Department Committees

2022-2023 Department of English Committees  (8/3/22)

(All standing committee terms are three years except for staff and lecturer faculty who hold one-year terms)

English Advisory Committee

Name Year
Maricel Santos (Chair) 2025
Kristin Hilbert 2024
Geoffrey Green 2024
Kat Guzman 2025
Summer Star 2025
Loretta Stec 2026
Joan Wong 2024

Ex-officio: P Abeywickrama, CMS & TESOL; S. Cannon, Lit Undergrad; J. Gilligan, English Ed; S. Hackenberg, Lit MA; R. Kohls, CMS; J. Lederer, Ling.; N. Lindeman, PWR; T. Lockhart, Writing Program; M. Roberge, Comp; R. Khols, Writing Program.

English Curriculum Committee

Name Year
Bill Christmas 2026
Will Clark 2024
Bridget Gelms 2025
Meg Schoerke 2024
Virginia Schwarz 2026
Anastasia Smirnova 2024
Summer Star (Chair) 2025

Ex-officio: P Abeywickrama, CMS; S. Cannon, Lit Undergrad; J. Gilligan, English Ed; R. Kohls, Writing Program; J. Lederer, Ling.; N. Lindeman, PWR; R. Khols, Writing Program.

Faculty Support and Mentoring Committee

Name Year
Caroline Caspar 2024
Kathleen DeGuzman (Chair)

2024

Carrie Hetchman 2024
Collin Ludlow-Mattson 2024
Jim Gilligan 2024
Gin Schwarz 2024

Lecturer Faculty Hiring, Appointments, and Evaluation Committee

Name Year
Robet Khols (Chair) Incoming Director of Writing Program
Julie Paulson 2025
Jennifer Trainor 2024

Ex-officio: P Abeywickrama, CMS & TESOL; S. Cannon, Lit Undergrad; J. Gilligan, Lit MA; R. Kohls, Writing Program; J. Lederer, Ling.; N. Lindeman, PWR; T. Lockhart, Writing Program; M. Roberge, Comp.

Nominations and Elections Committee

Name Year
Michelle Clark 2024
Bridget Gelms 2025
Wai-Leung Kwok 2024
David Olsher (Chair) 2025

Retention Committee

Name Year
Anastasia Smirnova 2026
Wai-Leung Kwok 2024
Mark Roberge 2024
Jennifer Trainor 2026

Students and Alumni Committee

Name Year
Priyanvada Abeywickrama 2024
Mark Roberge 2024
Summer Star (Chair) 2024

Tenure and Promotions Committee

Name Year
Bill Christmas 2024
Tara Lockhart (Chair) 2025
Julie Paulson 2024

Tenure-Track Hiring Committee

Name Year
   
   
   

Ex-officio: Maricel Santos

(No members elected for 2022-2023. Dept. Chair will make 1-year appointments if needed for 2022-2023.)

Program Coordinators

Name Program
Bridget Gelms Graduate Composition
Sarita Cannon Literature
Sara Hackenberg Graduate Literature
Paul Morris Education
Priya Abeywickrama MATESOL
Jenny Lederer Linguistics
Tara Lockhard First-Year Writing
Robert Kohls CMS
Neil Lindeman PWR

Graduate Literature Curriculum Committee

Name
Sara Hackenberg (Chair)
Wai-Leung Kwok 
Geoffrey Green
Kat De Guzman 

Student Representatives: TBD

Ex-officio:  S. Cannon, Lit.

TESOL Committee

Name
Priya Abeywickrama
Robert Kohls
David Olsher
Maricel Santos

University Committee for Written English Proficiency (Academic Senate)

Name Position
Priyanvada Abeywickrama English Department
Jennifer Trainor Composition Coordinator's Designee
Robert Kohls CMS