The International Theodore Dreiser Society
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Society History
The International Theodore Dreiser Society was formed by Miriam Gogol and Frederic E. Rusch at the second annual American Literature Association Conference in Washington, D.C., on 25 May 1991. A growing organization of scholars, teachers, and Dreiser enthusiasts, the Society promotes interest in the life and works of Theodore Dreiser and those associated with him.


Dreiser Society Presidents

2018--            Miriam S. Gogol, Mercy College
2016-2018     
Linda Kornasky, Angelo State University
2014-2016,   Jude Davies, University of Winchester                                                
2012-2013,   Gary Totten, North Dakota State University                                     
2011-2012,   Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University                          
2009-2010,   Roark Mulligan, Christopher Newport University                             
2007-2008,   Stephen Brennan, Louisiana State University in Shreveport         
2005-2006,   Keith Newlin, University of North Carolina Wilmington                   
2003-2004,   Clare Eby, University of Connecticut                                                 
2001-2002,   Thomas Riggio, University of Connecticut                                        
1999-2000,   James L. W. West III, Pennsylvania State University                      
1997-1998,   Yoshinobu Hakutani, Kent State University                                     
1995-1996,   Philip L. Gerber, SUNY Brockport                                                       
1993-1994,   Lawrence E. Hussman, Wright State University                              
1991-1992,   Miriam Gogol, University of Hartford  
Dreiser Society Secretary/Treasurers

2011---,         Roark Mulligan, Christopher Newport University
2008-2010,  Gary Totten, North Dakota State University
2002-2007,  Donna Packer-Kinlaw, University of Maryland

1995-2002,  Paul Orlov, Pennsylvania State University
1991-1994,  Frederick E. Rusch, Indiana State University

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