Changes to Officer Positions for 2012-2013

Posted on July 25, 2012 by paulinehopkinssociety

At this year’s Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society Business Meeting at the 2012 American Literature Association Conference, several new officers were appointed or elected:

Dorri Beam will be the PEHS’s President.
John Gruesser has stepped down from his role as president and will now serve as Immediate Past President and PEHS Historian.
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson will serve as PEHS Interim Vice-President.
Jill Bergman was formally elected PEHS Treasurer.
Colleen O’Brien was appointed PEHS Program Committee Chair.

Other recent changes to the panel of officers include the resignations of Tanya Clark as Program Committee Chair and Elizabeth West as Co-Webmaster.  For a complete list of current Hopkins Society officers, visit our “About the Society” page.

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Pauline Hopkins Society Business Meeting at ALA 2012

Posted on May 16, 2012 by paulinehopkinssociety

Immediately following our panel, “Pauline Hopkins and Transnationalism” at the ALA Conference, in San Francisco, on Friday, May 25 (Session 9-J, 11:10-12:30), the Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will hold our general body meeting, Session 10-M, 12:40-2:00.

The agenda for the upcoming meeting is as follows:
Call to Order
Approve May 2011 minutes
Treasurer Election
Reports from Officers, Committee Chairs, and WebMaster
Discuss dues Discuss monument and non-profit status
Discuss ALA 2013 (Elections and Program)
Adjourn

Please note that we will hold an election at the general body meeting to officially fill the Treasurer’s position.  The Nominations Committee has one candidate to bring forward:  Jill Bergman (Univ. Montana).

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“Pauline Hopkins and Transnationalism” at ALA 2012

Posted on May 16, 2012 by paulinehopkinssociety

The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will sponsor a panel during the American Literature Association Annual Meeting:

Panel 9-J Pauline Hopkins and Transnationalism
Friday, May 25th from 11:10-12:30

   Chair: April Logan, Salisbury University

1.     “Refusing Partisan Lines For Humanity: The Anti-Imperialist Editorial Vision Of Pauline Hopkins,” Rhone Fraser, Temple University

2.     “An Undiscovered Country: Transnational Spirits and National Amnesia in Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood, Sarah Ingle, University of Virginia

3.     “Pauline Hopkins’s Mesmerizing Modernism,” Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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PEHS Treasurer Election at ALA 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by paulinehopkinssociety

The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will hold an election to formally fill the office of Treasurer at the May 25, 2012 business meeting in San Francisco.  If anyone is interested in running for this position, please email Alisha Knight directly at aknight2@washcoll.edu by Friday, April 20.

The Treasurer maintains full and accurate financial accounts for the Society, oversees and manages funds and pays all bills properly incurred by the Society. She/he shall present annual financial reports to the Executive Committee and at the annual meeting of   the Society. She/he shall preform any other duties as assigned by the   Executive Committee.

In order to run for office, candidates must be members in good standing (current in their membership dues). Officers will be elected by majority vote of all members present and voting; however, candidates do not have to be present to be elected to office.

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