July 17, 2024: many committee assignments are currently being finalized; these listings will be updated once those assignments are published.
FACULTY LEADERSHIP
Faculty administration
Elizabeth Hewitt, Chair of the Department of English
John Jones, Vice Chair of Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy
Faculty directors
Scott DeWitt, Director of First-Year Writing
Jacob Risinger, Director of Graduate Studies
Marcus Jackson, Director of Creative Writing
Jennifer Higginbotham, Director of Undergraduate Studies
John Jones, Director of Digital Media Studies
Beverly Moss, Director of Second-Year Writing
Margaret Price, Director of Disability Studies Program
Christa Teston, Director of Business and Technical Writing
Executive Committee
Elizabeth Hewitt, Chair
Membership TBA
Committee chairs
TBA
Regional campus department coordinators
Elizabeth Kolkovich, Faculty Coordinator for the Mansfield Campus
John Hellmann, Faculty Coordinator for the Lima Campus
Sara Crosby, Faculty Coordinator for the Marion Campus
Associated faculty coordinators
Lee Martin
Lauren Squires
HUMAN RESOURCES AND FISCAL SERVICES STAFF
Wayne Lovely, Administrative Manager
ACADEMIC SERVICES STAFF
Mike Bierschenk, Communications Supervisor & Digital Media Project Manager
Tess Cumpstone, Creative Writing Program Assistant
Elizabeth Falter, Undergraduate Studies Program Manager
Jameson Gower, Senior Academic Advisor
Kathleen Griffin, Coordinator of the Graduate Studies Program
Ashleigh Hardin, Associate Director of First-Year Writing
Yanar Hashlamon, Coordinator of the Minor in Professional Writing Program
India McDougald, Fiscal Officer
Travis Nixon, Assistant to the Chair
MaryKatherine Ramsey, Program Coordinator for Scheduling and Student Retention
Rachael Speck, Academic Advisor
COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Mike Bierschenk, Communications Team Supervisor
Talia Moses, Student Communications Assistant
FRONT DESK STUDENT STAFF
Madina Davlatboyeva, Department Ambassador/Student Administrative Assistant
Adil Zafar, Department Ambassador/Student Administrative Assistant