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.

William Arguelles
Genevieve Bettendorf
Christina Katopodis

Admissions and Financial Aid
Joint program-ESA committee. Read applications and work with faculty to make recommendations for offers of admission.

Chris Carpenter
Sharanya Dutta
Christian Lewis
Emily Price
Sophie Riemenschneider

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.

Stefano Morello
Queenie Sukhadia

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. Title: “Accessibility”

Jessica Lugo
Jesse Rice-Evans

Course Assessment
ESA-only committee. Oversee the dissemination, collection, and transcription of course evaluations.

Onur Ayaz
Sharanya Dutta
Beth Sherman
Olivia Wood

Curriculum
Joint program-ESA committee. Regularly review the program’s requirements and make recommendations.

Michele Chinitz
Eric Dean Wilson

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.

Jacob Aplaca
Shoumik Bhattacharya
Filipa Calado
Miranda Hajduk
Daniel Hengel
Jessica Lugo

Editorial

Miranda Hajduk
Queenie Sukhadia
Eric Dean Wilson
Olivia Wood

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.

Bradley Nelson

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.

Jacob Aplaca
Filipa Calado

Faculty Membership
Joint program-ESA committee. Consider changes in the doctoral faculty membership; publicize searches for new members; make recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Shoumik Bhattacharya
Stefano Morello

Friday Forum Committee
Joint program-ESA committee. Evaluate the Friday Forum Proposals each semester.

Chris Carpenter
Jason Nielsen

Lounge/Library
ESA-only committee. Maintain the ESA library in the English lounge.

Onur Ayaz
Stefano Morello

Placement
Joint program-ESA committee. Work with the Placement Officer and other faculty members to coordinate job placement efforts.

Bradley Nelson
Mikey Rumore
Robert Yates

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.

Daniel Hengel
Maxine Krenzel

Website
ESA-only committee. Maintain the ESA site; update, expand, and organize the website as needed.

Jojo Karlin

DSC Program Representatives (Non-ESA)

Queenie Sukhadia
Sharanya Dutta

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