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 2025-2026.
Below are the current TTK representatives serving on departmental committees for AY 2025-2026.
Annual Review Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Kim Coles (2025-2027)
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2025-2027)
- Peter Mallios (2025-2027)
- Marisa Parham (2024-2026)
- Rion Scott (2024-2026)
- Orrin Wang (2025-2027)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
APT Committee Co-Chairs
- Kim Coles (2025-2026)
- Marisa Parham (2025-2026)
CAARES Committee
- Tita Chico (2024-2026)
- Kari Kraus (2024-2026)
- Sara Wilder (2024-2026)
- Amanda Bailey, ex-officio
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Sangeeta Ray, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
CLCS Steering Committee
- Sangeeta Ray, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Tita Chico (2024-2026)
- Kellie Robertson (2024-2026)
- Rion Scott (2025-2027)
- Amanda Bailey, ex-officio
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
Collegiate Council Representative
- Chad Infante (2025-2027)
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
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2027)
- Randy Ontiveros (2025-2027)
- Chris Eng (2025-2027)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kari Kraus, ex-officio
- Sangeeta Ray, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Sara Wilder, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Creative Writing Committee
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Committee Chair
- 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
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2027)
- Angela Glotfelter (2024-2026)
- David Simon (2025-2027)
- Martha Nell Smith (2024-2026)
- Joshua Weiner (2025-2027)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Personnel Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Randy Ontiveros (2025-2027)
- Gerard Passannante (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Jason Rudy, ex-officio
- Scott Wible, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Post-tenure Review Committee
- Amanda Bailey, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Kim Coles (2025-2027)
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2025-2027)
- Peter Mallios (2025-2027)
- Marisa Parham (2024-2026)
- Rion Scott (2024-2026)
- Orrin Wang (2025-2027)
- Randy Ontiveros (2025-2027)
- Gerard Passannante (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Senate Representatives
- Kim Coles (2023-2026)
- Oliver Gaycken (2024-2027)
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2028)
Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Lee Konstantinou, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2024-2026)
- Brian Richardson (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kim Coles, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Writing Committee
- Jessica Enoch, Committee Chair
- Matthew Kirschenbaum (2025-2027)
- Christina Walter (2025-2027)
- Angela Glotfelter, standing
- Michael Israel, standing
- Cecilia Shelton, standing
- Vessela Valiavitcharska, standing
- Scott Wible, ex-officio
- Sara Wilder, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio