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Leadership and Staff

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