- ESA Co-chairs
Facilitate discussion among members; act as liaisons between the student body and the Executive Officer; organize ESA meetings; serve on the Executive Committee ex officio.
Kristi Fleetwood
Stefano Morello
Sophie Riemenschneider
- Admissions and Financial Aid
Joint program-ESA committee. Read applications and work with faculty to make recommendations for offers of admission.
Makeba Lavan
Elly Weybright
Daisy Atterbury
Seth Graves
Michele Chinitz
- Alumni and Fundraising
ESA-only committee. Maintain alumni contact info; organize career panels, readings, and other social and scholarly events; create a yearly alumni newsletter with department updates and alumni publications.
Makeba Lavan
Talia Shalev
Daniel Hengel
Aaron Botwick
- Conference
ESA-only committee. Organize and run ESA conference; distribute a CFP; screen submissions; advertise conference; direct participants and volunteers on the day of the event.“Eruptions/Irruptions: Textures and Aesthetics of Rupture”
Shoumik Bhattacharya
Luke Church
Allison Douglass
Stefano Morello
Anna Zeemont
- Course Assessment
ESA-only committee. Oversee the dissemination, collection, and transcription of course evaluations.
Laura Eldridge
Bradley Nelson
Kultej Dhariwal
Jacob Aplaca
Margot Kotler
- Curriculum
Joint program-ESA committee. Regularly review the program’s requirements and make recommendations.
Lauren Bailey
Jane Boyton
Catherine Engh (Alternate)
- Diversity
Joint program-ESA committee. Attend to matters of diversity within the Program. As of May 2017, Diversity officers are drawn from members of program committees to better be able to represent diversity concerns across all areas of program governance.
Michele Chinitz (Admissions)
Jane Boyton (Curriculum)
Sarah Schwartz (Faculty)
Elissa Myers (Placement)
- Editorial
ESA-only committee. Organize student guides on ESA Commons; revise existing guides as needed.
Makeba Lavan
Maxine Krenzel
Jacob Aplaca
Jojo Karlin (Alternate)
- Elections
ESA-only committee. Conduct the election of student committee members and ESA Co-chairs; Responsible for including any valid proposed amendments to the ESA by-laws on the ballot.
Andrew Dunn
Margot Kotler
- Executive
Joint program-ESA committee. This committee is the chief governing body of the English Program. It meets about once a month, including Open Meetings at the end of each semester.
Christina Katopodis
Erin Spampinato
- Faculty Membership
Joint program-ESA committee. Consider changes in the doctoral faculty membership; publicize searches for new members; make recommendations to the Executive Committee.
Sarah Schwartz
Catherine Engh
Elly Weybright (Alternate)
- Friday Forum Committee
Joint program-ESA committee. Evaluate the Friday Forum Proposals each semester.
Allison Douglass
Bradley Nelson
- Library
ESA-only committee. Maintain the ESA library in the English lounge.
Sarah Hildebrand - Placement
Joint program-ESA committee. Work with the Placement Officer and other faculty members to coordinate job placement efforts.
Elissa Myers
Jojo Karlin
Laura Elridge
- Recruitment
Joint program-ESA committee. Recruit potential new students before and during the Open House for admitted students; coordinate the Mentor/Mentee program; coordinate with the Website Committee on materials for the Prospective Students.
Elissa Myers
Daniel Hengel
Iris Cushing
Sarah Schwartz
- Website
ESA-only committee. Maintain the ESA site; update, expand, and organize the website as needed.
Jojo Karlin
Jeffrey Binder
- English Program DSC Representatives
*DSC reps are not elected by the ESA
Jason Nielsen
Rebecca Fullan
Shoumik Bhattacharya - At-Large DSC Representatives who are ESA members
*DSC reps are not elected by the ESA
Charlotte Thurston
Sean Kennedy - Graduate Council
*Grad Council members are elected for 2 year terms
Susan Kalaz
Jason Nielsen
