2021-2022

OFFICERS

Chair: Elizabeth McHenry

Deputy Chair: Jini Kim Watson 
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Patrick Deer
Director of Graduate Studies: Haruko Momma 
Director of the MA: 
    Lytle Shaw (Fall)
     Jini Kim Watson (Spring)
Director of Ph.D. Admissions: Wendy Lee 
Director of the Honors Program: 
    Dara Regaignon (Fall)
    Jennifer Baker (Spring)
Director of Placement: T. Urayoan Noel
English 101 Convenor: Greg Vargo
Director of  Dramatic Literature: Brandon Woolf
Global Coordinator:
    Wendy Lee (Fall)
    Tom Augst (Spring)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Jennifer Baker (9/1/2019-8/31/2022) - Convenor
Hal Momma (9/1/2019-8/31/2022)
Pacharee Sudhinaraset (9/1/2021-8/31/2022)
Wendy Lee (9/1/2020-8/31/2023)
Jenny Mann (9/1/2021-8/31/2024)

LEAVES

Tom Augst, Fall 21

Una Chaudhuri, Spring 22

Toral Gajarawala, Spring 22

Jo Hendin, Fall 21

Paula McDowell, Fall 21

Maureen McLane, Spring 22

Crystal Parikh, Fall 21-Spring 22

Dara Regaignon, Spring 22

Pacharee Sudhinaraset, Spring 22

Jini Watson, Fall 21



NYU-ABU DHABI

Toral Gajarawala (On Leave Spring 2022)
Cyrus Patell 
Bryan Waterman 

GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Hal Momma (Chair)
Lytle Shaw (Fall)
Jini Kim Watson (Spring)
T. Urayoan Noel (ex officio Placement)
Wendy Lee (ex officio PhD Admissions)
Simón Trujillo (ex officio Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
Maureen McLane (Fall)
John Guillory (Spring)
John Archer
Pat Crain
Lissette Florez

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Patrick (Chair)
Jess Row
Brandon Woolf
Greg Vargo
Dara Regaignon (Fall)
Jo Hendin (Spring)
Wendy Lee (Fall--ex officio Global Coordinator)
Tom Augst (Spring--ex-officio Global Coordinator)
Jennifer Baker
Sukhdev Sandhu
Mary Mezzano

 
PLACEMENT COMMITTEE

T. Urayoan Noel (Chair)
Toral Gajarawala (Fall)
Lenora Hanson
Pacharee Sudhinaraset 
Sonali Thakkar (Fall) 

PH.D. ADMISSIONS PLANNING COMMITTEE

Wendy Lee (Chair)
Robert Young
Hal Momma
Zachary Samalin
David Hoover
Jenny Mann
Martha Rust
Lisa Gitelman

M.A. PROGRAM AND ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE

Jini Kim Watson (Chair)
T. Urayoan Noel (Spring only)
Ernest Gilman
Martha Rust
Sukhdev Sandhu

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE

Simón Trujillo (Co-Chair)
Patricia Okoh-Esene (Co-Chair)
Alyssa Leal
Sonya Posmentier
Dara Regaignon
Brandon Woolf
Pacharee Sudhinaraset
Hal Momma
Alliya Dagman (Grad student rep)
Emily Foister (Grad student rep)
Yollotl Lopez (Grad student rep)

DRAMATIC LITERATURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Brandon Woolf (Chair)
John Archer
Una Chaudhuri
Lenora Hanson
Sukhdev Sandhu

BLACK DIASPORA LITERARY STUDIES SEARCH COMMITTEE:

Dara Regaignon (chair)
Sonya Posmentier
Brandon Woolf
Simón Trujillo
Fred Moten (Comparative Literature)
Wynter Lastarria (Grad student rep)