Elected Committees
Advisory Committee
John Claborn (2020-21)
Tim Dean (2020-22)
Andrew Gaedtke (2020-22)
Akil Guruparan (2019-20)
Irvin Hunt (2020-21)
Candice Jenkins (2019-21)
Sabrina Lee (2019-20)
Peter Mortensen (2019-21)
Andrew Moss (2020-21)
Lindsay Rose Russell (2019-21)
Renée Trilling (2020-22)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
J. B. Capino
Curtis Dickerson
Chris Freeburg
Ángel García
Pallabi Gupta
Ramón Soto-Crespo (chair)
Grade Review Committee
Anustup Basu (Spring 2021)
Jodi Byrd (Fall 2020)
Martin Camargo
Jamie Jones
Curtis Perry (member-at-large)
Alex Shakar
Ramón Soto-Crespo
Corey Van Landingham
Grievance Committee
Martin Camargo
Jim Hansen
Jamie Jones
Peter Mortensen (member-at-large)
Specialized Faculty
Amanda Bales (2019-21)
Rob Barrett (for Literature)
Lucinda Cole (chair)
John Dudek (for Creative Writing)
Kay Emmert (for Professional Writing)
Shawn Gilmore (2020-22)
Barry Hudek (2020-22)
Kristi McDuffie (for Rhetoric)
Heather McLeer (2019-21)
Dave Morris (for Professional Writing)
Appointed Committees
Bylaws Review
Shawn Gilmore
Dana Kinzy
Tim Newcomb
Bob Parker (chair)
Renée Trilling
Creative Writing Pedagogy
Amy Hassinger
Corey Van Landingham
Faculty Awards
Tim Dean
Vicki Mahaffey
Bob Parker
Film Studies/Media
Anustup Basu (Spring 2021)
Sandy Camargo
J. B. Capino
Tim Newcomb (chair)
Graduate Awards
John Gallagher
Justine Murison (chair)
Lori Newcomb
Ramón Soto-Crespo
Graduate Program Review
Manisha Basu (Spring 2021)
Tim Dean
Chris Freeburg
Andrew Gaedtke
Kadin Henningsen
Justine Murison (chair)
Lesley Owens
Curtis Perry
Paul Prior
Graduate Studies and Financial Aid
Martin Camargo
J. B. Capino
Justine Murison (chair)
Tim Newcomb
Cathy Prendergast
Ted Underwood
Honors
Manisha Basu (Spring 2021)
Jim Hansen
Jamie Jones
Andrea Stevens (chair)
Library
Hillary Gross
Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
Trish Loughran
Lori Newcomb (chair)
1 Specialized Faculty (TBA)
MFA Admissions
Fiction
Ted Sanders
Alex Shakar
David Wright
Poetry
Ángel García
Janice Harrington
Christopher Kempf
Corey Van Landingham
Online and General Education Courses
Amanda Bales
John Gallagher
Melissa Littlefield (chair)
Dave Morris
David Wright
Rhetoric Advisory
Catherine Brassell
Debayudh Chatterjee
Patrick Fadely
Annah Freudenburg
Grace Giorgio
Pallabi Gupta
Kadin Henningsen
Dana Kinzy
Allison Kranek
Neal Liu
Kristi McDuffie (chair)
Michael Odom
Lesley Owens
Emily Renne
Cassandra Rosado
Lindsay Rose Russell
Jordan Sellers
Rebecca Weber
Isaac Willis
Carolyn Wisniewski
Dan Zhang
Undergraduate Curriculum
Keshia Atkins
Rob Barrett (chair)
Jodi Byrd
Eleanor Courtemanche
Susan Koshy
Anna Ivy
Melissa Littlefield
Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards
Anustup Basu
Hina Nazar (Spring 2021)
Andrea Stevens (chair)
Gillen Wood
David Wright
Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Keshia Atkins (co-chair)
Rob Barrett (co-chair)
Andrew Gaedtke
Lauren Gherna (undergraduate)
Amy Hassinger
Kadin Henningsen
Gordon Hutner
Anna Ivy (co-chair)
Sheila Loosevelt (undergraduate)
Andrew Moss
Rachel Spencer (undergraduate)
Visiting Writers
Carr Reading Series
Ángel García
Christopher Kempf
Year of the Creative Writer
Janice Harrington
Corey Van Landingham
Writing Prizes
Ángel García
Janice Harrington
Amy Hassinger
Christopher Kempf
Julie Price
John Rubins
Alex Shakar
Corey Van Landingham
David Wright
Writing Studies
Savannah Block
John Gallagher
Bri Lafond
Peter Mortensen
Cathy Prendergast
Paul Prior
Lindsay Rose Russell (chair)
Ryan Ware