About WPA-GO

WPA-GO (WPA-Graduate student Organization) seeks to strengthen connections between graduate students and professional WPAs through social networking and educational development opportunities. In support of graduate student WPA preparation, WPA-GO works with faculty WPAs to provide the following:

• mentoring activities
• workshops
• scholarships and awards
• social events

WPA-GO Membership

WPA-GO membership does not require fees in addition to CWPA membership dues. WPA-GO members are encouraged to join CWPA. A graduate student membership is $10/year and includes all benefits of membership, including a subscription to WPA Journal. (To join, go to wpacouncil.org/join-renew.) All members of CWPA are welcomed to join WPA-GO and are encouraged to participate.

To officially join WPA-GO and receive WPA-GO updates, please send an e-mail to wpago1@gmail.com with “Join” in the subject line. You can also follow us on Facebook by sending a friend request to WPA-GO.

WPA-GO is administered by the WPA-Graduate student Committee (WPA-GC), a committee within the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

WPA-Graduate student Committee (WPA-GC)

• Cristyn L. Elder (Co-Chair), clelder@purdue.edu
• Megan Schoen (Co-Chair), mschoen@purdue.edu
• Meaghan Brewer, meaghan.brewer@temple.edu
• Timothy Dougherty, tdougher@syr.edu
• Laurie A. Pinkert, lapinker@purdue.edu
• Patti E. Poblete, ppoblete@purdue.edu
• Todd Ruecker, tcruecker@miners.utep.edu
• Kathryn Trauth Taylor, taylo206@purdue.edu
• Ryan Witt, ryan.witt@temple.edu