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2023

Conference Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President: Taylor Easum
President's Affiliation: Indiana State University

2022

Conference Location: University of Kansas
President: Hiromi Mizuno
President's Affiliation: University of Minnesota

2021

Conference Location: (Online)
President: Poshek Fu
President's Affiliation: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2020

Conference Location: (Online) Michigan State University, East Lansing
President: Siddharth Chandra 
President's Affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing

2019

Conference Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing
President: Laura Miller
President's Affiliation: University of Missouri St. Louis

2018

Conference Location: Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis
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2017

Conference Location: University of Notre Dame
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2016

Conference Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
President: Ethan Segal
President's Affiliation: Michigan State University

2015

Conference Location: Washington University in St. Louis
President: Kai-wing Chow
President's Affiliation: University of Illinois

2014

Conference Location: University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS
President: Arjun Guneratne
President's Affiliation: Macalester College

2013

Conference Location: Michigan State University
President: Rebecca Copeland
President's Affiliation: Washington University 

2012

Conference Location: Western Michigan University
President: Yongming Zhou
President's Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Madison

2011

Conference Location: Macalester College
President: Katherine Bowie
President's Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Madison

2010

Conference Location: Ohio State University
President: Roy Hanashiro
President's Affiliation: University of Michigan Flint

2009

Conference Location: Miami University Ohio
President: Robert Entenmann
President's Affiliation: St. Olaf College

2008

Conference Location: St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges
President: Yasuko Ito Watt
President's Affiliation: Indiana University Bloomington

2007

Conference Location: Washington University - St. Louis
President: Linda Johnson
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2006

Conference Location: University of Wisconsin - Madison
President: Aparajita Sagar
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2005

Conference Location: Michigan State University
President: Jacquetta Hill
President's Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2004

Conference Location: University of Minnesota
President: James L. Huffman
President's Affiliation: Wittenburg University

2003

Conference Location: Illinois State University
President: Parks M. Coble
President's Affiliation: University of Nebraska at Lincoln

2002

Conference Location: Wittenberg University
President: Gerald J. Larson
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2001

Conference Location: University of Nebraska
President: Sally A. Hastings
President's Affiliation: Purdue University

2000

Conference Location: Indiana University - Bloomington
President: David Buck
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1999

Conference Location: Michigan State University
President: Richard M. Cooler
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1998

Conference Location: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
President: Louis G. Perez
President's Affiliation: Illinois State University

1997

Conference Location: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
President: Daniel H. Bays
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1996

Conference Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President: Eleanor M. Zelliot
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1995

Conference Location: University of Missouri-St. Louis
President: David Plath
President's Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1994

Conference Location: Western Illinois University, Macomb
President: Winston Hsieh
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1993

Conference Location: John Carroll University, Cleveland
President: Donald Emmerson
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1992

Conference Location: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
President: Koji Taira
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1991

Conference Location: University of Iowa, Iowa City
President: Adrian Bennett
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1990

Conference Location: Indiana University, Bloomington
President: Stephen Cohen
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1989

Conference Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing
President: Rita Kipp
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1988

Conference Location: University of Wisconsin-Madison
President: Mikiso Hane
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1987

Conference Location: St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, Northfield
President: Ted Farmer
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1986

Conference Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President: Harold Gould
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1985

Conference Location: Miami University, Oxford
President: Carl Landes
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1984

Conference Location: Washington University, St. Louis
President: Bonnie Oh
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1983

Conference Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence
President: Willard Elsbree
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1982

Conference Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
President: Manindra Verma
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1981

Conference Location: University of Missouri-Columbia
President: Marleigh Ryan
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1980

Conference Location: University of Iowa, Iowa City
President: Samuel Chu
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1979

Conference Location: Ohio State University, Columbus
President: Clark D. Neher
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1978

Conference Location: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
President: Barbara Ramusack
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1977

Conference Location: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
President: Iwao Ishino
President's Affiliation: Michigan State University

1976

Conference Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul
President: Byron Marshall
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1975

Conference Location: Ohio University, Athens
President: Robert Crawford
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1974

Conference Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence
President: Grant K. Goodman
President's Affiliation: University of Illinois at Kansas

1973

Conference Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing
President: Barbara Teters
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1972

Conference Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President: Bernard Karsh
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1971

Conference Location: University of Wisconsin-Madison
President: John Kie-chang Oh
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1970

Conference Location: Indiana University, Bloomington
President: David Wurfel
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1969

Conference Location: Oklahoma state University, Stillwater
President: Fred von der Mehden
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1968

Conference Location: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
President: Jackson Bailey
President's Affiliation: Earlham College

1967

Conference Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence
President: Stanley Spector
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1966

Conference Location: Wartburg College, Waverly
President: George M. Beckmann
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1965

Conference Location: University of Colorado, Boulder
President: Earl Swisher
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1964

Conference Location: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
President: Ping-chia Kuo
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1963

Conference Location: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
President: Fred Parrish
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1962

Conference Location: Washington University, St. Louis
President: Yahva Armajami
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1961

Conference Location: Grinnell College, Grinnell
President: Solomon B. Levine
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1960

Conference Location: University of Oklahoma, Norman
President: Sidney D. Brown
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1959

Conference Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President: Robert K. Sakai
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1958

Conference Location: University of Missouri-Columbia
President: Mitchell Smith
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1957

Conference Location: Macalester College, St. Paul
President: Rudolph Bjorgan
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1956

Conference Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence
President: Alfred Crofts
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1955

Conference Location: Kansas State University, Manhattan
President: Haridas Muzumdar
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1954

Conference Location: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
President: Oswald P. Backus III
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1953

Conference Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence
President: Percy Buchanan
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1952

Conference Location: University of Oklahoma, Norman
President: Percy Buchanan (Founder)
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