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
Esther Chan 2023
Geoffrey Green 2024
Kat Guzman 2025
Summer Star 2025
Loretta Stec 2023
Joan Wong 2023

Ex-officio: P Abeywickrama, 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.

English Curriculum Committee

Name Year
Bill Christmas 2023
Will Clark 2024
Kathleen De Guzman 2023
Bridget Gelms 2025
Jim Gilligan 2023
Martha Klironomos 2023
Teresa Pratt 2023
Meg Schoerke (Chair) 2024
Anastasia Smirnova 2024
Summer Star 2025

Ex-officio: P Abeywickrama, 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.

Faculty Support and Mentoring Committee

Name Year
Michelle Clark 2023
Kathleen DeGuzman (Chair)

2024

Brandon Diaz 2023
Taylor Fredericks 2023
Jim Gilligan 2024
Gin Schwarz 2024

Lecturer Faculty Hiring, Appointments, and Evaluation Committee

Name Year
Tara Lockhart (Chair) Director of Writing Program
Julie Paulson 2025
Jennifer Trainor 2024

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

Nominations and Elections Committee

Name Year
Michelle Clark 2023
Bridget Gelms 2025
Wai-Leung Kwok 2024
David Olsher (Chair) 2025

Retention Committee

Name Year
Angela Jones 2023
Wai-Leung Kwok 2024
Mark Roberge 2024
Jennifer Trainor 2023

Students and Alumni Committee

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

Still needed: 1 grad student, 1 undergrad, 1 alum. 

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