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Conference Schedule, 2023, At-a-Glance

2023 IATE Conference Schedule
Authenticity in Action

Thursday, October 19th

6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.           

IATE Executive Council and District Leaders Meeting

Friday, October 20th

8:00 a.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 a.m. — 8:50 a.m.

Plenary Session 1
Conference Overview: Andrew Rodbro
Welcome Mixer: Kimberly Musolf

9:00 a.m. —  9:50 a.m.

Breakout Session A

10:00 a.m. — 10:50 a.m.

Breakout Session B

11:00 a.m. — 11:50 a.m.

Breakout Session C

12:00 p.m. — 1: 00 p.m.

Lunch
Plenary Session 2
Keynote Speaker: Robin Ha

1:00 p.m. — 1:25 p.m.

Book Signing

1:30 p.m. — 2:20 p.m.

Breakout Session D

2:30 p.m. — 3:20 p.m.

Breakout Session E

3:30 p.m. — 4:20 p.m.

Breakout Session F

4: 30 p.m. — 5:55 p.m.

Cocktail Hour and Raffle Ticket Sales

6:00 p.m. — 7: 00 p.m.

Dinner, Awards, and Raffle
Plenary Session 3
Keynote Speaker: Jessamine Chan, Illinois Author of the Year

7:30 p.m. —

Social Gathering at Homewood Suites, Forsyth

 

 

Saturday, October 21st  

8:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 a.m. — 8:55 a.m.

Business Meeting and Morning Welcome
Plenary Session 4
Keynote Speaker: Briana Morales, Illinois Teacher of the Year

9:00 a.m. —    9:50 a.m.

Breakout Session G

10:00 a.m. — 10:50 a.m.

Breakout Session H

11:00 a.m. — 11:50 a.m.

Breakout Session I

12:00 p.m. — 12:50 p.m.

Breakout Session J

1:00 p.m. — 2: 00 p.m.

Past Presidents’ Luncheon
Plenary Session 4
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Adel West

2:00 p.m. — 2:25 p.m.

Book Signing

2:15 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

IATE Executive Board and District Leaders Meeting

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Conference Meal Menus, 2023

Conference Menus



Friday Boxed Lunches

Cranberry Chicken Salad
(vegetarian option) Grilled Veggie Wraps 🅥*
Berry Fruit Cups 🅥
Veggie Pasta Salad 🅥
Plain or BBQ Chips 🅥
Something Sweet… Assorted Cookies

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Friday Dinner Buffet

To Begin… Seasonal Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette 🅥
Buffet
Asiago Chicken with a Red Pepper Sauce
(vegetarian option) Grilled Portobello Mushrooms 🅥*
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes 🅥
Root Vegetables 🅥
Something Sweet… Aquafaba Chocolate Mousse 🅥

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Saturday Lunch Buffet

To Begin… Mediterranean Salad 🅥
Buffet
Lemon Rosemary Chicken
Rigatoni Marinara 🅥
Zucchini, Tomato, and Squash Blend 🅥
Something Sweet… Mini Cheesecake Tarts 🅥

 

* Vegetarian/Vegan entree options will be available for those who requested them when registering.
🅥- Vegetarian

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Past Presidents

Presidents of IATE

1907-08 Baldwin
1908-09 W.E. Simonds
1909-10 C.N. Greenough
1910-11 H.E. Giles
1911-12 W.F. Mozier
1912-13 J.F. Hosic
1913-14 W. Wilbur Hatfield
1914-15 J.M. Crowe
1915-16 B.C. Richardson
1916-17 J.M. Clapp
1917-18 Lorimer V. Cavins
1918-19 A.F.Trams
1919-20 J.O. Huff
1920-21 Florence Skeffington
1921-22 Essie Chamberlain
1922-23 Clara Hawkes
1923-24 C.W. Woolbert
1924-25 Eva Mitchell
1925-26 Isabel Hoover
1926-27 Florence Crocker
1927-29 Essie Chamberlain
1929-30  Frank Platt
1929-31  Howard DeForest Widger
1931-32 Frank Platt
1932-33 Mellie John
1933-34 Ruby Kirk McLean
1934-35 Nellie Taylor Raub
1935-36 Elizabeth Scott
1936-37 Francis Koenig
1937-38  Josephine Harris
1937-39  Elizabeth Graham
1939-40 Frank DeLay
1940-41 Mary Miller
1941-42 Lois Dilley
1942-44 Bernice Falkin
1944-46 Hazel Anderson
1946-47 Ellen Burkhart
1947-48 Mary Carlson
1948-49 Mary Heller
1949-50 Mina Terry
1950-51 Addie, Hochstrasser
1951-52 Hila Stone
1952-53 Alice Grant
1953-54  Wilmer Lamar
1953-55  Charles Willard
1955-56 Helen Stapp
1956-57 Margaret Adams
1957-58 Eugene Waffle
1958-59 Emma Mae Leonhard
1959-60 Florence Cook
1960-61 J.N. Hook
1961-62 Margaret Ann Cummings
1962-63 Roy Weshinskey
1963-64 Marion Stuart
1964-65 Phillip Ford
1965-66 Orville Baker
1966-67 Dorothea Trump
1967-68 Elmer Brooks
1968-69 William Campbell
1969-70 John Heissler
1970-71 Stanley Gritzbaugh
1971-72 Paul Jacobs
1972-73 Raymond Hollmann
1973-74 Mary Brinkman
1974-75 Glen Rittmueller
1975-76 Margaret Crowe
1976-77 Norman Stewart
1977-78 Clarence W. Hach
1978-79 Glenn Grever
1979-80 Lee Mulcrone
1980-81 Mary Sasse
1981-82 Bernice Rappel
1982-83 Gene Hass
1983-84 Bruce Appleby
1984-85 Rachel B. Faries
1985-86 Beth M. Stiffler
1986-87 Donna Blackall
1987-88 Ken Holmes
1988-89 Tom Kent
1989-90 Kay Jacob
1990-91 Janice Neuleib
1991-92 Sue Howell
1992-93 Lolita Green
1993-94 Kay Parker
1994-95 Wendell Schwartz
1995-96 George Shea
1996-97 Shirley Putman
1997-98 Anna Jackson
1998-99 Lela DeToye
1999-00 John Strauch
2000-01 Jean Wallace
2001-02 Alison Nelson
2002-03 Barbara Fuson
2003-04 Mary Lou Flemal
2004-05 Terri Knight
2005-06 Claire LaMonica
2006-07 Larry Johannesson
2007-08 Jean Black
2008-09 Elizabeth Kahn
2009-10 Deborah Will
2010-11 Amy Strong
2011-12 Angelo Bonadonna
2012-13 Michelle Ryan
2013-14 Cheryl Staley
2014-15 Elizabeth Kahn
2015-16 Kimberly Musolf
2016-17 Mark Sujak
2017-18 Barb Chidley
2018-19   Genevieve Sherman
2019-21   Carrie Santo-Thomas
2021-22   Deborah Will
2022-23   Jennifer Gouin

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IATE Lifetime Achievement Awards

Recipients of IATE Lifetime Membership Award

1972    Jessie Frederick, J. N. Hook, Melba Wixom
1973    Armstrong, W. Wilbur Hatfield, Dorothea Trump
1974    Clarence Hach
1975    Stanley Gritzbaugh, Catherine Hudson
1976    John Heissler, Roy Weshinskey
1977    Paul Jacobs
1978    Wilmer Lamar
1979    Margaret Ann Cummings, Mary Ellen Poorman
1980    Mary Brinkmann, Margaret Crowe, Glen Rittmueller
1981    Addie Hochstrasser, Taimi Ranta, Norman Stewart
1982    Jeanne Claeys, Eldonna Everts, Tom Kent
1983    Glenn Grever
1984    Mary Sasse
1985    Raymond Hollmann
1986    Dorothy Matthews
1987    Beth Stiffler
1988    Mildred Largent
1989    Marti Swanson
1990    David Briggs
1991    Lee Mulcrone
1992    Robert Workman
1993    Rachel B. Faries
1994    Lydia Marin
1995    Ken Holmes
1996    James Stottlar
1997    Kay Jacob
1998    Sue Howell
1999    Jan Neuleib
2000    Wendell Schwartz
2001    Kay Parker
2002    Donna Blackall
2003    George Shea
2004    Jean Wallace
2005    Mary Lou Flemal
2006    Herb Ramlose
2007    Richard Pommier
2008    Claire Lamonica
2009    Tom McCann
2010    Barb Fuson
2011    Jean Black
2012    Norm Boyer
2013    Donna Binns
2014    Marilyn Hollman
2015    Cheryl Staley
2016    Angelo Bonadonna
2017    Deborah Will
2018    Betsy Kahn
2019    Carol Medrano
2021    Michelle Ryan
2022    Dianne Chambers
2023    To Be Announced at Dinner!

IATE Illinois Author of the Year

IATE Illinois Authors of the Year

  • 1970        Vachel Lindsay
  • 1971        Dee Brown
  • 1972        Rebecca Caudill
  • 1973        Clyde S. Kilby
  • 1974        Edgar Lee Masters
  • 1975        Mike Royko
  • 1976        Victor Hicken
  • 1977        Richard Peck
  • 1978        Gwendolyn Brooks
  • 1979        Natalia Belting
  • 1980        Harry Mark Petrakis
  • 1981        J. N. Hook
  • 1982        Marguerite Henry
  • 1983        Burl Ives
  • 1984        Carl Sandburg
  • 1985        Michael Anani
  • 1986        John Knoepfle
  • 1987        Stella Pevsner
  • 1988        Lloyd Kropp
  • 1989        Eugene Redmond
  • 1990        Elizabeth Tallent
  • 1991        Haki Madhubuti
  • 1992        Lucien Stryk
  • 1993        Larry Heinemann
  • 1994        Lucia Getsi
  • 1995        Lisel Mueller
  • 1996        Leon Forrest
  • 1997        Robert Olen Butler
  • 1998        Alex Kotlowitz
  • 1999        Jackie Joyner-Kersey
  • 2000        Luis Rodriguez
  • 2001        Richard Powers
  • 2002        Mary Schmich
  • 2003        Sandra Cisneros
  • 2004        Fern Chapman
  • 2005        Dave Eggers
  • 2006        Mawi Asgedom
  • 2007        Scott Turow
  • 2008        Simone Elkeles
  • 2009        Li-Young Lee
  • 2010        Tony Romano
  • 2011        Achy Obejas
  • 2012        Chris Ware
  • 2013        Marilyn Brandt
  • 2014        Libby Hellmann
  • 2015        Jesse Ball
  • 2016        Melanie Benjamin
  • 2017        Adam Selzer
  • 2018        Brittany Cavallaro
  • 2019        Erika Sanchez
  • 2021        Mikki Kendall
  • 2022        Allison Joseph
  • 2023        Jessamine Chan

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IATE Committees and Representatives

  • Articulation: Betsy Kahn
  • Budget: Michelle Ryan
  • Constitution: Norm Boyer
  • Convention Sites: Jean Black
  • District Leader Coordinator: Delores Robinson
  • Honorary Awards: Genevieve Sherman
  • Intellectual Freedom: Amy Strong
  • Minority Affairs: Shannon Radcliffe
  • NCTE Slate:
  • Nominating: Carrie Santo-Thomas
  • Paul Jacobs Research: Tom McCann
  • Program: Kim Kotty
  • Publications: Michelle Ryan
  • Publicity: Moira Bonadonna
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award: Jeanné Aken
  • Special Projects: Kimberly Musolf
  • Teacher Education: Dianne Chambers and Angelo Bonadonna
  • Webmaster: Angelo Bonadonna

See a Committee that seems like a good fit?
Talk to one of IATE’s board members or Conference Chair Kim Kotty.

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District Leaders, 2023

DISTRICT LEADERS

Black Hawk LEADER NEEDED
South Metro Angelo Bonadonna, Saint Xavier University
Norman Boyer, Saint Xavier University
Central Jennifer Gouin, Lincoln Community High School
Michelle Ryan, Lincoln Community High School
East Central Kelsey Doubet, Danville High School
Eastern Donna Binns, Eastern Illinois University
Kristin Runyon, Charleston High School
Illinois Valley Angie Heiser, Putnam County High School
Delores Robinson, Illinois Valley Community College
Kaskaskia Valley Jodie Seipp, O’Fallon High School
Marquette Jennifer Connolly, Granite City High School
Metro North and West LEADER NEEDED
Mississippi Valley  LEADER NEEDED
North Lakes Andrew Rodbro, Warren Township High School
Carrie Santo-Thomas, Warren Township High School
Northeastern John Hayward, Naperville Central High School; Waubonsee Community College
Northwest Suburban LEADER NEEDED
Northwestern  LEADER NEEDED
Peoria Lauralee Moss, Morton High School
Rock River LEADER NEEDED
South Central  Stephen Frech, Unity Christian School
Ron Lybarger, Eisenhower High School
Southern Betsy Geiselman, Carbondale Comm. High School
Wabash Valley LEADER NEEDED

Western Suburban        

Kim Kotty, Fenwick High School
Carol Medrano, Morton East High School
Western LEADER NEEDED

See an open District Leader position you’d like to fill?
Contact Delores Robinson, District Leader Coordinator at delores_robinson@ivcc.edu.

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Program Committee and IATE Officers, 2022-2023

Conference 2023 Program Committee


Kim Kotty, Conference Chair
Fenwick High School

Jen Gouin, President
Lincoln Community High School

Betsy Geiselman, 1st Vice President
Carbondale Community High School

Angelo Bonadonna, Webmaster
Saint Xavier University

Michelle Ryan, Treasurer
Lincoln Community High School 

Andrew Rodbro, Conference Master of Ceremony
Warren Township High School 

Genevieve Sherman, Honorary Awards
Zion-Benton High School

Kaitlin Glause, Site Coordinator
 Millikin University

Delores Robinson, District Leader Coordinator
 Illinois Valley Community College

Jean Black, Convention Sites
Retired  

Carrie Santo-Thomas, Nominating Committee, Table Decorations
Warren Township High School

Kimberly Musolf, Registration
Adlai E. Stevenson High School 

Kristin Runyon, Registration
Charleston High School


IATE Officers 2022-2023

President
Jennifer Gouin, Lincoln Community High School

First Vice-President
Betsy Geiselman, Carbondale Community High School

Second Vice-President
Kim Kotty, Fenwick High School

Treasurer
Michelle Ryan, Lincoln Community High School

Secretary
Norm Boyer, Saint Xavier University 

Executive Secretary
Kaitlin Glause, Millikin University

Editors: Illinois English Bulletin
Kaitlin Glause, Millikin University
Delores Robinson, Illinois Valley Community College
Andrew Rodbro, Warren Township High School
Michelle Ryan, Lincoln Community High School

Immediate Past President
2021-2022: Deborah Will

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