The Society of Philosophy and History of Education was formerly the Southwestern Philosophy of Education Society.

Annual meetings are held in the Fall at sites in the Southwest region. The program chair is: <mailto:dcsnelgrov@aol.com>David Snelgrove

SOPHE encourages scholarship in the philosophy and history of education as well as educational biography and issues in education. A call for papers for the next meeting is available at the SOPHE website http://sopheconference.org

The Southwestern Philosophy of Education Society first met in 1950 at Southern Methodist University sponsored by Glen Hoskins. The first President was Charles Flinn Arrowood from the University of Texas. The purpose of the meetings is to encourage scholarly research in the philosophy and history of education. Graduate students are encouraged to participate and many have gotten their first opportunity to present papers at these meetings. Annual meetings have been held continuously since 1950. The Proceedings published the papers presented at those meetings.

As the organization grew with the addition of graduate students who participated in SWPES finding teaching positions in other parts of the country, new members moving into the region and existing members moving to universities outside the region, southwestern no longer seemed to apply. To reflect the more national nature of the organization, the name was changed to the Society of Philosophy and History of Education

The Journal of History and Philosophy of Education is the annual publication of the Society and is made up of papers selected from presentations at the annual meeting. Papers included in the Journal are collected by the editor and evaluated by the members of the editorial board. The editor of JOPHE since 1995 is David Snelgrove.

The Educational Foundations Society is a special interest group that meets before SOPHE to discuss the situation of the Foundations of Education and sponsors the annual Bill Drake Lecture, contact Martha Tevis <mailto:marthamay@aol.com> for more information.

No.	Date	President	Institution	Meeting Location
1	1950	Charles Arrowood	University of Texas-Austin
2	50/51	Frank Wegener	University of Texas-Austin
3	51/52	Millard Scherick	Pastor
4	52/53	Hugh Black	Rice
5	53/54	Hugh Black	Rice
6	54/55	Everett Jarboe	North Texas State College
7	55/56	Gus Craven	Austin College
8	56/57	James Rogers	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
9	57/58	G. C. Hopkins	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, Texas
10	58/59	Lloyd Williams	University of Oklahoma
11	59/60	Franklin Parker	University of Texas-Austin
12	60/61	William Drake	University of Texas-Austin	Dallas, Texas
13	61/62	Rodney Cline	Louisiana State University
14	62/63	John Susky	Oklahoma State University
15	63/64	John Densford	East Central (OK) State College	Denton, Texas
16	64/65	Fr. Edward Sullivan	St. Thomas University	Norman, Oklahoma
17	65/66	Rod Du Chemein	North Texas State College
18	66/67	William Fisher	Texas Western College, El Paso
19	67/68	James Van Patten	Central Missouri State College
20	68/69	Arthur Moehlman	University of Texas-Austin
21	69/70
22	70/71	Billy Cowart	Texas A & I University, Laredo
23	71/72	John D. Pulliam	University of Oklahoma
24	72/73	J. Arthur Cooper	North Texas State University
25	73/74	Donna Lee Younker	Central (OK) State College	Laredo, Texas
26	74/75	Mario Benitez	Texas A & I University, Kingsville	Norman, Oklahoma
27	75/76	Clinton Allison	University of Tennessee	Clear Lake, Texas
28	76/77	Henry Weinstock	University of Missouri-St. Louis	Lafayette, Louisiana
29	77/78	Joe Green	University of Southwestern Louisiana	Fayetteville, Arkansas
30	78/79	Karl Jost	University of Tennessee	Denton, Texas
31	79/80	Jim R. Bowman	University of Houston-Clear Lake	Edinburg, Texas
32	80/81	Spencer Maxcy	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
33	81/82	Fred Kierstead	University of Houston-Clear Lake	San Antonio, Texas
34	82/83	Charles Fazzaro	University of Missouri-St. Louis	Shreveport, Louisiana
35	83/84	Chipman Stuart	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma
36	84/85	Tim Bergen	University of South Carolina	Wichita, Kansas
37	85/86	Paul Travers	University of Missouri-St. Louis	Austin, Texas
38	86/87	Douglas Simpson	Texas Christian University	Fayetteville, Arkansas
39	87/88	Rusty Dalton Curtis	Southeast Missouri State University	South Padre Island, TX
40	88/89	John Zepper	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico
41	89/90	Joe Kincheloe	Clemson University	Fort Worth, Texas
42	90/91	Tony Johnson	University of Texas-San Antonio	St. Louis, Missouri
43	91/92	David Snelgrove	Oklahoma City Schools	San Antonio, Texas
44	92/93	Wayne Willis	Morehead State University	New Orleans, Louisiana
45*	93/94	Mary Lou Ayler	Central Michigan University	Fayetteville, Arkansas
46	94/95	Richard Elliott	University of New Orleans	Austin, Texas
47	95/96	Louis Goldman	Wichita State University	Biloxi, Mississippi
48	96/97	Robert Reilly	University of Arkansas	Dallas, Texas
49	97/98	Karen McKellips	Cameron University	Norman, Oklahoma
50	98/99	William Vanderhoof	Texas Christian University	Norman, Oklahoma
51	99/00	Stan Ivie	Texas Women’s University	Biloxi, Mississippi
52	00/01	Sam Stack	University of West Virginia	Dallas, Texas
53	01/02	Bartley McSwine	Chicago State University	Norman, Oklahoma
54	02/03	Cornell Thomas	Texas Christian University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
55	03/04	Douglas Davis	Georgia State University	San Antonio, Texas
56	04/05	George Stone	University of the Ozarks	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
57	05/06	Taiebah Hosseinali	University of Illinois-Springfield	San Antonio, Texas
58	06/07	Mike Boone	Texas State University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
59	07/08	Don Hufford	Newman University	San Antonio, Texas
60	08/09	Mary Bevel***	Webster University	St. Louis, Missouri
61	09/10	James Swartz	Miami University of Ohio	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
62	10/11	Lee Duemer	Texas Tech University	San Antonio, Texas
63	11/12	Virginia Worley	Oklahoma State University	St. Louis, Missouri
64	12/13	Susan Laird	Oklahoma University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
65	13/14	Lucy Bailey	Oklahoma State University	San Antonio, Texas
65	2015	Linda Morice	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	Saint Louis, Missouri
65	2016	Neil Houser	Oklahoma University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
65	2017	Stacy Otto	Illinois State University	San Antonio, Texas
65	2018	Adam Roth	Rhode Island University	Saint Louis, Missouri
65	2019	Ralph Olliges	Webster University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
65	2020/21	Roy Tamashiro	Webster University	Saint Louis, Missouri
66	2022	William Fridley	Southeast Oklahoma State University	San Antonio, Texas
67	2023	Basiyr Rodney	Webster University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
68	2025	Carolyn Fridley	Southeast Oklahoma State University	Saint Louis, Missouri
69	2025	Donna Sayman	Wichita State University	San Antonio,Texas

*First meeting as Society of Philosophy and of Education (SOPHE)—Formally Southwest Philosophy of Education Society