THE COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES

"CLA and the Language Teacher"

Darwin T. Turner
1965

"Language and Literature in the
Shaping of World Thought"

Milton G. Hardiman
1966

"Language, Literature and Life"

Milton G. Hardiman
1967

"Notes on a Dream Deferred: A Position Paper on the College Language Association"

Charles H. Curl
1968

"Black Studies: Form and Content"

Charles H. Curl
1969

"Black Studies: International Dimensions"

Richard A. Long
1970

"The Future of Black Studies"

Richard A. Long
1971

"The Uses of Scholarship"

Ruth N. Horry
1972

"The Teacher as Futurist"

Ruth N. Horry
1973

"The Bound of Uncertainty"

Thelma D. Curl
1979

"The College Language Association and
the Profession of Languages and Literatures"

Eleanor Q. Tignor
1983

"The College Language Association:
1983-1984 and Beyond"

Eleanor Q. Tignor
1984

"College Language Association Convention 1985:
A Call to Celebrate"

Anne Venture Young
1985

"The College Language Association:
Past, Present, Future Perfect"

Anne Venture Young
1986

"Legacy from the Past, Agenda for the Future:
The College Language Association, 1937-87"

Marie H. Buncombe
1987

"CLA's Second Half-Century: Language and Literature in the Black Diaspora"

Marie H. Buncombe
1988

"Character Education for the Twenty-First Century:
Possibilities of a Humanistic Curriculum

Thelma B. Thompson
1991

"Redefining and Assessing the Pedagogy of Humanism"

James J. Davis
1994

"Virtuality and Rumors of Reality:
The Humanist in an Interactive Age"

Dolan Hubbard
1995

 "Slipping into Darkness:
CLA and Black Intellectual Formation"

Dolan Hubbard
1996

"Paris-New York: Venues of Migration and the Exportation of African-American Culture"

Thomas N. Hammond
1997

"Heritage and Homage:
Navigating Our Cultural Legacy"

Dellita Martin-Ogunsola
2002

"'Keeping the Thing Going While Things are Stirring': The Function of the Critic at the Present Time"

Yakini B. Kemp
2004

Text Messaging or Messaging the Text:
Literature and the Construction of Identity

Yakini B. Kemp
2004

"Religion and Spirituality in Literature"

Booker T. Anthony
2007

"(Re)Roots and (Re)Routes: Transatlantic Connections in Language and Literature

Booker T. Anthony
2008

"Presidential Address on the Occasion of the 
75th Anniversary of the CLA"

Warren J. Carson
2012

"Politics and Porticos: Martin Delany's Blake and the Politics of Being"

Mario Chandler
2014

"Decolonizing the University: 
The 2016 President Address"

Dana A. Williams
2016

"Expanding Narratives:
A Presidential Address"

Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper
2019