MAASA Executive Board
President
Michael Krysko, Kansas State University (2012)
Vice-President
John Kinder, Oklahoma State University (2012)
Treasurer
Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University (2012)
Secretary
Ben Looker, St. Louis University (2012)
Executive Director
Kathleen Wells Morgan, David H. Hickman High School
Elected Representatives (at-large)
Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University (2012)
Matthew Calihman, Missouri State University (2013)
Jeannette Jones, University of Nebraska (2013)
John Kinder, Oklahoma State University (2013)
Michael Krysko, Kansas State University (2012)
Jane Simonsen, Augustana College, Rock Island (2013)
Faculty Representatives, Degree-Granting Institutions
Ruben Flores, University of Kansas (2013)
Tina Parratt, University of Iowa (2013)
Ben Looker, St. Louis University (2012)
University of Minnesota, Vacant
Graduate Student Representatives, Degree-Granting Institutions
Derrais Carter, University of Iowa (2013)
Myrl Beam, University of Minnesota (2013)
Avery Dame, University of Kansas (2013)
Adam Kloppe, Saint Louis University (2013)
Editors, American Studies
David Katzman
Sherrie Tucker
Randal Jelks
Regional Representative to the ASA
Ruben Flores, University of Kansas (2014)
Past Presidents
Presidents of the Mid–America American Studies Association (MAASA)
| 2011— | Michael Krysko (Kansas State University) |
| 2008–2011 | Jane Simonsen (Augustana College) |
| 2007–2008 | Kathryn Kuhn (Saint Louis University) |
| 2005–2007 | Jeffrey Miller (Augustana College) |
| 2004–2005 | Cheryl Lester (University of Kansas) |
| 2003–2004 | Lauren Rabinovitz (University of Iowa) |
| 2002–2003 | Matthew Mancini (Saint Louis University) |
| 2001 | Wayne Wiegand (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| 2000–2001 | Mary Ann Wynkoop (University of Missouri–Kansas City) |
| 1999–2000 | Greg Cazharias (Creighton University) |
| 1997–1999 | James J. Farrell (St. Olaf College) |
| 1996–1997 | Elaine Berland (Washington University in St. Louis) |
| 1995–1996 | Kent Blaser (Wayne State College, Neb.) |
| 1994–1995 | Sue Zschoche (Kansas State University) |
| 1993–1994 | Ed Griffin (University of Minnesota) |
| 1992–1993 | Richard Horwitz (University of Iowa) |
| 1991–1992 | Daniel F. Littlefield (University of Arkansas–Little Rock) |
| 1988–1991 | Bryan F. Le Beau (Creighton University) |
| 1987–1988 | Steven Watts (University of Missouri–Columbia) |
| 1986–1987 | Elmer Suderman (Gustavus–Adolphus College) |
| 1985–1986 | Greg Sojka (Wichita State University) |
| 1984–1985 | Winton U. Solbert (University of Illinois–Urbana) |
Presidents of the Midcontinent American Studies Association (MASA)
| 1983–1984 | Nancy Walker (Stephens College) |
| 1982–1983 | Albert Stone (University of Iowa) |
| 1982 | Haskell Springer (University of Kansas) |
| 1981–1982 | Theodore Agnew (Oklahoma State University) |
| 1980–1981 | Theodore R. Hovet (Northern Iowa University) |
| 1979–1980 | Roger Whitlow (Eastern Illinois University) |
| 1978–1979 | Elizabeth Kolmer (Saint Louis University) |
| 1977–1978 | Forrest Berghorn (University of Kansas) |
| 1975–1977 | Max J. Skidmore (Southwest Missouri State University) |
| 1974–1975 | Hamilton Cravens (Iowa State University) |
| 1973–1974 | Jules Zanger (Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville) |
| 1972–1973 | Wayne Wheeler (University of Nebraska–Omaha) |
| 1972 | Jerry Hauptmann (Park College) |
| 1970–1972 | Norman R. Yetman (University of Kansas) |
| 1969–1970 | Joseph G. Knapp (Saint Louis University) |
| 1967–1969 | Alexander C. Kern (University of Iowa) |
| 1966–1967 | Norris Yates (Iowa State University) |
| 1965–1966 | Leon T. Dickinson (University of Missouri–Columbia) |
| 1965 | Nicholas Joost (Southern Illinois University) |
| 1964–1965 | John Q. Reed (Kansas State College of Pittsburg) |
| 1963–1964 | Kenneth J. LaBudde (University of Kansas City) |
| 1962–1963 | Richard Herrnstadt (Iowa State University) |
| 1961–1962 | Robert Cobb (University of Kansas) |
Presidents of the Central Mississippi Valley American Studies Association (CMVASA)
| 1960–1961 | Wayne Wheeler (University of Chicago) |
| 1959–1960 | Edward F. Grier (University of Kansas) |
| 1958–1959 | Stow Persons (State University of Iowa) |
| 1957–1958 | Arthur E. Bestor (University of Illinois) |
| 1956–1957 | Guy Cardwell (Washington University in St. Louis) |