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Committee Assignments 2020-21
Administrative Leadership Committee
Chair | Kris Ratcliffe (fall 2020) Bradley Ryner (Interim, spring 2021) |
Associate Chair (Personnel) | |
Associate Chair (Curriculum) | Bradley Ryner (fall 2020) Aya Matsuda (spring 2021) |
Associate Director, Curriculum & Instruction | |
Director of Graduate Studies | |
Director of Writing Programs |
Administrative Directors/Managers
Business Operations Manager | |
Director of Communications | |
Director of Digital Technology | |
Director of Internships | |
Director of Online Programs |
Academic Program Directors
Director of Creative Writing | Matt Bell (spring 2020) Sally Ball (spring 2021) |
Director of English Education | |
Director of Film and Media Studies | Julia Himberg (fall 2020) Aaron Baker (spring 2021) |
Director of Linguistics/ Applied Linguistics | |
Director of Literature | |
Director of Writing, Rhetorics & Literacies |
Appointed Posts
Academic Program Review Coordinator | Sally Ball (fall 2020) |
Articulation Task Force | Kyle Jensen |
Assessment Coordinator | Christine Holbo (fall 2020) Sarah Florini (spring 2021) |
Library Liaison | Bradley Irish |
Parliamentarian | Maureen Goggin |
Prison Education Programs Coordinator | Corri Wells |
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society) | Taylor Corse (Faculty Sponsor) |
Staff Representatives | Michael Begay and Kira Assad |
TA Orientation/Professional Development | Christina Saidy-Hannah |
Elective Posts
Arbitrator | Lee Bebout |
University/College Senate | Elizabeth Lowry (yr 3), Joni Adamson (yr 1), Mark Lussier (fall 2020) (yr 1) / Heather Maring (spring 2021) (yr 1) |
Instructor Representatives: | Jackie Brady, Nate Bump, Alexandra Comeaux, Erik Johnson, Jeremy Meyers, Andrea Severson, Jennifer Waters |
Committee Membership
Area Admission Committees | Determined by Area Directors & Chair |
Awards Committees | Bradley Irish (chair, fall 2020), Steve Farmer, Melissa Free (chair, spring 2021), Lynette Myles, Solmaz Sharif (spring 2021) [Committee solicits input from the DGS, the Associate Chair of Curriculum, Lead Advisor, the Director of Communications, and academic program directors] |
Budget & Personnel Committee | Karen Adams, Dan Bivona, Jim Blasingame, Elizabeth Horan (spring 2021), Kathleen Lamp (fall 2020), Christina Saidy, Elly van Gelderen, Doris Warriner (ex officio) |
Committee for Altruistic Research and Experience (CARE) | Karen Dwyer (chair), Reese Conner, Shauna Dranetz, Mark Lussier, Bruce Matsunaga, Tina Norgren, Adelheid Thieme |
Curriculum Committee (Program Directors) | Bradley Ryner (Associate Chair), Matt Bell/Sally Ball (Director of CW), Jessica Early (Director of English Ed), Julia Himberg/Aaron Baker (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) |
Events Committee-Department | Jim Blasingame (co-chair), Peter Goggin (co-chair), Aaron Baker (spring 2021), Michael Begay, Patricia Boyd, Ron Broglio, Jenny Irish, Eddie Mallot, Bruce Matsunaga, Corri Wells |
Events Committee-University | Kevin Sandler (chair), Cajsa Baldini, Jonathan Bate, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Bruce Matsunaga, Tina Norgren, Henry Quintero (e.g., Homecoming & Open Door) |
Elections Committee | Paul Matsuda (chair), Sybil Durand, Bruce Matsunaga |
Graduate Committee | Ellie Long (chair), Matt Bell/Sally Ball (Director of CW), Jessica Early (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 (Grad Programs Manager), Tianyi Ni (graduate student rep). Ex-officio: Kathleen Hicks (Director of Online Programs) |
Operations Committee | Elizabeth Lowry (chair), Danielle Alfandre, Christopher Bradley, Emily Cooney, Melissa Free, Mark James (spring 2021), Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Bruce Matsunaga [Formerly DEN/Bylaw Committee, this committee will focus this year on revising departmental webpages.] |
Newsletter Committee | Larry Ellis (co-chair), Cora Fox (co-chair), Kira Assad, Heather Hoyt, Kristen LaRue-Sandler, Devoney Looser (spring 2021), Sheila Luna, T.M. McNally |
Non-Tenure Track Committee | Dana Tait (chair), Lee Bebout, Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Ellen Johnson, Adelheid Thieme, Joshua Vasquez |
Writing Programs Committee | TBA [2020-21 members will be announced after elections] |
Ad Hoc Committees
ENG Major Core Requirement Task Force | Brad Ryner (chair), Meghan Bacino, Justin Petropoulos, Jim Blasingame, Brian Goodman, Jacob Greene, Tyler Peterson |
ENG/The College/EdPlus Online Committee | Kris Ratcliffe (fall 2020), Aya Matsuda (spring 2021), Brad Ryner, Linda Sullivan (UG), Edith Velez Bermudez (ENG MA), Kathleen Lamp (WRL), Julia Himberg / Aaron Baker (FMS MAS), Matt Prior (LAL/MTESOL) [English representatives] |
WP Annual Evaluation Committee | Adelheid Thieme (chair), Andrea Dickens, Sarah Duerden |
On Sabbatical or Leave during 2020-21
On Sabbatical
Matt Bell (Spring 2021)
David Hawkes (AY 2020-2021)
Julia Himberg (Spring 2021)
Brad Irish (Spring 2021)
Mark James (Fall 2020)
Richard Newhauser (AY 2020-2021)
Robert Sturges (Fall 2020)
On Research Leave
Tara Ison (NEA, 2020)
Devoney Looser (Fall 2020-Guggenheim; Bellagio Center Residency)
Keith Miller (AY 2020-21-humanities fellowship)
Kris Ratcliffe (Spring 2021)
Shirley Rose (Fall 2020 and Spring 2021)
On Junior Leave
Solmaz Sharif (Fall 2020)
Aviva Dove-Viebahn (Fall 2020)
ASU Committees & Service Outside Department
Advisor to Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee | Paul Matsuda |
CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) Certificate | Bryan Smith (2018-present) |
Center Director, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies | Ayanna Thompson |
Center Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy | Lois Brown |
Center Director, Center for Imagination in the Borderlands | Natalie Diaz |
Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure | Aya Matsuda (2020-2023) |
Committee on Committees | Bryan Smith (2018-2021) |
Committee on the Quality of Instruction | Heather Hoyt (2018-2021) |
Committee on the Quality of Instruction | Heather Maring (2019-2022) |
Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee (CAPC) | Claudia Sadowski-Smith (2020-2022) |
Dean’s Academic Professional Advisory Council | Ruby Macksoud (2019-2022) |
Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee | Tara Ison (2018-2020) |
Desert Humanities/Institute for Humanities Research | Ron Broglio |
Director, Project Humanities | Neal Lester |
Environmental Humanities/Global Futures Lab/Institute for Humanities Research | Joni Adamson |
IHR Advisory Board | Lois Brown (Year 1) |
Student Affairs and Grievances Committee | Joe Lockard (2019-2022) |
University Curriculum Committee | Brian Goodman (2018-2020) |
University Promotion and Tenure Committee | Ayanna Thompson (2018-2021) |
University Senate Immediate Past President (Tempe Campus) | Shirley Rose |