| Year |
President |
Title of Presidential Address |
| 1958 |
Robert A. McConnell |
Scaled Measurement in Psi Research |
| 1959 |
Gertrude R. Schmeidler |
Exploring the Parameters of Research Variables |
| 1960 |
J. Gaither Pratt |
Taking Stock in Parapsychology |
| 1961 |
Karlis Osis |
ESP in the Laboratory: Its Integration and Activation |
| 1962 |
Margaret Anderson |
The Relations of Psi to Creativity |
| 1963 |
Carroll B. Nash |
Physical and Metaphysical Parapsychology |
| 1964 |
William G. Roll |
The Psi Field |
| 1965 |
K. Ramakrishna Rao |
The Bidirectionality of Psi |
| 1966 |
Montague Ullman |
A Nocturnal Approach to Psi |
| 1967 |
E. Douglas Dean |
Parapsychology and Dr. Einstein |
| 1968 |
Ian Stevenson |
The Substantiability of Spontaneous Cases |
| 1969 |
Hans Bender |
New Developments in Poltergeist Research |
| 1970 |
Robert Van de Castle |
Psi Abilities in Primitive Groups |
| 1971 |
Gertrude Schmeidler |
Parapsychologists’ Opinion About Parapsychology |
| 1972 |
John Beloff |
Belief and Doubt |
| 1973 |
Rex G. Stanford |
Concept and Psi |
| 1974 |
Robert L. Morris |
Tacit Communication and Experimental Theology |
| 1975 |
Charles Honorton |
Has Science Developed the Competence to
Confront Claims of the Paranormal? |
| 1976 |
Martin Johnson |
Problems, Challenges and Promises |
| 1977 |
Charles T. Tart |
Space, Time and Mind |
| 1978 |
K. Ramakrishna Rao |
Psi: Its Place in Nature |
| 1979 |
John Palmer |
Parapsychology as a Probabilistic Science: Facing the
Implications |
| 1980 |
Ian Stevenson |
Can We Describe the Mind? |
| 1981 |
Irvin Child |
Parapsychology and Psychology |
| 1982 |
John Beloff |
Three Open Questions |
| 1983 |
Stanley Krippner |
A Systems Approach to Psi Research Based on Jungian
Typology |
| 1984 |
Rhea A. White |
The Spontaneous, the Imaginal, and Psi:
Foundations for a Depth Psychology |
| 1985 |
Robert L. Morris |
The Social Context of Psi |
| 1986 |
Debra H. Wiener |
Thoughts on the Role of Meaning in Psi Research |
| 1987 |
Richard S. Broughton |
If You Want to Know How it Works, First Find Out What
It’s For |
| 1988 |
Dean I. Radin |
The Tao of Psi |
| 1989 |
Hoyt Edge |
Psi, Self, and the New Mentalism |
| 1990 |
K. Ramakrishna Rao |
Heretical Psychology: ON the Scope and
Substance of Psychical Research |
| 1991 |
Stephen E. Braude |
Psi and the Nature of Abilities |
| 1992 |
John Palmer |
From Survival to Transcendence: Reflections on Psi
as Anomalous |
| 1993 |
Dean I. Radin |
Psi Hits and Psi Myths |
| 1994 |
Deborah L. Delanoy |
Unity and Divisions within the
Parapsychological Association |
| 1995 |
Carlos S. Alvarado |
The Place of Spontaneous Cases in
Parapsychology |
| 1996 |
Richard S. Broughton |
Where Were You When Parapsychology Became
a Science? |
| 1997 |
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none |
| 1998 |
Edwin C. May |
no title available |
| 1999 |
Dean I. Radin |
What’s Ahead |
| 2000 |
Marilyn J. Schlitz |
Boundless Mind: Coming of Age in Parapsychology |
| 2001 |
Nancy L. Zingrone |
Controversy and the Problems of Parapsychology |
| 2002 |
Mario P. Varvoglis |
Scientists, Shamans, and Sages: Gazing Through
Six Hats |
| 2003 |
Carlos S. Alvarado |
Reflections on Being a Parapsychologist |
| 2004 |
Nancy L. Zingrone |
Complicating the Conversation: Rhetoric,
Substance, and Controversy in Parapsychology |
| 2005 |
Caroline Watt, |
Parapsychology’s Contribution to Psychology: A View
from the Frontline |
| 2006 |
Dean I. Radin |
Entangled Minds |
| 2007 |
Rex G. Stanford |
Finding Our Way: Some Thoughts on Advancing
Parapsychology as a Science |
| 2008 |
Roger D. Nelson |
Mind Matters: A New Scientific Era |
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