Committee Summary
AY 2022-2023
Executive Committee
Members:
- Department Chair: Jill Rappoport
- Elected Assistant Prof: Unavailable
- Elected Associate Prof: Emily Shortslef (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Elected Full Prof: Joyce MacDonald (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Elected Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer: Michael Carter (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Appointed: Nazera Wright (Spring 24 & AY 24-25)
- Appointed: Janet Eldred (Fall 23 & Fall 24)
- Appointed: Jeff Clymer (AY 22-23 & 23-24)
Standing Committees
Creative Writing Committee
Members:
- Chair: Andrew Milward, Director of Creative Writing (through AY 25-26)
- Fiction faculty: Crystal Wilkinson (Term: 23-24)
- CNF faculty: Erik Reece (Term: AY 22-23 & 23-24)
- Poetry faculty: Julia Johnson (Term: AY 22-23 & 23-24)
Inclusive Excellence Committee
Members:
- Appointed faculty (2-year term): Geronimo Sarmiento Cruz (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Appointed faculty (2-year term): Michael Genovese (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Appointed faculty (2-year term): Jap-Nanak Makkar (Spring 24 & AY 24-25)
- Volunteer faculty (1-year term): Julia Johnson (Fall 23)
- Volunteer faculty (1-year term): Crystal Wilkinson (Spring 24)
- Undergraduate student representative (1-year term):
- Graduate student representative (1-year term): Roslyn Fleming
- Staff (1- or 2-year term):
FMER Committee
Elected Members:
- Joyce MacDonald (AY 22-23 & 23-24)
- Hannah Pittard (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Fred Bengtsson (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Michael Genovese (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Jonathan Allison (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
Graduate Committee
Members:
- Chair: Matthew Giancarlo Director of Graduate Studies
- Faculty: Michael Trask (term: AY 22-23 & 23-24)
- Faculty: Jeff Clymer (AY 23-24 & AY 24-25)
- Faculty: Jordan Brower (AY 23-24 & AY 24-25)
- Faculty: Emily Shortslef (Spring 23 & Spring 24)
- Faculty: Nazera Wright (Spring 23 & Spring 24)
Job Placement Committee
Members:
- Co-Director of Placement: Hannah Pittard (term: AY 23-24)
- Co-Director of Placement: Janet Eldred (term: Fall 2023)
Teaching Excellence Committee
Members:
- Chair: Shauna Morgan (term: AY 22-23 & 23-24)
- Faculty: Michelle Sizemore (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Faculty: Jeff Clymer (AY 23-24 & 24-25)
- Faculty: unavailable for fall
- Faculty: ex officio Matt Godbey and Matt Giancarlo
Undergraduate Committee
Members:
- Chair: Matt Godbey, Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer: Fred Bengtsson (term: AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
- Creative Writing faculty: Janet Eldred (1 yr: Fall 23; Fall 24)
- Faculty: Andy Doolen (Spring 24 & AY 24-25)
- Faculty: Julia Johnson (term: AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
Funding Allocation Committee
Members:
- Department Chair: Jill Rappoport (AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
- Elected: Michael Genovese (AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
- Elected: Joyce MacDonald (AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
- Elected: Crystal Wilkinson (AY 22-23 & AY 23-24)
Visiting Writers Series Coordinator: Erik Reece (term: AY 22-23 & 23-24)