Chair
Jim Kearney

Vice Chair
Jeannine DeLombard

Director of Graduate Studies
Bernadette Andrea

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jeremy Douglass

Administrative Committee
E Cook
Enda Duffy
Bishnu Ghosh
Ben Olguin
ex officio: Jeannine DeLombard, Bernadette Andrea, Jeremy Douglass

Graduate Committee
Bernadette Andrea, Chair
Stephanie Batiste
Maurizia Boscagli (Winter, Spring)
Jim Casey (Winter, Spring)
Yunte Huang
Rachael Scarborough King (Winter, Spring)
Mark Maslan (Winter, Spring)
Sowon Park
Tess Shewry

Undergraduate Committee
Jeremy Douglass, Chair
Heidi Amin-Hong
Valerio Amoretti (Spring)
Heather Blurton
Ken Hiltner
Dan Reeve (Spring)
Russell Samolsky
Cathy Thomas

Job Placement Committee
Felice Blake
Amrah Salomón

Standing Committees, Working Groups, & Leadership Positions

HFA Diversity Officer
Julie Carlson (Winter, Spring)

Faculty Recruitment Committee
Felice Blake, Chair
Julie Carlson (Winter, Spring)
Melody Jue
Jim Kearney
Ben Olguin

Website & Social Media Manager
Swati Rana

Major Recruitment Working Group
Melody Jue, Chair
Valerio Amoretti (Winter, Spring)
Dan Reeve

AP Working Group
Jeannine DeLombard, Chair
Heidi Amin-Hong
Stephanie Batiste
Heather Blurton

TA Advisory Panel
Julie Carlson (Winter, Spring)
Jim Kearney
Rachael King (Winter, Spring)
Tess Shewry

WASC Working Group
Ken Hiltner, Jim Kearney, Russell Samolsky

Faculty Legislature Representatives
Enda Duffy, Sowon Park

EAP Representative
Maurizia Boscagli (Winter, Spring)

Library Liaison
Jim Kearney

2025-2026 Directors and RAs

American Cultures and Global Contexts Center
Director: Jeannine DeLombard
RA: Maggie Fisher

Catalyst
Director: Brian Donnelly
RA: Shaun Nowicki

Center on Modern Culture, Materialism, and Aesthetics
Director: Maurizia Boscagli
RA: Tim McCarthy

Creative Critical Writing
Director:  Cathy Thomas
RA: Lexxus Edison

Early Modern Center
Director: Rachael King
RA: Olivia Bievenue

Global Latinidades Center
Director: Ben Olguín
RA: Michael Parra

Hemispheric South/s
Director: Stephanie Batiste
RA: Saide Singh

Literature & Environment
Director: Bishnupriya Ghosh, Melody Jue, Tess Shewry
RA: Suvankur Sukul

Literature & Mind
Director: Sowon Park
RA: Mei Flory

Medieval Literature
Director: Daniel Reeve
RA: Gil Vitro

Transcriptions
Director: Jeremy Douglass
RA: Maria Job