Committee Assignments 2021-22

Administrative Leadership

Chair: Kris Ratcliffe
Associate Chair (Personnel): Doris Warriner
Associate Chair (Curriculum): Aya Matsuda
Associate Director, Curriculum & Instruction: Linda Sullivan
Director of Graduate Studies: Ellie Long
Director of Writing Programs: Kyle Jensen

Administrative Directors/Managers

Business Operations Manager: Lorinda Liggins
Director of Communications: Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Appointed Posts

Articulation Task Force: Kyle Jensen
Assessment Coordinator: Sarah Florini
Director of Digital Technology: Bruce Matsunaga
Director of Internships: Ruby Macksoud
Director of Online Programs: Kathleen Hicks
Fletcher Lecture Coordinator: Melissa Free
Library Liaison; Bob Sturges
Parliamentarian: Shirley Rose
Prison Education Programs Co-Coordinator: Corri Wells
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society): Jim Blasingame (Faculty Sponsor/Advisor)
Staff Representatives: Kristen LaRue-Sandler & Brittany Sourjohn
TA Orientation/Professional Development: Christina Saidy

Academic Program Directors

Director of Creative Writers: Sally Ball
Director of English Education: Jessica Early (fall 2021) / Christina Saidy (spring 2022)
Director of Film and Media Studies: Julia Himberg
Director of Linguistics, Applied Linguistics & TESOL: Matthew Prior
Director of Literature: Jonathan Hope
Director of Writing, Rhetoric, Literacies: Mark Hannah

Elective Posts

Arbitrator

Lee Bebout

Budget & Personnel Committee (elected)

Karen Adams
Jim Blasingame
Elly van Gelderen
Tara Ison
Mark James
Richard Newhauser
Doris Warriner (ex officio)

Instructor Representatives

Jackie Brady
Sarah Dean
Adam Hoffman
Amilynne Johnston
Jeremy Meyer
Kurt Myers
Adam Webb

University/College Senate

Joni Adamson (yr 2)
George Justice (yr 1)
Heather Maring (yr 2)

Writing Programs Committee

Andrea Dickens
Sarah Duerden
Jacqueline Brady
Jeremy Meyer
Kurt Myers
Jacob Day
Savannah Woodworth

DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP (APPOINTED)

Area Admissions Committees

Determined by Area Directors & Chair

Awards Committee/s

Matt Bell (chair)
Sybil Durand
Steve Farmer
Lisa Han
Heather Hoyt
Kassie Lamp
Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Kathryn Pruitt

[Committee solicits input from the DGS, the Associate Chair of Curriculum, Lead Advisor, the Director of Communications, and academic program directors]

Committee for Altruistic Research and Experience (CARE)

Karen Dwyer (chair)
Karen Adams
Christopher Bradley
Shauna Dranetz
Stacey Moran
Bruce Matsunaga
Tina Norgren
Adelheid Thieme

Curriculum Committee

Aya Matsuda (Associate Chair, Curriculum)
Sally Ball (Director of CW)
Jessica Early/Christina Saidy (Director of English Ed)
Julia Himberg (Director of FMS)
Jonathan Hope (Director of Lit)
Matthew Prior (Director of Ling, Applied Ling, and TESOL)
Mark Hannah (Director of WRL)
Ellie Long (Director of Graduate Studies)
Kyle Jensen (Director of Writing Programs)
Kathleen Hicks (Director of Online Programs)

Elections Committee

Paul Matsuda (chair)
Maureen Goggin
Bruce Matsunaga

Events Committee-Department

Tricia Webb (chair)
Michael Begay
Gregory Castle
Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Melissa Free
Jacob Greene (spring)
David Hawkes
Christine Holbo
Bruce Matsunaga
Keith Miller

Events Committee-University (e.g., Homecoming & Open Door)

Cajsa Baldini (chair)
Peter Goggin
Kara Von Holten
Brad Irish
Kristen LaRue-Sandler
Bruce Matsunaga
Katie Morrissey
Henry Quintero
Kevin Sandler
Brittany Sourjohn

Executive Committee

Aya Matsuda (Associate Chair)
Sally Ball (Director of CW)
Jessica Early/Christina Saidy (Director of English Ed)
Julia Himberg (Director of FMS)
Jonathan Hope (Director of Lit)
Matthew Prior (Director of Ling, Applied Ling, and TESOL)
Mark Hannah (Director of WRL)
Ellie Long (Director of Graduate Studies)
Kyle Jensen (Director of Writing Programs)
Kathleen Hicks (Director of Online Programs)
Doris Warriner (Associate Chair, Personnel)

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (JEDI)

Lee Bebout (chair)
Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Tyler Peterson
Henry Quintero
Kiley Spillers
Tricia Webb

Graduate Committee

Ellie Long (chair)
Sally Ball (Director of CW)
Jessica Early (F 2021)/Christina Saidy (Sp 2022) (Director of English Ed)
Jonathan Hope (Director of Lit)
Julia Himberg/Aaron Baker (Director of FMS)
Kyle Jensen (Director of Writing Programs)
Mark Hannah (Director of WRL)
Matthew Prior (Director of LAL and TESOL)
Sheila Luna (Graduate Programs Manager)
Kathleen Hicks (Director of Online Programs, ex-officio)
Aaron Agorsor (graduate student rep)

Operations Committee

Brad Ryner (chair, fall 2021)
Elizabeth Lowry (chair, spring 2022)
Aaron Baker
Emily Cooney
Lilly Downs
Cora Fox
Brian Goodman
Bruce Matsunaga
Mike McNally
Tyler Peterson
Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Newsletter Committee

Larry Ellis (co-chair)
Kristen LaRue-Sandler (co-chair)
Gabe Acevedo Velázquez
Meghan Apao
Kira Assad
Mollie Connelly-MacNeill
Elizabeth Horan
Jenny Irish
Devoney Looser (spring 2022)
Sheila Luna

Non-Tenure Track Committee

Dana Tait (chair)
Danielle Alfandre
Lee Bebout
Joe Lockard
Heather Maring
Lynette Myles
Adelheid Thieme
Joshua Vasquez

Ad Hoc Committees

ENG Representatives to ENG/Humanities/EdPlus Committee

Kris Ratcliffe (DEPT CHAIR)
Mark Hannah (WRL)
Kathleen Hicks (Online)
Julia Himberg (FMS MAS)
Ellie Long (ENG MA)
Aya Matsuda (ASSOC CHAIR)
Matt Prior (LAL/MTESOL)
Linda Sullivan (UG)

Writing Programs Annual Evaluation Committee

Adelheid Thieme (chair)
Andrea Dickens
Sarah Duerden

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University Service

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Director): Ayanna Thompson
Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (Director): Lois Brown
Center for Imagination in the Borderlands (Director): Natalie Diaz
Center for Science and the Imagination (Director): Ed Finn
Committee on Academic Freedom & Tenure (Tempe Campus): Aya Matsuda (2020-2023)
Committee on Academic Professional Status: Ruby Macksoud
Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee (CAPC): Claudia Sadowski-Smith
(2020-22)
Faculty Women’s Associate Executive Board (Member): Claudia Sadowski-Smith
General Studies Council: Sarah Florini
Governance Grievance Committee: Kathleen Lamp (2019-2022)
Melikian Center Advisory Board (Member): Claudia Sadowski-Smith
Project Humanities (Director): Neal Lester
Residency Appeal Hearing Committee: Ruby Macksoud
University Academic Professional Grievance Committee: Ruby Macksoud
University P&T Committee: Ayanna Thompson
University Promotion & Continuing Appt Review Committee: Ruby Macksoud
University International Student OPT/CPT Committee: Ruby Macksoud

College Service

College Curriculum Committee: Cora Fox (2021-23)
Committee on Committees: Tricia Webb (year - year)
Committee on the Quality of Instruction: Heather Maring (2019-22)
Dean’s Academic Professional Advisory Council: Ruby Macksoud (2019-22)
Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, Member: Shirley Rose (2021-2024)
Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, Advisor: Paul Matsuda (2018-present)
Desert Humanities (Director): Ron Broglio (2018-present)
Environmental Humanities/Global Futures Lab: Joni Adamson
Institute for Humanities (Director): Nicole Anderson
Institute for Humanities Research (Associate Director): Ron Broglio
Poetry for the People: Solmaz Sharif
Student Affairs and Grievances Committee: Joe Lockard (2019-22)

Department Service outside of Appointed Committees in Bylaws

CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) Certificate: Bryan Smith
Environmental Humanities Certificate: Joni Adamson
Graduate Critical Theory Certificate: Ron Broglio and Gregory Castle
Graduate Linguistics Certificate: Elly van Gelderen
Interdisciplinary Health Humanities Certificate: Cora Fox
MA in Lit/Comparative Lit Concentration, Advisor: Claudia Sadowski-Smith
TA Training: Christina Saidy
TESOL Certificate: Matt Prior
Writers’ Place Awards Committee: Dana Tait

ON SABBATICAL OR APPROVED LEAVE

AY 2021-22

Keith Miller AY 2021-22
TM McNally Fall 2021
Devoney Looser Fall 2021
Maureen Goggin Fall 2021
Jessica Early Spring 2022
Brad Ryner Spring 2022
Katie Morrissey Fall 2021

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