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 2026-2027.
Below are the current TTK representatives serving on departmental committees for AY 2026-2027.
APT Committee Chairs
- Amanda Bailey (2026-2027)
CAARES Committee
- Amanda Bailey (2026-2028)
- Maud Casey (2026-2028)
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2026-2028)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kim Coles, ex-officio
- John Drabinski, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer, ex-officio
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
CLCS Steering Committee
- John Drabinski, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Chris Eng (2026-2028)
- Chad Infante (2026-2028)
- Rion Scott (2025-2027)
- Lee Konstantinou, ex-officio
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Kim Coles, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer, 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.
- Lee Konstantinou, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2027)
- Amanda Bailey (2026-2028)
- Chris Eng (2025-2027)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kari Kraus, ex-officio
- John Drabinski, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer, ex-officio
- Kim Coles, 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
- Ralph Bauer, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2027)
- Kellie Robertson (2026-2028)
- David Simon (2025-2027)
- Joshua Weiner (2025-2027)
- Scott Wible (2026-2028)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Personnel Committee
- Lee Konstantinou, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Michael Israel (2026-2028)
- Gerard Passannante (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, ex-officio
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Kim Coles, ex-officio
- Ralph Bauer, ex-officio
- Jess Enoch, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Salary Committee
- Lee Konstantinou, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Maud Casey (2026-2028)
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2025-2027)
- Oliver Gaycken (2026-2028)
- Angela Glotfelter (2026-2028)
- Peter Mallios (2025-2027)
- Orrin Wang (2025-2027)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Post-tenure Review Committee
- Lee Konstantinou, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Maud Casey (2026-2028)
- Gabrielle Fuentes (2025-2027)
- Oliver Gaycken (2026-2028)
- Angela Glotfelter (2026-2028)
- Peter Mallios (2025-2027)
- Orrin Wang (2025-2027)
- Michael Israel (2026-2028)
- Gerard Passannante (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Senate Representatives
- Oliver Gaycken (2024-2027)
- Ralph Bauer (2025-2028)
- Sharada Balachandran Orihuela (2026-2029)
Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Kim Coles, Committee Chair, ex-officio
- Vessela Valiavitcharska (2026-2028)
- Brian Richardson (2025-2027)
- Scott Trudell (2025-2027)
- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, ex-officio
- Christina Walter, ex-officio
- Edlie Wong, ex-officio
Writing Committee
- Jessica Enoch, Committee Chair
- Emily Mitchell (2026-2028)
- 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