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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.

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

Elected Departmental & College Committees


Recruitment:
Engell (Chair), Brada-Williams, Cox, Cullen, Douglass, Mesher, Wilson

Retention, Tenure & Promotion :
Chow, Fleck, Lovell (Chair), Soldofsky, Engell

Policy :
Collins, Cullen, Douglass, Engell, Fleck, Mesher, Taylor, Warner

College Retention, Tenure & Promotion:
Cullen

College Research :
Fleck

College Sabbatical :
Fleck

College Curriculum :
Douglass

Appointed Departmental Committees


Composition :
Stork (Chair), Collins, Eastwood

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.)

Department & University Administrative Appointments


Advising Coordinator : Persis Karim & Susan Shillinglaw

Associate Chair for Personnel : TBA

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 : Nancy Stork

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