The Jane Austen Society of North America - United States Regional Groups

JASNA Regions in the United States - Contact Information

For information on starting a new Regional Group or to add one to the directory, contact the JASNA Vice President-Regions, Iris Lutz, ispl@comcast.net. To update your existing Region listing, send details to webmaster@jasna.org.

Alabama
Dr. Theodore M. Benditt
73 Fairway Drive
Birmingham, AL 35213
(205) 879-5399
Email: tbenditt@charter.net

Arizona, Northern
Perry Krowne
P.O. Box 5088
Lake Montezuma, AZ 86342
(928) 567-2832
Email: perrypk@sedona.net

Arizona, Southern
Paula Stoner
1620 E Blacklidge, P10
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 591-0764
Email: pjluvshky@gmail.com

Arkansas
There is no organized regional group in Arkansas. See Louisiana or Missouri.

California, Northern
(Zip codes 93700-94999)
Debra Stein
255 The Uplands
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 658-3915
Email: RC@JasnaNorCal.org

California, San Diego Area
Leila Dooley
1320 Palomar Place
Vista,CA 92084
(760) 726-7815
Email: ldooley1@cox.net

California, Southwest
(Zip codes 90000-93699)
Claire Bellanti
16808 Liggett Street
North Hills, CA 91343
(818) 892-3553
Email: claireqb07@yahoo.com

Mimi Dudley
15455 Glenoaks Blvd. #301
Sylmar, CA 91342
(818) 367-8728
Email: ndudley@ucla.edu

Colorado, Denver/Boulder
Maxene H. Wilson
7222 Old Post Road
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 530-4619
Email: maxene@earthlink.net

Colorado, Pikes Peak Region
Christina Martinez
Head of User Services, Kramer Family Library
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
(719) 262-3287
Email: cmartine@uccs.edu

Connecticut
Hugo Walter
Department of English
Berkeley College
99 Church Street
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 946-1640
Email: hgw@berkeleycollege.edu

Delaware
See Eastern Pennsylvannia Region.

District of Columbia
Katie Kohn
9017 Rouen Lane
Potomac, MD 20854
(301) 299-5654
Email: katiekohn@verizon.net

Florida, North
(Zip codes 32000-32799)
Kadesh Minter
208 S. 17th Street
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
(904) 321-4205
Email: buffyversed@yahoo.com

Amy Robinson
3230 SW Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
E-mail: arobin@ufl.edu

Florida, South
Susan Jones
169 Dove Circle
Royal Palm Beach FL 33411
(561) 790-4965
Email: susan_jones@pba.edu

Kathleen Anderson
English Department
Palm Beach Atlantic University
900 S. Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 803-2265
Email: Kathleen_Anderson@pba.edu

Florida West Coast
Terezinha (Terry) Hubener
2311 Heron Circle
Clearwater, Florida 33762
(727) 573-2511
Email: jasnawcf@yahoo.com

Georgia, Atlanta
(Zip codes 30000-30999)
Nancy K. Mayer
6851 Roswell RD NE Q-24
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
(770) 671 0252
Email: nmayer@bellsouth.net

Georgia, Savannah
(Zip codes 31000-31999)
Bridget Browne
2106 Glynnwood Drive
Savannah, GA 31404
(912) 354-6091
Email: janereader4ever@yahoo.com

Idaho
Susie Multanen
6103 Winstead Place
Boise, Idaho 83704
(208) 375-2017
Email: smultanen@hotmail.com

Illinois, Greater Chicago
Natalie Goldberg
5641 S. Harper
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 493-1250
Email: jasnagcr@sbcglobal.net

Indiana, Indianapolis Area
(Zip codes 46250, 46240, 46236, 46135, 46033, 46268, 46902, 46947, 47304, 47306, 47401, and 47804)
Sue Landaw
7726 Bay Shore Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 251-8284
Email: jslandaw@email.com

Iowa
There is no organized regional group in Iowa. See Minnesota or Missouri.

Kansas
Metropolitan Kansas City
(Include MO Zip codes 640XX, 641XX, 64400-64799)
Ellen Schwaller Goebel
4954 Westwood Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 531-6317
Email: jasna.metrokc@yahoo.com

Kentucky, Greater Louisville
(Includes Kentucky zipcodes 402XX and Indiana zipcodes 471XX)
Bonny Wise
6000 Woodsview Court
Floyds Knobs, IN 47119
(812) 923-7808
Email: wises4@insightbb.com

Louisiana
Samantha Rusk Caplinger
4311 Coliseum Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 899-8750
Email: serusk@hotmail.com

Maine
Ann C. Morrissey
12 Riverbend Drive
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
(207) 846-1386
Email: amorriss@maine.rr.com

Maryland
Joyce A. Loney
501 LaClaire Ave.
Linthicum, MD 21090-1925
(410) 859-1397
Email: JoyceLoney@msn.com

Van Sapp
12314 Starlight Lane
Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 464-3941

Baltimore Reading Group: Rena Kelly
Email: rkelly658@yahoo.com

Northern Baltimore County Reading/Study Group: Marge Critcher
Email: mcritcher@comcast.net

Massachusetts
(Includes NH and RI)
Nancy Yee
82 Collins Road
Waban, MA 02468
(617) 965-5699
Email: jasna.yee@gmail.com

Michigan
Stacey Banks
2077 Millstream Drive
Wixom, MI 48393
(248) 669-3973
E-mail: staceylb@comcast.net

Minnesota
Gail Parker
15615 Gleason Lake Drive
Plymouth, MN 55447
(763) 473-2655
Email: gparkerassoc@aol.com

Mississippi
There is no organized regional group in Mississippi. See Alabama, Louisiana, or Tennessee.

Missouri, Central
(Zip codes 64000-65999)
Nancy Mebed
1516 Longwell Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 234-1510
Email: n.mebed@mchsi.com

Dr. Julie Melnyk
2405 Kyle Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 445-2958
Email: melnykj@missouri.edu

Missouri, Metropolitan St. Louis
(Zip codes 620XX, 622XX, 630XX, 631XX, and 633XX)
Ms. Mary Beth Wilczak
132 Wildwood Lane
St. Louis, MO 63122
(314) 822-4831
Email: mbwilczak@earthlink.net

Montana
There is no organized regional group in Montana.

Nebraska
Sheila Graham
286 High School
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
(712) 256-0195
Email: sheilabarak@hotmail.com

Peg Pidgeon
199 Dayan Drive
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
(402) 917-0791
Email: horsesong55@yahoo.com

Nevada
There is no organized regional group in Nevada. See Arizona, California, or Oregon.

New Jersey, Central
Joan Dow
PO Box 603
Spring Lake, NJ 07762-0603
(732) 282-0679
Email: jdnj3@juno.com

Meredith Barnes
3905 Cleveland Street
Toms River, NJ 08755
(908) 910-9277
Email: minimeredith@yahoo.com

New Jersey, Northern
See also Metropolitan New York

New Jersey, Southern
See also Eastern Pennsylvania

New Mexico
Margaret Reysen
6712 Armand Rd, NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Email: arthur_n87120@yahoo.com

New York, Metropolitan New York
(Includes all NY [except the Rochester and Syracuse Regions], and Northern NJ zip codes 07XXX)
Nili Olay and Jerry Vetowich
305 W. 98th Street Apt 7-A North
New York, NY 10025
(212) 666-9170
Email: jasnany@yahoo.com

New York, Rochester
(Zip codes 14000-14816, 14818-14849, 14855-14866, 14868-14880,14884-14885,14887-14999)
Celia A. Easton
488 Harvard Street
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 442-5716
Email: easton@geneseo.edu

New York, Syracuse
(Zip codes 13XXX, 14817, 14850-14854, 14867, 14881-14883, 14886)
Joan Kelly
248 Fayette Blvd
Syracuse, NY 13224
(315) 446-4328
E-mail: joankelly@usadatanet.net

Kathleen Menton
113 Alpine Drive, A3
Dewitt, NY 13214
(315) 446-2936

North Carolina
Virginia Clare Tharrington
4904 Lakegreen Ct
Raleigh NC 27612
(919) 605-0400
Email: tharr328@meredith.edu

North Dakota
There is no organized regional group for North Dakota. See Minnesota, Montana, or South Dakota.

Ohio, Dayton
(Zip codes 43000-43999 & 45000-45999)
Gary Mitchner
108 Patterson Rd.
Dayton, OH 45419
(937) 299-1663
Email: gary.mitchner@gmail.com

Ohio, North Coast
(Zip codes 44000-44999)
Patricia Fernberg
1411 Roycroft Avenue, # 17
Lakewood, OH 44107-3445
(216) 228-6439
Email: pfernberg@hotmail.com

Oklahoma
There is no organized regional group in Oklahoma. See Kansas or Texas.

Oregon and SW Washington (Includes WA zips 986XX)
Frank McClanahan
708 NW Mill Race Ct.
McMinnville, OR 97128
(503) 472-4519
Email: fmcclan@linfield.edu

Pauline W. Beard
15132 NW Aberdeen Drive
Portland, OR. 97229
(503) 645-3096
Email: beardp1@pacificu.edu

Pennsylvania, Eastern
(Includes DE and Southern NJ zip codes 08XXX)
Kelly Fineman
P.O. Box 3526
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(856) 857-1572
Email: RC@jasnaeastpa.org

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Linda Troost
90 South Wade Avenue
Washington, PA 15301-3656
(724) 222-9039
email: ltroost@washjeff.edu

South Carolina
Ginny Foreman
1021 Loyalist Court
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 884-4398
Email: gofigure@gowebway.com

South Dakota
Judith Koob
912 NE 10th St
Madison, SD 57042
(605) 256-3602

Tennessee
Mildred Tilley
4413 Howell Place
Nashville, TN 37205
email: tilleym@montgomerybell.com

Texas, Austin
Lynda Handman Chiu
8822 Silverarrow Circle
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 292-9307
mail: lynchiu2000@yahoo.com

Texas, Greater Houston
(Includes zipcodes 77XXX)
Amanda Day
4931 Chase Stone Drive
Bacliff, TX 77518
(832) 428-4458
Email: jasna_greaterhouston@yahoo.com

Texas, Northern
(Zip codes 75000-76599)
Rosalie Sternberg
7393 Spruce Creek Lane
Frisco, TX 75034
(214) 676-1995 Email: Rosalie9@sbcglobal.net

Utah
There is no organized regional group in Utah. See Arizona, Colorado, or Idaho.

Vermont
Kelly McDonald
10 LaPointe Street
Winooski, VT 05404
Email: jasna-vt@hotmail.com

Deborah Barnum
270 S. Willard Street
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 864-0517
Email: bygone.books@verizon.net

Virginia, Fredericksburg
(Zip codes 20100-22999 & 24000-24999)
Martha Hutzel
1105 Walker Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 370-4251
Email: mhutzel@crrl.org

Virginia, Southeastern
(Zip codes 23000-24999)
Kathleen Rose
119 Will Scarlet Lane
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 259-9037
Email: roses@widomaker.com

Washington, Puget Sound
Julie Arnold
9023 161st Place NE
Redmond WA 98052
(425) 556-9560
email: msjarnold@yahoo.com