CWPA Committee Members

The Best Book Award Committee is charged with:

1. Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Best Book Award
2. Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees
3. Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection to place on the CWPA website for future committees

• J. Michael Rifenburg (Chair), University of North Georgia, michael.rifenburg@ung.edu
• Kristine Johnson, Calvin College, kjohns14@calvin.edu
• Vicki Davis, Indiana Tech, vjdavis@indianatech.edu
• Christina Saidy, Arizona State University, Christina.Saidy@asu.edu
• Amy Hodges, Texas A&M Qatar, amymhodges@gmail.com
• Tom Sura, West Virginia University, thomas.sura@mail.wvu.edu
• Staci Perryman-Clark (EB Member), Western Michigan University, staci.perryman-clark@wmich.edu

The Conference Siting Committee is charged with:

1. Soliciting proposals for siting the annual conference
2. Reviewing proposals for siting the annual conference and making a recommendation to the Executive Board
3. Collecting materials related to conference siting (CFP, criteria, description of the review process) to be posted on the CWPA website for future committees

• Sarah Snyder (Chair), Arizona Western College, sarah.snyder@azwestern.edu
• Amy Stolley, Grand Valley State University, stolleam@gvsu.edu
• Casie Fedukovich, North Carolina State University, cjfeduko@ncsu.edu
• Joanna Johnson, University of Miami, jsjohnson@miami.edu
• Greer Murphy, University of Rochester, greer.murphy@rochester.edu
• Tonya Eick, Arizona State University, teick@asu.edu
• Sheila Carter-Tod (EB Member), Virginia Tech, sct@vt.edu

The Digital WPA Committee is charged with:

1. Advises the CWPA on organizational digital policies and practices
2. Drafts language on WPA digital practices and trends for the Executive Board to consider

• Beth Brunk-Chavez (Chair, EB Member), University of Texas, blbrunk@utep.edu
• David Blakesley, Clemson University, david.blakesley@gmail.com
• Colin Charlton, University of Texas, colin.charlton@utrgv.edu
• Megan Crowley-Watson, Edward Waters College, m.crowleywatson@ewc.edu
• Lilian Mina (EB Member), Auburn University, lmina@aum.edu
• Jeanne Law Bohannon, Kennesaw State University, jbohan12@kennesaw.edu
• Derek Mueller (EB Member), Virginia Tech, dmueller@vt.edu

The Diversity Committee is charged with:

1. Recommending language for the Conference Siting Committee to include in their call for proposals to host the conference
2. Drafting a policy for the Executive Board to consider for how to respond when hostile legislation is passed in an already-selected conference location
3. Working with the CWPA Officers to recommend specific ways that CWPA committees can consider issues of diversity in their work
4. Identifying and working on other issues of diversity in CWPA and in writing programs

• Jason DePolo (Chair), North Carolina A&T State University,  jdepolo@ncat.edu
• Maureen Johnson, Northeastern State University, johns344@nsuok.edu
• Regina McManigell Grijalva, Oklahoma City University, ramcmanigell@okcu.edu
• Inas Youssef Mahfouz, American University of Kuwait, imahfouz@auk.edu.kw
• Genevieve Garcia de Mueller (EB Member), Syracuse University, ggarciad@syr.edu

The Graduate Research Awards Committee is charged with:

1. Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Graduate Research Awards
2. Selecting recipients for the awards from among the nominees
3. Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection to place on the CWPA website for future committees

• Bud Weiser (Chair), Purdue University,  iweiser@purdue.edu
• Cristyn Elder, University of New Mexico,  celder@unm.edu
• Kat O’Meara, Emporia State University, komeara@emporia.edu
• Yndalecio Isaac Hinojosa, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Yndalecio.hinojosa@tamucc.edu 
• Carolyn Wisnewski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, cwisnie@gmail.com
• Meaghan Brewer, Pace University, mbrewer2@pace.edu
• Morgan McDougall, Bowling Green State University, memcdou@bgsu.edu
• Erica Stone, Texas Tech University, erica.m.stone@gmail.com
• Dominic DelliCarpini (EB Member), York College of Pennsylvania, dcarpini@ycp.edu

The Labor Committee is charged with:

1. Compiling labor resources and making them available to members
2. Making recommendations to the Executive Board about how CWPA should be working with other organizations on labor issues
3. Making a recommendation to the Executive Board in response to the Indianapolis Resolution

• Darci Thoune (Co-chair), University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, dthoune@uwlax.edu
• Seth Kahn (Co-chair), West Chester University, SKahn@wcupa.edu
• Andy Frazee, Georgia Tech, andy.frazee@lmc.gatech.edu
• Michelle LaFrance, George Mason University, mlafran2@gmu.edu
• Casie Fedukovich, North Carolina State University, cjfeduko@ncsu.edu
• Rich Miller, Suffolk University, rmiller@suffolk.edu
• Cheri Lemieux-Spiegel, Northern Virginia Community College, cheri.lemieux@gmail.com
• Patti Poblete (EB Member), Henderson State University, patti.poblete@gmail.com

The Membership/Newcomers Committee is charged with:

1. Capturing the history and stories of the membership
2. Increasing membership in new and underserved populations within the organization
3. Working in tandem with other committees to understand, anticipate, and meet the needs of newcomers to the organization as well as long-standing members

• Morgan Hanson (Chair), University of Southern Indiana, lmahanson@gmail.com
• Erin Workman, DePaul University, e.workman@depaul.edu
• Nicole Weaver, Le Moyne College, weaverna@lemoyne.edu
• Ryan Dippre, University of Maine, ryan.dippre@maine.edu
• Jen Clary-Lemon (EB Ex-Officio), University of Waterloo, jclarylemon@uwaterloo.ca

The Nominating Committee is charged with:

1. Soliciting nominees for vacant Executive Board and Vice President positions
2. Determining a slate of candidates from the nominations for the CWPA election in the spring
3. Writing a description of the process for soliciting and selecting candidates for the election to post on the website for future Nominating Committees

• Cheri Lemieux-Spiegel (Chair), Northern Virginia Community College, cheri.lemieux@gmail.com
• Paula Patch (EB Member), Elon University, ppatch@elon.edu
• Gin Schwarz, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Vschwarz@wisc.edu
• Meagan Newberry, College of Western Idaho, meagannewberry@cwidaho.cc
• Becky Caouette, Rhode Island College, bcaouette@ric.edu 
• Derek Mueller (EB Member), Virginia Tech, dmueller@vt.edu

The Publications Committee is charged with:

1. Helping facilitate the transition to the new editorial team for WPA: Writing Program Administration
2. Selecting a new co-editor for the WPA/CompPile Annotated Bibliographies
3. Providing oversight for CWPA publications

• Jacob Babb (Chair), Indiana University Southeast, babbj@ius.edu
• Lilian Mina (EB Member), Auburn University at Montgomery, lilian.mina@gmail.com
• David Blakesley, Clemson University, david.blakesley@gmail.com
• Lori Ostergaard, Oakland University, ostergaa@oakland.edu 
• Jim Nugent, Oakland University, nugent@oakland.edu 
• Mark Blaauw-Hara (EB Member), North Central Michigan College, mhara@ncmich.edu

This Task Force is charged with:

1. Reviewing the existing statement to determine what needs to be revised, based on current research in writing program administration.
2. Submitting a draft to the CWPA Executive Board for its March 2017 meeting in Portland.

Jill Gladstein, Swarthmore College (chair)
Dominic DelliCarpini, York College of Pennsylvania (CWPA President, EB Member)
Clint Gardner, Salt Lake Community College
Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida
Shirley K Rose, Arizona State University
Kathleen Ryan, Montana State University
Mark Blaauw-Hara, North Central Michigan College (CWPA VP, EB Member)
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, University of Arkansas