ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
2013-2014
Administrative Positions
Chair
Associate Chair
Instructional Coordinator
Director, Graduate Program
Director, Undergrad Program
Undergrad Program Advisor, Majors
Career Advisor
Director, Wisc. Institute for Creative Writing
Director, MFA
Director, Undergrad, Creative Writing Prgm.
Coordinator, Grad, Creative Writing Prgm.
Coordinator, Creative Writing Prgm.
Director, English 100
Assoc. Dir., English 100
Director, English 201
Director, English 203
Director, Writing Center
Director, Writing Fellows
Director, ESL
Chief Editor, DARE
Special Assignments
Graduate Advisor, ELL
Graduate Advisor, Composition/Rhetoric
Creative Writing Readings Coordinator
Cairns Committee
Faculty Adviser, Annotations
Recording Secretary, Department Committee
Recording Secretary, Executive Committee
Sexual Harassment Contact Person
Access and Accommodations Coordinator
Faculty Minority Liaison for
Multicultural Programs and Svcs.
Library Committee
Senators
Olson (2)
Castronovo
Yu
Mitchell (2)
Raimy
Alternates
Zimmerman (1)
Mckenzie (1)
Levine
Wanner
Harris
Bernstein
Wanner
Redfield
Knipschild
Johnson
Mitchell
Wallace
Bishop
Kuka
M. Young
Fiorenza
Bernard-Donals
Bishop
Hughes
E. Hall
Arfa
J. Hall
Raimy
M. Young
Bishop
Sherrard-Johnson (ch), Steele
Zimmerman
Elsky
Yu
Bernstein
Samuels
Yu
Calhoun (1), Zweck (2)
L&S Senators
Wallace
Johnson
Fawaz
Vieira
Job Placement
Dossier Advisors: Valenza (co-ch), M. Young (co-ch), Ortiz-Robles, Vieira
Mock Interviews: TBD
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Advisory Committee
Levine (ch), Guyer (2), Johnson, Keller (1), McKenzie, Olaniyan, Raimy, Steele, Vareschi,
Wanner, M. Young, Yu
Special Nominations
Levine (ch), Bernard-Donals, Bernstein, Castronovo, Cooper, Loewenstein, Mitchell, R. Young
Literary Studies Committee
Allewaert, Auerbach, Begam, Bearden (AY), Bernard-Donals, Bernstein, Bow (AY), Britland,
Calhoun, Castronovo, Cooper, Elsky, Dharwadker, Fawaz, Friedman, Guyer (2), Hill, Hussen,
Sherrard-Johnson, Keller (1), Kelley (AY), Levine, Loewenstein, McClintock (AY), McKenzie,
M. Young, Nixon (2), Olaniyan, Samuels, Steele, Tanoukhi (AY), Vareschi, Zimmerman, Zweck
Literary Studies Steering Committee
Cooper (ch), Bernstein, Britland, Castronovo, Friedman, Harris, Keller (1), Nixon (2), Valenza,
Redfield, 1 undergrad student, 1 grad student
Lectureship Appointments Committee
Wanner (ch), Bernard-Donals, Loewenstein
Creative Writing Committee
Barry, Bishop, Johnson, Kercheval, Kuka, Mitchell, Wallace + all other faculty teaching CW
during AY, CW Institute Fellows & MFA grad students
Creative Writing Steering Committee
Kercheval (1) (ch), Wallace (2) (ch), Barry, Bishop, Johnson, Kuka, Mitchell
Composition/Rhetoric Committee
M. Young (ch), Bernard-Donals, Brown, Hughes, Olson (2), Vieira, 1 grad student
ELL Committee
Wanner (ch), Ford (AY), Purnell (2), Raimy, Young, Arfa (ex-officio)
Expository Writing Committee
M. Young (ch), Bernard-Donals, Fiorenza, Evans, Karls
Student Awards Committee
Undergrad Scholarships and Prizes: Wanner (ch), McKenzie, Cooper, Nixon (2), Redfield (exofficio)
Undergrad Prizes, Creative Writing: Bishop
Graduate Fellowships & Prizes: Ortiz-Robles (ch), Begam, Britland (1), Zweck (2), Zimmerman
TA Teaching Awards: Wanner (ch), Harris, M. Young, Fiorenza
Graduate Recruitment Committee
Bernstein, Olson (2)
Graduate Admissions Committees
Literary Studies (MA & PhD): Bernstein (ch), Allewaert, Calhoun, Loewenstein, Olaniyan,
Steele
MFA: Mitchell
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Composition/Rhetoric: Bernard-Donals
MA, AEL: PhD, ELL: R. Young
Graduate Examining Committees
Prelims, Literary Studies: Medieval, Cooper; Early Modern, Britland (1); 18th century, Vareschi;
19th century British, Levine; Colonial-19th century American, Zimmerman; 20th century,
Yu; 20th century British & Anglophone Lit, Olaniyan
Prelims, Composition/Rhetoric: Olson
MA, AEL: R. Young (1), Purnell (2)
Prelims, ELL: R. Young (1), Purnell (2)
Teaching Committee
Zimmerman (ch) Bernstein (2), Keller (1), McKenzie, 2 grad students, 1 undergrad student
TA Literary Studies Training
Zimmerman
Graduate Student Association
Huseby (co-chair), Misemer (co-chair), Burkert, Larson, Kavaloski, Floch, Lincoln, DeRose,
Chan, Madsen, Laskey, Tootalian, Teoh, Gurd, Hawley, Pope, Elion, Salmon
Technology Committee
McKenzie (ch), Brown, Wanner, 1 undergrad student, 1 grad student
Honors Committee
Allewaert (1) (co-ch), Castronovo (2) (co-ch), Britland (1), Redfield, Wallace, 1 honors
undergrad student
Tenure Committees and Mentors
Allewaert: Castronovo (ch), Kelley, Sherrard-Johnson, Zimmerman,
Valenza
Mentor: Guyer
Brown: McKenzie (ch), Bernard-Donals, Keller, Raimy, M. Young
Mentor: TBD
Calhoun: Britland (ch), Bearden, Cooper, Loewenstein, Yu
Mentor: Begam
Elsky: Loewenstein (ch), Bearden, Britland, Cooper, Keller
Mentor: Bernstein
Fawaz: Levine (ch), Bow, Castronovo, Nixon, Zimmerman
Mentor: TBD
Hussen: Steele (ch), Castronovo, Keller, Sherrard-Johnson,
Zimmerman
Mentor: Bow
Olson: M. Young (ch), Bernard-Donals, Bow, Ford, Nixon
Mentor: Olaniyan
Tanoukhi: Olaniyan (ch), Friedman, Guyer, McClintock, Nixon
Mentor: Ortiz-Robles
Vareschi: Guyer (ch), Bernstein, Kelley, Levine, Valenza
Mentor: Loewenstein
Vieira: Bernard-Donals (ch), Bow, Friedman, M. Young
Olaniyan
Mentor: Mitchell
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Zweck: Britland (ch), Bearden, Bernstein, Cooper, Loewenstein
Mentor: Keller
Faculty Hiring/Recruitment Committees
Creative Writing:
Kercheval (ch), Barry, Johnson, Mitchell, Nixon, Wallace
FACULTY
Full Professors
Auerbach, Emily: 80% Liberal Studies; University Outreach
Barry, Amy Quan
Begam, Richard
Bernard-Donals, Michael: Director of Jewish Studies; Nancy C. Hoefs Professor
Bernstein, Susan: Graduate Director; Women’s Studies; Jewish Studies
Bow, Leslie: 50% Asian American Studies; Eccles Professorship 2012-17; IRH Sr. Fellowship
2013-17
Britland, Karen
Castronovo, Russ: Dorothy Draheim Professor
Dharwadker, Aparna: 75% Theatre and Drama
Ford, Ceci: 20% Sociology; Nancy C. Hoefs Professor 2010-15
Friedman, Susan: 50% Women’s Studies; Director of the Institute for Research in the
Humanities; Virginia Woolf Professor of English and Women’s Studies; Sally Mead
Hands Bascom Professor 2008-13
Guyer, Sara: Director of the Center for the Humanities
Hill, Roberta: 50% American Indian Studies Program; Nelson Inst. for Envir. Studies
Keller, Lynn: Martha Meier Renk Bascom Professor 2012-17
Kelley, Theresa: Marjorie and Lorin Tiefenthaler Professor 2012-17
Kercheval, Jesse Lee: Zona Gale Professor of English 2013-18
Levine, Caroline: Department Chair; Dorothy Draheim Research Fellowship 2012-17
Loewenstein, David: Marjorie and Lorin Tiefenthaler Professor; Helen C. White Professor of
English & the Humanities 2010-15
McClintock, Anne: 50% Women’s Studies Program; Simone de Beauvoir Professor; Cultural
Studies in Global Context Cluster
McKenzie, Jon
Mitchell, Judith
Nixon, Rob: Rachel Carson Professor; Cultural Studies in Global Context Cluster; also IRH
Senior Fellowship 2009-13; Elizabeth Ritzmann Professor 2012-17
Olaniyan, Tejumola: 50% African Language and Literature Department; Louise Durham Mead
Professor 2008-13; African Diaspora Cluster
Raimy, Eric: Nancy C. Hoefs Professor 2012-17
Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene: Nancy C. Hoefs Research Fellowship 2012-17
Steele, Jeffrey: American Indian Studies Program; IRH Resident Fellowship 2012-13
Wallace, Ronald: Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry; Halls-Bascom Professor 2013-18
Wanner, Anja: Associate Chair
Young, Morris
Young, Richard
Zimmerman, David
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Associate Professors
Bearden, Elizabeth
Cooper, Lisa
Johnson, Amaud
Ortiz-Robles, Mario
Purnell, Thomas
Valenza, Robin
Yu, Timothy: 50% Asian American Studies
Assistant Professors
Allewaert, Monique
Brown, James Jr.
Calhoun, Joshua
Elsky, Stephanie
Fawaz, Ramzi
Hussen, Aida
Olson, Christa
Samuels, Ellen: 75% Women’s Studies
Tanoukhi, Nirvana
Vareschi, Mark
Vieira, Catherine
Zweck, Jordan
Emeritus/a Professors
Baker, Robert
Bender, Todd
Brandt, Deborah
Cherry, Kelly
Doane, Alger (Nick)
Draine, Betsy
Harth, Phillip
Henning, Standish
Herring, Phillip
Hinden, Michael
Kimbrough, Robert
Knowles, Richard
Moore, Lorrie
Nelson, James G
Niles, John (Jack)
Nystrand, P. Martin
Pondrom, Cyrena
Reames, Sherry
Rothstein, Eric
Rowe, Donald
Schaub, Thomas
Scott, Charles T.
Weinbrot, Howard
Weiner, Andrew
Wiesenfarth, Joseph
Zuengler, Jane
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ACADEMIC STAFF
Advising
Karen Knipschild, Student Services Coordinator, English, Philosophy, Comparative Literature
Karen Redfield, Student Services Coordinator, English Majors
Contemporary Literature
Ewing, Eileen, Associate Editor
Mekemson, Mary, Senior Editor
Creative Writing Program
Bishop, Sean, Administrative Program Specialist
Kuka, Ron, Faculty Associate, Program Coordinator
DARE
Berns, Roland, Researcher, General & Science Editor
Goebel, George, Senior Scientist, Review Editor
Hall, Joan Houston, Distinguished Scientist, Chief Editor
ESL
Arfa, Sandy, Faculty Associate, Director
Evans, Heidi, Associate Faculty Associate
Ibele, Gail K., Faculty Associate
Koenig, Jane, Sr. Faculty Assistant
Moore, Lucy, Faculty Associate
Nosek, Joe, Associate Faculty Associate
Nuckolls, Terry, Faculty Assistant
Poulos, Andrea, Associate Faculty Associate
Pell, Daniel, Assistant Faculty Associate
Pergament, Adam, Faculty Assistant
Rao, Ludmila, Faculty Assistant
Timm, Steve, Faculty Associate
Wang, Mary, Sr. Faculty Assistant
English Instruction
Anderson, Sarah, Associate Lecturer
Cho, Jacee, Visiting Assistant Professor – ELL
Fielder, Brigitte, Lecturer
Fiorenza, Mary, Assistant Faculty Associate (Assoc. Dir., English 100)
Gillis, Colin, Associate Lecturer
Harris, Ronald, Faculty Associate (Instructional Coordinator)
Sayre, Jillian, Associate Lecturer
Tharaud, Jerome, Mellon Post-doc
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing
Damiani, Jesse, Hall Emerging Artist Fellow
King, Patricia, Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow
Luebbers, Jennifer, Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow
Modica, Matthew, Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellow
Metzger, Bonnie, Carl Djerassi Playwriting Fellow
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Thielke, Janet, James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow
Welch, Timothy, Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow
Writing Center
Hughes, Bradley, Faculty Associate, Director
Karls, Nancy Linh, Associate Faculty Associate
Writing Fellows Program
Hall, Emily, Faculty Associate, Director
Academic Staff Emeritus/a
Berthold, Mary
Burnson, Richard
Feirn, Mary
Fishbain, Janet
Galica, Gregory
Krewson, Grace
Kriegel, Helaine
Lacy, Margaret
Lindner, Jessica
Sexton, Joyce
Tarr, Carol
von Schneidemesser, Luanne
Zwilling, Leonard
CLASSIFIED STAFF
Academic Programs
Chizek, Pam, Undergraduate Program
Shanahan, Robyn, Graduate Coordinator
Administration
House, Tana, Financial Specialist
Palmer, Julie, Payroll & Benefits
Sherrod, Spring, Department Manager
Studnicka, Lori, Chair’s Assistant
Ward, Abby, Timetable
DARE
Ginny Bormann, Office Manager
Cathy Attig, Production Assistant/Technical Typist
Elizabeth Gardner, Senior Proofreader, Publications Editor
Schebly, Julie, Digital Text Correction Specialist
ESL
Row, Lee, Office Manager
Niewold, Janet, TESOL
Writing Center
Maggio, Terry, Office Manager
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Classified Emerita
Barber, Mary
Blake, Elizabeth
Dauck, Kathy
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