aacc.edu
Debby Rosenthal
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH
Aparecido Donizete Rossi
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Brazil
lordhydden@gmail.com
Cyndi Sabo
University of New Mexico
Valencia Campus
Geraldine H. Seay
Florida A&M University
geraldine.seay@famu.edu
Meg Sempreora
Webster University
St. Louis, MO
Natalia Serejko
Rutgers University
nserejko@yahoo.com
Reinaldo Silva
University of Aveiro
Portugal
reinaldosilva@ua.pt
Nikki Singh
Yale University
nikki.singh@yale.edu
Martha Sledge
Marymount Manhattan College
msledge@mmm.edu
John Staunton
Eastern Michigan University
jstaunto@emich.edu
Helen Taylor
KCIS Board Member
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
helen.taylor@exeter.ac.uk
Emily Toth
KCIS Board Member
Louisiana State University
etoth@lsu.edu
emtoth14@yahoo.com
Michael Tritt
Marianopolis College
Montreal, Canada
m.tritt@marianopolis.edu
Mariko Utsu
Yonezawa Women's Junior College
Japan
Karen Walker
University of Arkansas
kaw10@uark.edu
Join us? Become a member?
We would be happy to have you as a member of The Kate Chopin International Society. We welcome scholars, teachers, graduate and undergraduate students, and anyone else who is interested in Chopin.
You can join us by email. Simply send us your name and your institutional affiliation or profession (or write to Heather.Ostman@sunywcc.edu). And tell us if you would like us to include your email address on our listing.
We have no dues, but a donation of $10 or more, sent to Heather Ostman, would help us with our work:
Heather Ostman, English Department, Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Rd., Valhalla, NY 10509
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SSAWW: Society for the Study of American Women Writers
SSSL: Society for the Study of Southern Literature
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