Category Archives: Regular membership

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

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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Conference 2023 Program Committee

Kim Kotty, Conference Chair
Fenwick High School

Jen Gouin, President
Lincoln Community High School

Betsy Geiselman, 1^st 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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President’s Welcome

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the 2023 IATE conference at Millikin University. We are thankful to be back at our institutional home for the second year under the leadership of our Executive Secretary Kaitlin Glause. We are so grateful for the hospitality and support we’ve received from the university and its staff.

Kim Kotty, our conference chair, has developed a program to celebrate and embrace “authenticity in action.” Through enlightening sessions that promote authentic classroom practices, this conference aims to help us meet the ever changing needs of our students and the world they will enter after they leave us.

Our conference this year affords many opportunities to learn, network, and grow in our profession. We are so happy to have you here with us this weekend and with us in our profession as well. I encourage you to find ways to get involved in IATE at the state level or within your home district. Let me know if I can help guide you to leadership opportunities, and enjoy the conference!

Jennifer Gouin

IATE President 2022-2023

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Professional Development
Event Offered by Illinois Valley Community College

Friday, April 29, 2022

Registration is FREE—please click here to register.

Zoom Series
Book Study

Courageous Conversations About Race
by Glenn E. Singleton

Please join our book discussion group hosted by IATE’s Intellectual Freedom Committee in spring 2022.

Registration for members: FREE
Registration for non-members: $35

Challenged Book Presentation

Please join Amy Magnafichi Strong, IATE’s Intellectual Freedom Chair, on November 17, 2021, 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM, via Zoom, for a presentation and Q&A.

(Zoom link to presentation for registered guests)