CWPA Committee Members

CWPA Committee Members, 2026-2027

Committee memberships run from July 1 through June 30.

Best Book Award Committee

The Best Book Award Committee is charged with:

Updating call and criteria for selection as needed and informed by changes in scholarship
Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Best Book Award
Seeking diverse nominations in topics and/or authors’ positionality
Reaching out to authors whose work would fit the diversity requirements for nominations
Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees

Committee Members:

Beth Boswell (Co-Chair), The University of Alabama in Huntsville, brb0035@uah.edu
Dev Bose (Co-Chair), University of California, Santa Cruz, bose@ucsc.edu
Courtney Adams Wooten, George Mason University, cwooten3@gmu.edu
Nicholas Behm, Elmhurst University, behmn@elmhurst.edu
Megan Busch, Charleston Southern University, mbusch@csuniv.edu
Laura Feibush, Penn State Harrisburg, feibush@psu.edu
Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Texas Woman’s University, jhoermannelliott@twu.edu
Andy Jiahao Liu, University of Iowa, liu.jiahao@connect.um.edu.mo
Sarah E. Polo, Cottey College, polosarah1@gmail.com
Amanda Presswood, Southern New Hampshire University, a.presswood@snhu.edu
Kailyn Shartel Rogers, University of Tennessee - Martin, khall112@utm.edu
Amar Sherma, University of Texas at Arlington, amarsherma@gmail.com
Brian Stone, Indiana State University, Brian.stone@indstate.edu
Valerie Gramling, University of Miami, v.gramling@miami.edu

Conference Planning Committee

The Conference Planning Committee is charged with:

Write and distribute CFP for the CWPA 2026 Annual Conference
Organize and plan upcoming annual conference
Increase attendees for CWPA's annual conference

Committee Members:

Dev K. Bose, University of California Santa Cruz, bose@ucsc.edu
Kelly Blewett, Indiana University East, keblewet@iu.edu
Daryl Lynn Dance, Hampton University, daryl.lynn.dance@gmail.com
Scott Gage, Texas A&M University - San Antonio, scott.gage@tamusa.edu
Callie Kostelich, Texas Tech University, Callie.Kostelich@ttu.edu
Erin Lehman, Ivy Tech Community College, elehman4@ivytech.edu
Christal Seahorn, University of Houston-Clear Lake, cwpatreasurer@gmail.com
Mary Lourdes Silva, Ithaca College, mlourdes1013@gmail.com

Consultant-Evaluator Service Committee

The Consultant-Evaluator Service Committee is charged with advising the Director of the CWPA Consultant-Evaluator Service.

Jonikka Charlton, Director
Susan Miller-Cochran, Associate Director
Kelly Blewett, CWPA Past President
Karen Keaton-Jackson, C-E Panelist
Darci Thoune, CWPA Executive Board

Graduate Research Awards Committee

The Graduate Research Awards Committee is charged with:

Updating call and criteria for selection as needed and informed by changes in scholarship
Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Graduate Research Awards
Seeking diverse nominations in topics and/or authors’ positionality
Selecting recipients for the awards from among the nominees

Committee Members:

Andy Jiahao Liu (Chair), University of Arizona, liu.jiahao@connect.um.edu.mo
Michael D. Donnelly, Ball State University, mddonnelly@bsu.edu
Joseph Franklin, New York City College of Technology, joseph.franklin39@citytech.cuny.edu
Callie Kostelich, Texas Tech University, callie.kostelich@ttu.edu
Heather Listhartke, Winthrop University, h.listhartke@gmail.com
Jennifer Wilson, Rice University, jsw@rice.edu
Joseph Wilson, Syracuse University, jwilso56@syr.edu

Grants Committee

The Grants Committee is charged with:

Creating and launching a call for research and administration grants
Creating a rubric for evaluating applications for each grant category
Determining the number of awards in each category
Selecting award winners for each grant category

Committee Members:

Holly Hassel (Co-Chair), Michigan Technological University, hjhassel@mtu.edu
Joanne Giordano (Co-Chair), Salt Lake Community College, Joanne.Giordano@slcc.edu
Jill Dahlman, California Northstate University, jill.dahlman@cnsu.edu
Callie Kostelich, Texas Tech University, callie.kostelich@ttu.edu
Jeanne Law, Kennesaw State University, jbohan12@kennesaw.edu
Parva Panahi, Metro State University, parva.panahi@metrostate.edu
Heather Shearer, University of California, Santa Cruz, hshearer@ucsc.edu
Alexis Teagarden, Umass Dartmouth, ateagarden@umassd.edu

Kenneth Bruffee Award Committee

The Kenneth Bruffee Award Committee is charged with:

Updating call and criteria for selection as needed and informed by changes in scholarship
Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Kenneth Bruffee Award, the award for the best article published in WPA: Writing Program Administration
Unless such work was not published in the journal in the prior year, prioritizing articles on diversity topics\
Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees

Committee Members:

Beth Buyserie (Chair), Utah State University, beth.buyserie@usu.edu
Scott Gage, Texas A&M University San Antonio, scott.gage@tamusa.edu
Tatum Petrich, Monclair State University, petricht@montclair.edu
Kailyn Shartel Rogers, University of Tennessee-Martin, khall112@utm.edu
Brian Stone, Indiana State University, Brian.stone@indstate.edu

Mentoring Committee

The Mentoring Committee is charged with:

Establishing a mentoring database with all willing mentors
Establishing a more structured approach to mentoring (similar to the Coalition’s)
Focusing on mid- and late-career WPAs’ mentoring needs (career shifts from WPA work to other administrative roles)

Committee Members:

James M. Cochran (Chair), Hartwick College, cochranj@hartwick.edu
Kelly Moreland, Minnesota State University Mankato, kelly.moreland@mnsu.edu
Amanda Presswood, Southern New Hampshire University, a.presswood@snhu.edu
Scott Gage, Texas A&M University - San Antonio, sgage@tamusa.edu

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is charged with:

Soliciting nominees for Vice President position
Determining a slate of candidates for the special CWPA election in the fall
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

Committee Members:

Jacob Babb (Chair), Appalachian State University, babbjs@appstate.edu
Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Texas Woman’s University, jhoermannelliott@twu.edu
Jolivette Mecenas, California Lutheran University, jmecenas@callutheran.edu
Jessica Nastal, College of DuPage, nastalj@cod.edu
Michael Pak, University of Hawaii - West Oahu, pakm@hawaii.edu
Missy Phegley, Southeast Missouri State University, missyphegley@gmail.com
Robin Snead, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, robin.snead@uncp.edu

Outstanding Scholarship Award Committee

The Outstanding Scholarship Award Committee is charged with:

Updating call and criteria for selection as needed and informed by changes in scholarship
Soliciting nominees for the annual CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award, an award for outstanding article length scholarship published outside of the WPA journal
Prioritizing articles on diversity topics
Selecting a recipient for the award from among the nominees

Committee Members:

Adam Phillips (Chair), University of South Florida, adamphillips@usf.edu
Joshua Barsczewski, Muhlenberg College, joshuabarsczewski@muhlenberg.edu
Nicholas Behn, Elmhurst University, behmn@elmhurst.edu
Maureen Gokey, Russell Sage College, gokeym@sage.edu
Carrie Kilfoil, Central Connecticut State University, kilfoilc@ccsu.edu
Callie F. Kostelich, Baylor University, callie_f_kostelich@baylor.edu
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, West Virginia University, nsinghco@mail.wvu.edu
Alexis Teagarden, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, ateagarden@umassd.edu

WPA Outcomes Statement 4.0 Task Force

Members of the WPA OS 4.0 Revision Task Force are tasked with the following:

Revising the current WPA OS 3.0 to be informed by a) recent scholarship in the field of Writing Studies, b) principles of social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, c) recent technological, social, and cultural changes that affect college students in first-year writing courses and beyond.
Collecting feedback on the new OS draft from writing program administrators (WPAs) at a wide range of institutions.
Documenting the process (e.g., resources, discussions, rationales) to be part of the history of that document.
Submitting the final revision to CWPA Executive Board for discussion and approval.
Offering in-person and virtual professional development workshops to WPAs to facilitate the use of the new OS in their local contexts.

Task Force Members

Michelle Bachelor Robinson (Co-Chair), Spelman College

Antonio Byrd (Co-Chair), University of Missouri in Kansas City

Alwin Harahap (Co-Chair), Queens College CUNY

Sheila Carter-Tod, University of Denver

Stephanie Kerschbaum, University of Washington

Cruz Medina, Santa Clara University

Bernice Olivas, Salt Lake Community College

Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, University of Arizona

Amy J. Wan, Queens College CUNY