Governance and Committees

This page contains listings of EFS Committees and Director/Coordinator positions, 2025-2026.

Standing Committees of Department Council 2025-2026

Graduate Committee
Eddy Kent (Chair)
Karyn Ball
Christopher Bracken
Louise Harrington
Mark Simpson
1 PhD student
1MA student

Undergraduate Programs Committee
Mike Litwack (Chair)
Rob Brazeau
Peter Sinnema
Terri Tomsky

WRITE Committee
Jordan Abel (Chair)
Marilyn Dumont
Conor Kerr
Sarah Krotz
Mike O’Driscoll

Chair's Advisory Council 2025-2026

The Chair's Advisory Council advises the Chair on day‑to‑day matters of policy and procedure, and makes recommendations to the Department on major changes in policy or procedure, with a final decision to be made by Department Council.

Mike Litwack (Director Undergraduate Programs)
Eddy Kent (Director of Graduate Programs)
Jordan Abel (WRITE)
Theo Gray (Graduate Student Council)
Liz Czach (Film Studies - Fall); Beth Capper (English - Winter)
Anna Chilewska (Writing Studies)
TT at large and ATS at large TBD

Standing Committees of Chair's Advisory Council 2024-2025

Film Studies Committee (committee of the whole)
Liz Czach (Chair),
Beth Capper
Tasha Hubbard
Murray Leeder
Tico Romao
Serra Tinic
Balázs Varga

FEC Advisory Committee
Louise Harrington
Peter Sinnema
Terri Tomsky

Awards and Prizes Committee
Tom Barker
Ono Okome

Fellowship and Postdocs Committee
Danielle Fuller
Ono Okome
Serra Tinic

Coordinators and Directors Reporting to Chair's Advisory Council 2025-2026

ENGL 102 Online Coordinator – Brandon Kerfoot
ENGL 199 Coordinator - Laura Schecter
External Events/Distinguished Visitor Coordinator – Michael Bucknor
External Review (QA) Coordinator – Katherine Binhammer
Faculty Mentoring Coordinator – Cecily Devereux
Film Studies Coordinator – Liz Czach (Fall)/Beth Capper (Winter)
First Year Teaching Coordinator - Kristine Smitka
First Year Teaching Director – Murray Leeder
Graduate Programs Director- Eddy Kent
Graduate Student Professionalization Coordinator – Manuel Cardenas
GTA Supervisor/Proseminar B Leader – Peter Sinnema
Internal Research Events Coordinator – Carolyn Sale
Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator – Marilyn Dumont
Research Officer – Julie Rak
Undergraduate Progams Director – Mike Litwack
WRITE coordinator – Jordan Abel
WRS Coordinator – Anna Chilewska
WRS 102 online coordinator – Nancy Bray

Working Groups of CAC, 2025-2026

Salter Tea ad hoc Committee
Beth Capper
Terri Tomsky