Committee Assignments 2018-19

Chair

Kris Ratcliffe

Associate Chair (Personnel)

Doris Warriner

Associate Chair (Curriculum)

Brad Ryner

Director of Graduate Studies

Karen Adams

Assistant Director of Academic Services

Linda Sullivan

Business Operations Manager

Lorinda Liggins

Director of Communications

Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Director of Internships

Ruby Macksoud

Director of Digital Technology

Bruce Matsunaga

Director of Assessment

Christine Holbo

Director of Creative Writing

Matt Bell

Director of English Education

Jessica Early

Director of Film and Media Studies

Aaron Baker

Director of Linguistics/ Applied Linguistics

Aya Matsuda

Director of Literature

Ron Broglio

Director of Online Programs

Cajsa Baldini

Director of Writing, Rhetoric, & Literacies

Maureen Goggin (fall 18); Kassie Lamp (spring 19)

Director of Writing Programs

Shirley Rose

Library Liaison

Heather Maring

Parliamentarian

Mark James

Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society)

Jim Blasingame (faculty Sponsor)

TA Orientation/Professional Development

Peter Goggin

Arbitrator

Tara Ison

University/College Senate

Lee Bebout (yr 1), Patricia Boyd (yr 2), Elizabeth Lowry (yr 1)

Instructor Representatives:

Nate Bump, Sarah Dean, Jon Drnjevic, Valerie Fazel, Soren Hammerschmidt, Jennifer Waters

Area Admission Committees

Determined by Area Directors & Chair

Awards Committees

George Justice (chair), Dan Bivona, Natalie Diaz, Steve Farmer, Elly van Gelderen

Budget & Personnel Committee

Sally Ball, Elizabeth Horan, Ellie Long, Eddie Mallot, Richard Newhauser Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Robert Sturges, Doris Warriner (ex officio).

Curriculum Committee (Program Directors)

Bradley Ryner (Associate Chair), Matt Bell (Director of CW), Jessica Early (Director of Engl Ed), Aaron Baker (Director of FMS), Ron Broglio (Director of Lit), Aya Matsuda (Director of Ling, Applied Ling, and TESOL), Maureen Goggin (fall)/Kassie Lamp (spring) (Director of WRL), Shirley Rose (Writing Programs), Cajsa Baldini (Online Programs), Karen Adams (Director of Graduate Studies)

DEN/By-Laws

Mark James (co-chair), Doris Warriner (co-chair), Lee Bebout, Sarah Duerden, Sybil Durand, Mark Hannah (Spring 19), Julia Himberg, Natalie Diaz

DEN Elections Committee

Elly Van Gelderen (Chair), Kathryn Pruitt

Graduate Committee

Karen Adams (Chair), Jessica Early (Director of English Ed), Ron Broglio (Director of Lit), Maureen Goggin/Kassie Lamp (Director of WRL), Matt Bell (Director of CW), Aya Matsuda (Director of Ling, Applied Ling, and TESOL), Aaron Baker (Director of FMS), Sheila Luna, Kristin Bennett, Bradley Ryner (ex officio)

Non-Tenure Track Committee

Dana Tait (Chair), Ellen Johnson, Keith Miller, Heather Maring, Matt Prior, Jacqueline Wheeler

Research/Creative Activities and Social Events

Joni Adamson (co-chair), Bryan Smith (co-chair), Danielle Alfandre, Bob Bjork, Christopher Bradley, Gregory Castle, Melissa Free, Jonathan Hope, Heather Hoyt

Committee for Altruistic Research and Experience (CARE)

Karen Dwyer (co-chair), Steve Farmer, Bruce Matsunaga, Adelheid Thieme, Cornelia “Corri” Wells, Shauna Dranetz, Reese Conner, Mark Lussier, Karen Adams (ex officio) 

Homecoming Committee 

Kevin Sandler (Chair), Cajsa Baldini, Sarah Florini, Brad Irish, Kristen Larue, Bruce Matsunaga, Lynette Myles, Tyler Peterson

Newsletter Committee

Larry Ellis (co-chair), Meghan Bacino (co-chair), Kira Assad, David  Hawkes, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Devoney Looser (Fall), Sheila Luna, Dana Tait, Eric Wertheimer (Spring)

Open Door Committee

Jim Blasingame (chair), Taylor Corse, Brian Goodman, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Joe Lockard, Bruce Matsunaga, Tina Norgren Justin Petropoulos, Henry Quintero

Advisor to DFAC

Paul Matsuda

Center Director, CSR&D

Lois Brown

Center Director, CMRS

Ayanna Thompson

Director, Project Humanities

Neal Lester

University curriculum committee

Jessica Early (chairs Literacy sub-committee); TBA

University-level linguistics committee

Matt Prior