Department Administration

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Graduate Students

The English department is governed by a chair assisted by a number of standing committees and department officers. Each committee seats graduate-student representatives elected annually by the graduate-student body. The department also houses a number of projects or centers with their own directors. The staff complement is headed by a management services officer. (Contact Info)

Chair
William Warner

Administrative Committee
William Warner, Chair
E. Heckendorn Cook
Bishnupriya Ghosh
Stephanie LeMenager
Rita Raley
Enda Duffy (ex-officio)
Alan Liu (ex-officio)

Undergraduate Committee
Alan Liu, Chair
Maurizia Boscagli
L.O. Aranye Fradenburg
Patricia Fumerton
Richard Helgerson
James Kearney
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Russell Samolsky

Graduate Committee
Endy Duffy, Chair
Janis Caldwell
Julie Carlson
Ken Hiltner
Abdul JanMohamed
Mark Maslan
Carol Braun Pasternack
Mark Rose
Candace Waid
Kay Young

Job Placement Committee
Christopher Newfield
Mark Maslan

Technology Committee
Alan Liu, Chair
Rita Raley
William Warner

Faculty Legislature Representative
Giles Gunn
Carl Gutiérrez-Jones
Michael O'Connell

Teaching Assistant Advisor
Michael O'Connell
Robert A. Erickson

Library Liaison
William Warner

Staff (contact info)

Joni Schwartz (Manager)
Gretchen Henry (Instructional Program Assistant)
Brian Reynolds (Computer Systems Specialist)
Kate Musselman (Academic Personnel Coordinator)
Susan Gosling (Staff Graduate Adviser)
Ann Wainwright (Staff Undergraduate Adviser)
Karen Cisneros (Staff financial assistant)

Projects or Centers Housed in the Department

Early Modern Center (and Early Modern Studies Specialization) Patricia Fumerton, Director E. Heckendorn Cook Robert A. Erickson Richard Helgerson David Marshall Michael O'Connell Mark Rose William Warner	Transcriptions: Literary History and the Culture of Information Alan Liu, Director Yunte Huang Christopher Newfield Carol Braun Pasternack Rita Raley William Warner Literature & Culture of Information Specialization Alan Liu & Rita Raley (co-directors) Yunte Huang Christopher Newfield Carol Braun Pasternack William Warner

American Cultures Center English Department Faculty: Stephanie LeMenager, Director Giles Gunn Carl Gutiérrez-Jones Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Mark Maslan Christopher Newfield Candace Waid Faculty From Other Departments: Eileen Boris (Women's Studies) Ann Plane (History) E. Bruce Robertson (Art History)	Transliteracies Project Alan Liu, Director The advisory board of this University of California Multi-Campus Research Group project includes faculty from many campuses in the University of California system; see the project web site.