Department Organization 2021-22
Officers
Chair: Arthur Knight
Associate Chair: Erin Minear
Director of the Undergraduate Program: Suzanne Hagedorn
Director of Writing: Lori Jacobson
Director of Advising: Arthur Knight
Adviser for transfer credit within the US: Arthur Knight
Adviser for transfer credit from study abroad: Erin Minear
Liaison to the School of Education: Christopher MacGowan
Director of Honors: Melanie Dawson
Director of Creative Writing: Brian Castleberry
Scheduling: Suzanne Hagedorn, Jeanne Smith
Recorder: Brian Castleberry, Chima Osakwe
Webmaster: Shanay Butler
Standing Committees
Budget: Anya Hogoboom, Arthur Knight (chair), Erin Minear, Jeanne Smith, Lynn Weiss
Communications Committee: Liz Barnes (spring), Shanay Butler (website & social media editor), Keith
Johnson, Jennifer Lorden, Brett Wilson (chair)
Diversity Committee: Shanay Butler, Suzanne Hagedorn, Arthur Knight (chair), Erin Minear,
Bené Ferrão (Spring), Alicia Andrzejewski, 2 students
Honors: Melanie Dawson (chair), Jennifer Lorden, Christopher MacGowan, Deborah Morse,
Chima Osakwe
Nominations and Faculty Awards: Arthur Knight, Jack Martin, Erin Minear (chair), Adam Potkay
Personnel Committee: Full: Melanie Dawson (2020-23; on leave Spring 21), Simon Joyce (2020-23), Adam Potkay (2021-24), Francesca Sawaya (Spring 2021), Associate: Arthur Knight (ex officio), Erin Minear (2021-23), At Large: Hermine Pinson (2021-22), Assistant: Brian Castleberry (2021-22), Auxiliary PC for interim review and tenure cases: Joyce, Knight, Minear, Pinson, Potkay, Dawson
(fall)/Sawaya (spring), Kim Wheatley.
Speakers Committee (Cloud Lecturer, Faculty Fora): Liz Barnes (spring), Chima Osakwe,
Francesca Sawaya (chair), Erin Webster
Undergraduate Program: Suzanne Hagedorn (chair/scheduler), Alicia Andrzejewski, Arthur
Knight (ex officio), Simon Joyce, Suzette Spencer, Erin Webster, Brett Wilson
Creative Writing Committees
Annual Student Writing Prizes: Andrew Blossom (chair/coordinator), Andrew Blossom, Brian
Castleberry, Henry Hart, Jon Pineda
Patrick Hayes Writer Series: Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry (chair), Henry Hart, Jon
Pineda, Hermine Pinson
Writer/Artist in Residence Committee: Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry (chair), Henry Hart,
Jon Pineda, Hermine Pinson
Special Committees
Prizes and Scholarships (Shrieves Scholarship, Lang Scholarship, Borish Prize): Varun Begley
(Chair), Liz Barnes (Spring), Jennifer Lorden, Rich Lowry (Spring), Francesca Sawaya (Fall)
Ad Hoc Committee for the Jenkins Scholarship: Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry, Henry
Hart, Jon Pineda
Ad Hoc Committee for the Jack and Anne Willis Scholarship: Alicia Andzrejewski, Henry Hart
(Chair), Brett Wilson
Ad Hoc Committee for the Concord Traveling Scholarship: Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry,
Henry Hart (Chair), Jon Pineda
SACS Ad Hoc Committee: Alicia Andzrejewski, Jen Lorden, Erin Minear (Chair), Lynn Weiss, Kim
Wheatley
Representatives to the Writing Committee: Not currently active.
