2023-2024
OFFICERS
Chair: Elizabeth McHenry
Deputy Chair: Jini Kim Watson
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Gregory Vargo
Director of Graduate Studies: Haruko Momma
Director of the MA: Jini Kim Watson
Directors of Ph.D. Admissions: Jenny Mann
Director of the Honors Program: Jennifer Baker
Director of Placement: Dara Regaignon
English 101 Convenor: Lenora Hanson
Director of Dramatic Literature: Brandon Woolf
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Jenny Mann (9/1/2021-8/31/2024), Convener
John Archer (9/1/2022-8/31/2025)
Martha Rust (9/1/2022-8/31/2025)
Lenora Hanson (9/1/2022-8/31/2025)
Bryan Waterman (9/1/2023-8/31/2026)
LEAVES
Tom Augst (Spring 2024)
Juliet Fleming (Spring 2024)
Elaine Freedgood (Fall 2023)
Tomás Urayoán Noel (Spring 2024)
Sonya Posmentier (Spring 2024)
Simón Trujillo (AY 2023-2024)
Brandon Woolf (Fall 2023)
GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Hal Momma (Chair)
Lissette Florez
Wendy Lee
Cyrus Patell
Sonali Thakkar
Jenny Mann (Ex Officio, PhD Admissions)
Dara Regaignon (Ex Officio, Placement)
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Greg Vargo (Chair)
Patrick Deer
Jo Hendin
Lytle Shaw
Mary Mezzano
Jess Row (Director of Creative Writing Track)
Brandon Woolf (Spring 2024) (Director of Dramatic Literature)
PLACEMENT COMMITTEE
Dara Regaignon (Chair)
Honey Crawford
Toral Gajarawala
Misho Ishikawa
Pacharee Sudhinaraset
PH.D. ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
Jenny Mann (Chair)
Patrick Deer
Paul Edwards
Lenora Hansen
Toral Gajarawala
Lisa Gitelman
Hal Momma
Martha Rust
M.A. PROGRAM AND ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
Jini Kim Watson (Chair)
Tom Augst (Fall 2023)
Honey Crawford
Ernest Gilman
Bryan Waterman
Andrea Adomako
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE
John Archer
Lissette Florez
Misho Ishikawa
Crystal Parikh
Parachee Sudhinaraset
Sonali Thakkar
DRAMATIC LITERATURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Brandon Woolf (Chair)
Honey Crawford
Paul Edwards
Urá Noel (Fall)
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERARY STUDIES SEARCH COMMITTEE
Robert Young (Chair)
Jennifer Baker
Sonya Posmentier
Hannah Freed-Thall (French Language, Thought and Culture)