Founded at Chicago in 1905

About CAMWS

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South is an organization for Classics (Latin and Greek) teachers at all levels, undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone else who enjoys learning about the world of classical antiquity.

Mission

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc., is a professional organization for anyone interested in the classical world, including classicists at all levels of instruction, that promotes the knowledge and appreciation of classical antiquity through support of pedagogy, original research and public outreach.

The following mission statement was approved by the CAMWS Executive Committee on August 21, 2017:

The association

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South was founded in 1905 as the first regional classical organization in the USA. It immediately began publication of The Classical Journal, which became only the second classical journal (excluding annuals) in the country. Twenty-two states belonged at the beginning; there are now thirty-two states and three Canadian provinces. The Association is much the largest of all regional groups; membership is open to anyone with classical interests, regardless of place of residence.

CAMWS is a member of the Society for Classical Studies, the National Humanities Alliance and the International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies (FIEC).

The legal name of CAMWS is the Classical Assn. of the Middle West and South.

Fasti

Every president since 1905

2020s

2026–2027 Daniel Levine University of Arkansas
2025–2026 Victoria E. Pagán University of Florida
2024–2025 Lorenzo Garcia, Jr. University of New Mexico
2023–2024 Andromache Karanika University of California, Irvine
2022–2023 Sophie Mills University of North Carolina at Asheville
2021–2022 Hunter Gardner University of South Carolina
2020–2021 David Schenker University of Missouri

2010s

2019–2020 Anne H. Groton St. Olaf College
2018–2019 Andrew Faulkner University of Waterloo
2017–2018 Laura McClure University of Wisconsin
2016–2017 Alden Smith Baylor University
2015–2016 Antony Augoustakis University of Illinois
2014–2015 Ruth Scodel University of Michigan
2013–2014 Monica S. Cyrino University of New Mexico
2012–2013 Peter E. Knox University of Colorado
2011–2012 Julia D. Hejduk Baylor University
2010–2011 David W. Tandy University of Tennessee

2000s

2009–2010 Michele Valerie Ronnick Wayne State University
2008–2009 Robert W. Ulery, Jr. Wake Forest University
2007–2008 Gregory N. Daugherty Randolph-Macon College
2006–2007 Marilyn B. Skinner University of Arizona
2005–2006 Susan D. Martin University of Tennessee
2004–2005 Jeffrey L. Buller Mary Baldwin College
2003–2004 Jenny Strauss Clay University of Virginia
2002–2003 Niall W. Slater Emory University
2001–2002 James S. Ruebel Ball State University
2000–2001 Christopher P. Craig University of Tennessee

1990s

1999–2000 John F. Miller University of Virginia
1998–1999 James M. May St. Olaf College
1997–1998 John F. Hall Brigham Young University
1996–1997 Helena Dettmer University of Iowa
1995–1996 William H. Race University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1992–1993 Karelisa V. Hartigan University of Florida
1991–1992 Joy K. King University of Colorado
1990–1991 Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr. Louisiana State University

1980s

1988–1989 Ward W. Briggs University of South Carolina
1987–1988 Ernst A. Fredricksmeyer University of Colorado
1986–1987 Theodore A. Tarkow University of Missouri
1985–1986 Gareth L. Schmeling University of Florida
1984–1985 Eleanor G. Huzar Michigan State University
1983–1984 Susan Ford Wiltshire Vanderbilt University
1982–1983 Anna Lydia Motto University of South Florida
1981–1982 Mark P. O. Morford Ohio State University
1980–1981 G. Karl Galinsky University of Texas

1970s

1979–1980 Harry C. Rutledge University of Tennessee
1978–1979 Lynette Thompson Florida State University
1977–1978 Charles L. Babcock Ohio State University
1976–1977 Laura V. Sumner Mary Washington College
1975–1976 Kenneth J. Reckford University of North Carolina
1974–1975 James W. Alexander University of Georgia
1973–1974 Paul R. Murphy Ohio University
1972–1973 Alexander G. McKay McMaster University
1971–1972 Herbert W. Benario Emory University
1970–1971 Arthur F. Stocker University of Virginia

1960s

1969–1970 Paul L. MacKendrick University of Wisconsin
1968–1969 Roger A. Hornsby University of Iowa
1967–1968 Francis L. Newton Duke University
1966–1967 William H. Willis Duke University
1965–1966 Henry C. Montgomery Miami University
1964–1965 Norman T. Pratt Indiana University
1963–1964 Phillip H. De Lacy Northwestern University
1962–1963 Chauncey E. Finch St. Louis University
1961–1962 Bert H. Narveson St. Olaf College
1960–1961 John N. Hough University of Colorado

1950s

1959–1960 Graydon W. Regenos Tulane University
1958–1959 Oscar E. Nybakken University of Iowa
1957–1958 Harry J. Leon University of Texas
1956–1957 Norman J. DeWitt Universityof Minnesota
1955–1956 Gerald Else University of Iowa
1954–1955 Arthur H. Moser University of Tennessee
1953–1954 William E. Gwatkin University of Missouri
1952–1953 Russel M. Geer Tulane University
1951–1952 William C. Korfmacher St. Louis University
1950–1951 Clarence A. Forbes Ohio State University

1940s

1949–1950 Mary V. Bragington Rockford College
1948–1949 A. Pelzer Wagener College of William and Mary
1947–1948 Dorrance S. White University of Iowa
1946–1947 Clyde Murley Northwestern University
1945–1946 Eugene Tavenner Washington University
1944–1945 Walter R. Agard University of Wisconsin
1943–1944 Clyde Pharr Vanderbilt University
1942–1943 Fred S. Dunham University of Michigan
1941–1942 Edward K. Turner Emory University
1940–1941 Gertrude Smith University of Chicago

1930s

1939–1940 Alfred P. Dorjahn Northwestern University
1938–1939 Norman W. DeWitt University of Toronto
1937–1938 Hubert M. Poteat Wake Forest College
1936–1937 Charles C. Mierow Carleton College
1935–1936 Victor D. Hill Ohio University
1934–1935 Frederick W. Shipley Washington University
1933–1934 Gustave A. Harrer University of North Carolina
1932–1933 Roy C. Flickinger University of Iowa
1931–1932 Lillian Gay Berry ndiana University
1930–1931 Omera F. (Floyd) Long Northwestern University

1920s

1929–1930 William J. Battle University of Texas
1928–1929 Robert J. Bonner University of Chicago
1927–1928 Charles E. Little Peabody College for Teachers
1926–1927 Selatie E. Stout Indiana University
1925–1926 Frank J. Miller University of Chicago
1924–1925 Alexander L. Bondurant University of Mississippi
1923–1924 Berthold L. Ullman University of Iowa
1922–1923 Louis E. Lord Oberlin College
1921–1922 Charles H. Weller University of Iowa
1920–1921 Robert B. Steele Vanderbilt University

1910s

1919–1920 Gordon J. Laing University of Chicago
1918–1919 Campbell Bonner University of Michigan
1917–1918 Charles A. Smiley Grinnell College
1916–1917 John A. Scott Northwestern University
1915–1916 Herbert J. Barton University of Illinois
1914–1915 James H. Kirkland Vanderbilt University
1913–1914 Theodore C. Burgess Bradley Polytechnic Institute
1912–1913 Grove E. Barber University of Nebraska
1911–1912 Walter Miller Tulane University
1910–1911 Benjamin L. D'Ooge Michigan State Normal College

1900s

1909–1910 Frederick C. Eastman University of Iowa
1908–1909 Arthur T. Walker University of Kansas
1907–1908 Edward Capps University of Chicago
1906–1907 Moses S. Slaughter University of Wisconsin
1905–1906 William G. Manly University of Missouri

Secretary-Treasurers

2020–present T. Davina McClain Northwestern State University
2012–2020 Thomas J. Sienkewicz Monmouth College
2004–2012 Anne H. Groton St. Olaf College
1995–2004 Gregory Daugherty Randolph Macon College
1990–1996 John F. Hall Brigham Young University
1981–1990 Roy E. Lindahl, Jr. Furman University
1975–1981 Gareth L. Schmeling University of Florida
1973–1975 W. W. de Grummond Florida State University
1971–1973 Robert A. Tucker University of Georgia
1969–1971 Galen O. Rowe University of Pittsburgh and University of Iowa
1959–1969 Paul R. Murphy Ohio University
1951–1959 John N. Hough University of Colorado
1945–1951 William C. Korfmacher St. Louis University
1942–1945 Norman J. DeWitt Washington University
1932–1942 Fred S. Dunham University of Michigan
1930–1932 John O. Lofberg Oberlin College
1923–1930 Wilbert L. Carr Oberlin College; later, University of Michigan
1920–1923 Rollin H. Tanner Denison University
1915–1920 Louis E. Lord Oberlin College
1911–1915 Herbert J. Barton University of Illinois
1908–1911 Theodore C. Burgess Bradley Polytechnic Institute
1905–1908 Benjamin L. D'Ooge Michigan State Normal College

Officers for 2026–27

Daniel Levine, President (2027), University of Arkansas
Vassiliki (Lily) Panoussi, President Elect (2027), William & Mary
Victoria E. Pagán, Immediate Past President (2027), University of Florida
T. Davina McClain, Secretary-Treasurer (2030), Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University

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Constitution, statements and policies

Every document

CAMWSCorps

CAMWSCorps is an oral history project modeled on National Public Radio's StoryCorps. Since the fall of 2012, interviews of long-time CAMWS members have been conducted during the annual meetings of CAMWS and the biennial meetings of CAMWS-Southern Section.

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