Department Administration

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Graduate Students

 

The English department is governed by a chair assisted by a number of standing committees and department officers. Each committee seats graduate-student representatives elected annually by the graduate-student body. The department also houses a number of projects or centers with their own directors. The staff complement is headed by a management services officer. (Contact Info)

 



Academic Year 2010-2011


Chair
Alan Liu




Administrative Committee
Alan Liu, Chair
Heather Blurton
E. Heckendorn Cook
Carl Gutiérrez-Jones
Rita Raley
Mark Maslan (ex-officio, Graduate Adviser)
James Kearney (ex-officio, Undergraduate Adviser)


Undergraduate Committee
James Kearney, Chair
Maurizia Boscagli
Janis Caldwell, (on leave in Spring)
Aranye Fradenburg
Carol Pasternack
Candace Waid
Kay Young
Ken Hiltner


 

Graduate Committee
Mark Maslan, Chair (on leave in Spring)
Felice Blake
Enda Duffy
Patricia Fumerton
Bishnu Ghosh
Yunte Huang
Russell Samolsky (on leave in Fall)
Teresa Shewry (on leave in Fall)
William Warner

Job Placement Committee
Andrew Griffin
Chris Newfield


 

Technology Committee
Rita Raley
William Warner

Faculty Legislature Representative
TBD

 

EAP/Study Abroad Advisor
Maurizia Boscagli

Affirmative Action Officer
(also advises on Presidents Postdoctoral Fellows)
Julie Carlson (on leave in Fall)


 

Teaching Assistant Advisor
Candace Waid

Library Liaison
Patricia Fumerton


 

Staff (contact info)

Joni Schwartz (Manager)
Noelle San Jose (Academic Personnel Coordinator)
Brian Reynolds (Network & Systems Administrator)
Sonya Perez (Instructional Program Assistant)
Nick Alward (Staff Undergraduate Adviser)
Mary Rae Staton(Staff Graduate Adviser)
Cami Helmuth (Staff Financial Assistant)

 



Projects or Centers Housed in the Department

Early Modern Center
(and Early Modern Studies Specialization)

Ken Hiltner, Director
Patricia Fumerton
E. Heckendorn Cook
Robert A. Erickson
Richard Helgerson
David Marshall
Michael O'Connell
Mark Rose
William Warner

Literature.Culture.Media

Rita Raley, Director
Bishnupriya Ghosh
Yunte Huang
Alan Liu
Christopher Newfield
Carol Braun Pasternack
William Warner

Literature & Culture of Information Specialization

Alan Liu & Rita Raley (co-directors)
James Donelan
Bishnupriya Ghosh
Yunte Huang
Christopher Newfield
Carol Braun Pasternack
William Warner


 

American Cultures Center

English Department Faculty:
Bishnupriya Ghosh, Director
Giles Gunn
Carl Gutiérrez-Jones
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Mark Maslan
Christopher Newfield
Candace Waid

Faculty From Other Departments:
Eileen Boris (Women's Studies)
Ann Plane (History)
E. Bruce Robertson (Art History)

Transliteracies Project
Alan Liu, Director
The advisory board of this University of California Multi-Campus Research Group project includes faculty from many campuses in the University of California system; see the project web site.

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