CWPA Committee Members
CWPA Committee and Task Force Members, 2020-2021
Committee memberships run from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
Affiliates Committee
The Affiliates Committee, which is composed of representatives of each of the Affiliates selected by those Affiliates, is charged with:
- Identifying and working on issues of concern to Affiliates
- Making recommendations to the Executive Board about issues of concern to Affiliates
- Reviewing applications for new Affiliates and making recommendations to the Executive Board in response to those applications
- Cathy Gabor, University of San Francisco (Chair), cgabor@usfca.edu
- Australia Affiliate - Susan Thomas susan.thomas@sydney.edu.au
- Carolinas WPA - Angela Mitchell Angela.Mitchell@uncc.edu
- Florida Consortium of University Writing Programs - Linda Howell lhowell@unf.edu
- Independent Writing Department and Programs Affiliate - Jan Rieman Jan.Rieman@uncc.edu
- Metropolitan WPA Affiliate - Tim McCormack tmccormack@jjay.cuny.edu and Annie Del Principe Ann.DelPrincipe@kbcc.cuny.edu
- Michigan WPA Affiliate - Amy Ferdinandt Stolley stolleam@gvsu.edu
- NorCal/Nev WPA Affiliate - Trish Serviss pcserviss@ucdavis.edu and Angela Clark-Oates clark-oates@csus.edu
- Ohio WPA - Kay Halasek halasek.1@osu.edu
- PWPA (Penn): Liz Kimball ekimball99@gmail.com and Gabe Cutrufello gcutrufe@ycp.edu
- WAVA (Writing Across Virginia Affiliate) - Cheri Lemieux cheri.lemieux@gmail.com and Kristi Costello kcostell@odu.edu
- WPA West - Sarah Snyder Sarah.Snyder@azwestern.edu
Also, here is a MAP of the Affiliates!
Best Book Award Committee
The Best Book Award Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Best Book Award
- Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees
- Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection
- Michael Faris (Chair) Texas Tech University michaeljfaris@gmail.com
- Kimberly Lacey, Saginaw Valley State University krlacey@svsu.edu
- Sara Humphreys, University of Victoria shumphreys@uvic.ca
- Carolyne King, Salisbury University CMKING@salisbury.edu
- Christy Wenger, Lake Superior State University cwenger@lssu.edu
- Adam Crowley, Husson University crowleya@husson.edu
- Amy Hodges, University of Texas at Arlington amy.hodges@uta.edu
Breakfast Committee
The Breakfast Committee is charged with:
- Planning the annual CWPA Breakfast at CCCC.
- Collecting and reporting feedback from the membership of CWPA.
- Making recommendations to the CWPA Executive Board for any needed policies, changes, or procedures for future CCCC Breakfast Event.
Coming Soon!
Conference Siting Committee
The Conference Siting Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting proposals for siting the annual conference
- Reviewing proposals for siting the annual conference and making a recommendation to the Executive Board
- Collecting materials related to conference siting (CFP, criteria, description of the review process) to document the process for future committees.
Coming Soon!
Consultant-Evaluator Service Committee
The Consultant-Evaluator Service Committee is charged with advising the Director of the CWPA Consultant-Evaluator Service.
Shirley Rose, Arizona State University, Co-Director of the C-E Service
Michael Pemberton, Georgia Southern University, Co-Director of the C-E Service
Joe Janangelo, Loyola University Chicago (C-E Panel member)
Dominic DelliCarpini, York College of Pennsylvania (WPA President)
Sheila Carter-Tod, Virginia Tech (EB Member)
Digital WPA Committee
The Digital WPA Committee is charged with:
- Advises the CWPA on organizational digital policies and practices
- Drafts language on WPA digital practices and trends for the Executive Board to consider
COMING SOON!
Disability and Accessibility Committee
The Disability and Accessibility Committee is charged with:
- Advising CWPA on making writing programs more accessible and inclusive
- Providing guidelines for making CWPA’s annual conference more accessible and inclusive
- Matt Dowell (Co-Chair), Towson University, mdowell@towson.edu
- Raina Garrett (Co-Chair), University of West Florida, rgarrett@uwf.edu
- Melinda Knight, Montclair State University, knightm@montclair.edu
- Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Texas Woman’s University, jhelliott@twu.edu
- Jennifer Todd-Ferrell, Cornell College, jferrell@cornellcollege.edu
Diversity Committee
The Diversity Committee is charged with:
- Recommending language for the Conference Siting Committee to include in their call for proposals to host the conference
- Drafting a policy for the Executive Board to consider for how to respond when hostile legislation is passed in an already-selected conference location
- Working with the CWPA Officers to recommend specific ways that CWPA committees can consider issues of diversity in their work
- Identifying and working on other issues of diversity in CWPA and in writing programs
- Cynthia Mwenja (Chair), University of Montevallo, cmwenja@montevallo.edu
- Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Spelman College, mrobin50@spelman.edu,
- Sheren Saad, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar, sheren.saad667@gmail.com
- Mary Laudre Silva, Ithaca College, mlourdes1013@gmail.com
- Freddie Harris-Ramsby, Bloomfield College, harris-ramsby@bloomfield.edu
- Krista Sarraf, California Polytechnic State University, kristasarraf@gmail.com
- Erec Smith, York College of PA, esmith47@ycp.edu
Graduate Committee
The Graduate Committee is elected by members of WPA-GO.
Graduate Research Awards Committee
The Graduate Research Awards Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Graduate Research Awards
- Selecting recipients for the awards from among the nominees
- Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection
- Kat O’Meara, Saint Norbert College (Chair), kat.omeara@snc.edu
- Jacob Babb, Appalachian State University, babbjs@appstate.edu
- Robby Nadler, UC Santa Barbara, robby.nadler@graddiv.ucsb.edu
- Terese Thonus, University of Baltimore, tthonus@ubalt.edu
- Beth Buyserie, Utah State University, beth.buyserie@usu.edu
- Adam Phillips, University of South Florida, aphillips0919@yahoo.com
Kenneth Bruffee Award Committee
The Kenneth Bruffee Award Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Kenneth Bruffee Award, the award for the best article published in WPA: Writing Program Administration
- Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees
- Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection
- Kristi McDuffie (Chair), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, kmcduff@illinois.edu
- Amanda Sladek, University of Nebraska-Kearney, sladekam@unk.edu
- Angie Carter, Utah Valley University, carteran@uvu.edu
- Katherine Hall, Virginia Tech, kahall2@vt.edu
- Tara Moore, Elizabethtown College, mooret@etown.edu
- Meaghan Brewer, Pace University, mbrewer2@pace.edu
Labor Committee
The Labor Committee is charged with:
- Compiling labor resources and making them available to members
- Making recommendations to the Executive Board about how CWPA should be working with other organizations on labor issues
- Making a recommendation to the Executive Board in response to the Indianapolis Resolution
Coming Soon!
Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting paper and panel proposals for the annual CWPA session at MLA, CCCC, and GSOLE, reviewing and selecting the panels, and submitting the information to the respective organizations
- Acting as a liaison with other organizations as needed/required and making recommendations to the Executive Board about how CWPA should connect with other organizations
- Doug Downs (Chair), Montana State University, doug.downs@montana.edu
- Bradley Smith, Governors State University, bsmith7@govst.edu
- Tom Sura, West Virginia University, thomas.sura@mail.wvu.edu
- Jake Castle, Jake Castle, Middle Tennessee State University, jcc8t@mtmail.mtsu.edu
- Nicole B. Wallack, Columbia University, nicolewallack@columbia.edu
- Trish Serviss, University of California, Davis, pcserviss@ucdavis.edu
- Sarah Humphreys, University of Victoria, shumphreys@uvic.ca
Membership/Newcomers Committee
The Membership/Newcomers Committee is charged with:
- Capturing the history and stories of the membership
- Increasing membership in new and underserved populations within the organization
- 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 (Co-Chair), University of Southern Indiana, lmahanson@gmail.com
- Erin Workman (Co-Chair), 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
- Matt Gilchrist, Lehigh University, mjg619@lehigh.edu
- Charlotte Asmuth, University of Louisville, charlotte.asmuth@louisville.edu
- Lynn Reid, Farleigh Dickinson University, lynn.reid14@gmail.com
- Jessica Lyn Bannon, University of Indianapolis, bannonj@@uindy.edu
Mentoring Project Committee
The Mentoring Project Committee is charged with:
- Assigning mentors to new WPAs at their request
- Selecting and sponsoring Mentoring sessions at the annual CWPA conference
- Coordinating with WPA-GO as needed
Coming Soon!
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for vacant Executive Board and Vice President positions
- Determining a slate of candidates from the nominations for the CWPA election in the spring
- Writing a description of the process for soliciting and selecting candidates for the election.
- Ryan Shepherd (Chair), Northern Illinois University, rpshepherd@gmail.com
- Amanda Presswood, Brandeis University, amandapresswood@brandeis.edu
- Sonja Andrus, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, sonja.andrus@uc.edu
- Robin Snead, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, robin.snead@uncp.edu
- Missy Phegley, Southeast Missouri State University, missyphegley@gmail.com
- Michael Pak, University of Hawaii-West Oahu, pakm@hawaii.edu
- Jolivette Mecenas, California Lutheran University, jmecenas@callutheran.edu
Outstanding Scholarship Award Committee
The Outstanding Scholarship Award Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award, an award for outstanding article-length scholarship published outside of the WPA journal
- Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees
- Collecting models for the call for nominations, a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection.
Coming Soon!
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee is charged with:
- Helping facilitate the transition to the new editorial team for WPA: Writing Program Administration
- Selecting a new co-editor for the WPA/CompPile Annotated Bibliographies
- Providing oversight for CWPA publications
Coming Soon!
Research Grants Committee
The Research Grants Committee is charged with:
- Developing and issuing the annual call for WPA Research Grant proposals
- Reviewing and selecting recipients of WPA Research Grants
- Joanne Giordano (Co-chair), Salt Lake Community College, joanne.giordano@slcc.edu
- Chuck Paine (Co-chair), University of New Mexico, cpaine@unm.edu
- Collie Fulford, North Carolina Central University, cfulfor1@nccu.edu
- Jane Nazzal, University of California Irvine, Jsnazzal@uci.edu
- Annie Del Principe (EB Member), Kingsborough Community College, ann.delprincipe@kbcc.cuny.edu
- Leslie Anglesey, Sam Houston State University, lra012@shsu.edu
- Alexis Teagarden, UMass Dartmouth, ateagarden@umassd.edu
Task Force on Revisiting/Revising the Statement on the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration
This Task Force is charged with:
- Reviewing the existing statement to determine what needs to be revised, based on current research in writing program administration.
- Submitting a draft to the CWPA Executive Board once it has completed its work.
- Lori Ostergaard (Chair), Professor, Oakland University, ostergaa@oakland.edu
- Melissa Ianetta, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Collie Fulford, Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University
- Darin Jensen, Instructor, Des Moines Area Community College
- Carolyne King, Assistant Professor, Salisbury University
- James Chase Sanchez, Assistant Professor, Middlebury College
- Darci, Thoune, Professor, University of Wisconsin--La Crosse
The Dissertation Award (for best doctoral dissertation on a WPA work) NEW IN 2020/21
The Dissertation Award Committee is charged with:
- Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Award for best doctoral dissertation on WPA work.
- Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees
- Establishing a list of criteria, and a description of the process of selection.
Coming Soon!
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