The Composition Committee of the English Department runs a number of subcommittees devoted to specific tasks or objectives of the program. You can find a listing of all active committees below. WSU instructors interested in serving on any of the committees should get in touch with Director Gwen Gorzelsky g (dot) gorzelsky (at) wayne (dot) edu or Jeff Pruchnic at jeffpruchnic (at) wayne (dot) edu.

 

Assessment Committee

In fall 2010, the Composition Program began a program-wide assessment that will include all courses, beginning with Intermediate Writing (ENG 3010), winter 2011 – winter 2012, and moving through each course (Introductory College Writing, ENG 1020; Basic Writing, ENG 1010, Technical Communication I: Reports, ENG 3050; and Technical Communication II: Presentations, ENG 3060). Members work collaboratively to conduct research on each course, use findings to revise its curriculum, design pilot sections to test and refine the revised curriculum, and develop resources for implementing the revised curriculum across all sections.

• Current members: Wendy Duprey, Gwen Gorzelsky, Jared Grogan, Adrienne Jankens, Heidi Kenaga, Dave MacKinder, Amy Metcalf, Julie Mix-Thibault, Cindy Mooty, Joe Paszek, Jeff Pruchnic, and Thomas Trimble.

Curriculum Committee

Beginning in Summer 2011, the program’s Curriculum Committee has been tasked with advising the Director of Composition on curriculum direction for all composition courses taught through the department of English. Committee members’ other duties include locating and creating a variety of resources for writing instructors at WSU, helping in the planning of departmental workshops, and contributing to the program’s teaching blog, online bookmarks of recommended readings, and online composition faculty handbook.

• Current members: Erin Bell, LaToya Faulk, Jonathan Brown Gillham, Gwen Gorzelsky, Nicole Guinot-Varty, Shenika Hankerson, Amy Metcalf, Jeff Pruchnic, Michael Ristich, Conor Shaw-Draves, Bradley Stabler, and Christopher Susak.

Mentoring Committee

Since Fall 2010, the Subcommittee on Mentoring has worked toward the formalizing of mentoring practices for new graduate teaching assistants in the department’s composition program with plans for expanding formal mentoring to all new faculty in the near future. Members are assigned official mentees from the incoming class of graduate teaching assistants each Fall, contribute to the shaping of program workshops, and participate frequently in the pedagogical practicums for new GTAs (ENG 6001 and 6002).

• Current Members: Erin Bell, Gwen Gorzelsky, Nicole Guinot-Varty, Abigail Heiniger, Ian Kennedy, Judith Lakamper, Katrina Newsom, Jeff Pruchnic, Derek Risse, Bradley Stabler, and Ashley Whitmore.