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The English department is governed by a Chair assisted by a number of standing committees and department officers. The department's governance is structured by a Policy Manual (being revised 2008-2009). Some committees seat both undergraduate and graduate-student representatives who are nominated by faculty. The Department also houses a number of projects or centers with their own directors.

Elected Departmental & College Committees


Recruitment:
Engell (Chair), Chow, Cox, Fleck, Soldofsky, Stork, and Warner

Retention, Tenure & Promotion :
Engell (Chair), Cullen, Douglass, Karim, Krishnaswamy, Lovell, Maio, and Shillinglaw

Policy :
Engell (Chair), Collins, Cullen, Douglass, Easwood, Shillinglaw, and Taylor

College Retention, Tenure & Promotion:
Mesher

College Research :
Gabor

College Sabbatical :
Krishnaswamy

College Curriculum :
Mesher

Appointed Departmental Committees


Composition :
Gabor (chair), Collins, Harris, Sparks, Strachan, Arjun (graduate student rep.)

MFA/Creative Writing :
Soldofsky (Chair), Engell, Miller, Taylor, XXX (Grad Student Rep.)

Curriculum :
Brada-Williams, Chow, Douglass (Chair), Eastwood, Engell, Gabor, Harris, Krishnaswamy, Lovell, Rice, Warner, XXX (Undergrad. Rep.), XXX (MFA and MA Student Rep.)

Dorothy Wright Committee :
Eastwood (Chair), Lovell, Warner

Graduate Committee :
Brada-Williams (Chair), Douglass, Eastwood, Krishnaswamy, Shillinglaw, Soldofsky, Wilson, XXX (MFA and MA Student Rep.)

MA Exams :
Confidential

MFA Exams :
Confidential

Library :
Chow (Chair), Krishnaswamy

Publicity :
Douglass, Engell, Miller (Chair), Rice

Social Committee :
XXX (Chair)

Scholarships/Awards :
Confidential

Teacher Education :
Warner (Chair), Lovell, Shillinglaw

Web Oversight & Technology :
Douglass, Engell, Gabor, Harris, Taylor, Nguyen (Admin), XXX (Student Rep.)

 


John Engell
Chair
Faculty Offices 102
Phone: (408) 924-4499
john.engell@email.sjsu.edu






 

Department &
University Administrative Appointments


Advising Coordinator:
Persis Karim & Susan Shillinglaw

Associate Chair for Personnel:
Bonnie Cox

English Society Advisor:
Nancy Stork

Career and Prof. Writing Coordinator:
Nancy Stork

Center for Literary Arts Directors:
Kate Evans & Kelly Harrison

Chair of the Department:
John Engell

Composition Coordinator:
Catherine Gabor

Creative Writing & MFA Director:
Alan Soldofsky

Curriculum Coordinator:
Paul Douglass

English Education Director:
Mary Warner

Honors Program Advisor:
Andrew Fleck

MA Advisor/Coordinator:
Noelle Brada-Williams

Reed Magazine
Coordinator:
Nick Taylor

M.H. Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
Director:
Paul Douglass

Poets & Writers Coalition Faculty Advisor:
Alan Soldofsky

Steinbeck Fellows
Advisor:
Paul Douglass

Teaching Associates
Coordinator:
Bob Cullen

Writing Center Director:
Linda Mitchell

Writing Skills Test Coordinator:
Gloria Collins