Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois


Committees (2012-13)

ELECTED COMMITTEES

Advisory Committee

Curtis Perry (chair)

Andrea Stevens

Dale Bauer

Ted Underwood

Charlie Wright

Michael Rothberg

Susan Koshy

Catharine Gray (Spring)

Jim Hansen (Fall)

Kirstin Wilcox

Andrew Moss

Sarah Cassinelli

Elyse Vigiletti

Maggie Kainulainen

 

Grade Review Committee

Dennis Baron

Dale Bauer

Eleanor Courtemanche

Jim Hansen

Manisha Basu

Andrew Gaedtke

Michael Rothberg (at large member)

 

 

Grievance Committee

Martin Camargo

Stephanie Foote

Chris Freeburg

Sandy Camargo

David C. Wright

Bruce Michelson (at large member)

 

 

 

GRADUATE COMMITTEES

Graduate Admissions

Renee Trilling (chair)

Andy Gaedtke

Gordon Hutner

Trish Loughran

Anustup Basu

Catherine Prendergast

Gillen Wood

Andrea Stevens

John Musser

Max Webb

Jessica Young

 

Graduate Studies & Financial Aid

Renee Trilling (chair)

Chris Freeburg

Tim Newcomb

Eleanor Courtemanche

Feisal Mohamed

Stephanie Foote

Dennis Baron

Manisha Basu

Siobhan Somerville

 

Writing Studies

Spencer Schaffner (fall semester, chair)

Catherine Prendergast (spring semester, chair)

Paul Prior

Dennis Baron

Lindsay Russell

Kaia Simon Power

Allie Cavallaro

 

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEES

Course Chairs

Engl 104: Intro to Film, Time Newcomb (fall ’12) and Ramona Curry (spring ’13)

Engl 109: Spencer Schaffner

Engl 200: Intro to Study of Lit for Majors, Trish Loughran

 

Curriculum

Spencer Schaffner (chair)

Lori Newcomb, ex officio member

Steve Davenport

Tony Pollock

Feisal Mohamed

Stephanie Foote

Ramona Curry

Rob Barrett

Andrea Olinger

Liz Hoiem

Anna Ivy

Adrienne Johnson

 

Honors Committee

Lori Newcomb (chair)

Jim Hansen

J.B. Capino

Tony Pollock

Justine Murison

 

Rhetoric Advisory

Rob Barrett (chair)

Spencer Schaffner

Cody Caudill

Kaia Simon Power

Andrea Olinger

Maggie Kainulainen

Tom McNamara

 

 

Undergraduate Scholarships & Awards

Lori Newcomb (chair)

Eleanor Courtemanche

Dennis Baron

Chris Freeburg

Janice Harrington

Wail Hassan

Bob Markley

 

Undergraduate Teaching Awards

Spencer Schaffner (chair)

Julia Saville

Jim Hansen

Derrick Spires

Andrea Stevens

Adrienne Johnson

Anna Ivy

Kathryn Walkiewicz

Mary Lindsey

Kathryn DiGiulio

Lynda Sherman

Sherry Yuan

 

 

OTHER COMMITTEES

 

Film Studies

Tim Newcomb (chair, fall 2012), Ramona Curry (chair, Spring 2013)

Siobhan Somerville

Jim Hansen

Melissa Larabee

 

Internet/Media

Spencer Schaffner (chair)

Rob Barrett

Ramona Curry

Richard Nardi

 

Kirkpatrick Symposium

Stephanie Foote (chair)

Melissa Littlefield

Tony Pollock

Janice Harrington

 

Library

Harriett Green (co-chair) and Feisal Mohamed (co-chair)

Curtis Perry

[unfilled position]

LeAnne Howe

Sara Weisweaver

 

Visiting Writers Readings Committee

Alex Shakar and Steve Davenport (co-chairs)
[+ creative writing faculty]

 

Writing Prizes

Alex Shakar and Steve Davenport (co-chairs)
[+ creative writing faculty]

 

Online teaching research committee:

Alex Shakar

LeAnne Howe

Ted Sanders

 

CW Advisory Committee Formation Committee:

Alex Shakar

Janice Harrington

Jodee Stanley

 

Pygmalion Festival Organization Committee:

Philip Graham

Jodee Stanley

Steve Davenport