Committees for TTK Faculty
Committee elections are held in the spring of each year, and final appointments to elected and appointed positions are determined by the TTK Committee on Committees. All faculty are eligible for election to committee roles. Committee assignments are shared in May for the following academic year. For a full view of committee service, please review the list of all department committees for AY 2023-2024.
Below are the current TTK representatives serving on departmental committees for AY 2023-2024.
Annual Review Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Robert Levine (2023-2025)
- Randy Ontiveros (2022-2024)
- Barry Pearson (2023-2025)
- Brian Richardson (2023-2025)
- Sara Wilder (2022-2024)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
APT Committee Chair
- Gerard Passannanate (2023-2024)
CAARES Committee
- Kim Coles (2022-2024)
- Jessica Enoch (2022-2024)
- Rion Scott (2022-2024)
- Amanda Bailey, ex-officio
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Sangeeta Ray, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Scott Trudell, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
CLCS Steering Committee
- Sangeeta Ray, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Robert Levine (2023-2025)
- David Simon (2023-2025)
- Christina Walter (2023-2025)
- Amanda Bailey, ex-officio
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Scott Trudell, ex-officio
Collegiate Council Representative
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela (2023-2025)
Coordinating Committee
The Coordinating Committee is the executive committee of the department. The Committee advises the Chair on matters of concern related to the department, including academic matters, personnel actions, and resource allocation. The Committee generally meets two times per semester on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Marisa Parham (2023-2025)
- Christina Walter (2023-2025)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kari Kraus, ex-officio
- Sangeeta Ray, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Scott Trudell, ex-officio
- Sara Wilder, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Creative Writing Committee
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Committee Chair
- Elizabeth Arnold, standing
- Maud Casey, standing
- Gabrielle Fuentes, standing
- Emily Mitchell, standing
- Rion Scott, standing
- Joshua Weiner, standing
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Department Assembly
The Department Assembly is the voice of the department on matters of general policy. Proposals of substantive importance in regard to programs and policies of the department suggested by the Chair, or other standing committees, are submitted to the Assembly for review. The decisions of the Assembly generally become department policy. The Assembly generally meets two times per semester on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
- All tenure-line faculty are voting members
Graduate Studies Committee
- Jason Rudy, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- John Drabinski (2022-2024)
- Kari Kraus (2023-2025)
- Rebecca Liu (2023-2025)
- Emily Mitchell (2023-2025)
- Barry Pearson (2022-2024)
- Brian Richardson (2022-2024)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Personnel Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Michael Israel (2023-2025)
- Matthew Kirschenbaum (2023-2025)
- Emily Mitchell (2023-2025)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Scott Trudell, ex-officio
- Scott Wible, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Post-tenure Review Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Michael Israel (2023-2025)
- Matthew Kirschenbaum (2023-2025)
- Emily Mitchell (2023-2025)
- Oliver Gaycken (2022-2024)
- Robert Levine (2023-2025)
- Randy Ontiveros (2022-2024)
- Barry Pearson (2023-2025)
- Brian Richardson (2023-2025)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Senate Representatives
- Kim Coles (2023-2026)
- Julius Fleming, Jr. (2021-2024)
- Thomas Moser (2022-2025)
Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Scott Trudell, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Marisa Parham (2022-2024)
- David Simon (2022-2024)
- Christina Walter (2023-2025)
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Julius Fleming Jr, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Writing Committee
- Jessica Enoch, Committee Chair
- Matthew Kirschenbaum (2023-2025)
- Brian Richardson (2023-2025)
- Linda Coleman, standing
- Michael Israel, standing
- Cecilia Shelton, standing
- Scott Wible, ex-officio
- Sara Wilder, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio