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Steering Committee

The WAC Steering Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Assembly. It meets every two to three weeks during the academic year, on Tuesdays at 12:45.

Faculty seats on the committee, filled through an election of FA, include:

  • one representative each from the College of Business and Entrepreneurship,
  • one representative each from the College of Education, Health, and Human Services,
  • one representative each from the College of Communications, Media, and the Arts,
  • one representative each from Penfield Library,
  • one representative each from the College Writing faculty within the Department of English,
  • two representatives from the College of Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
  • and one at-large faculty representative. 

The committee also includes one representative of the University's central administration, and the committee is free to appoint up to three at-large members from the college's faculty, students, and staff during any given academic year. 

Ex-officio members include the Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator, the Director of General Education, the Director of the Center on Excellence in Learning and Teaching, and a representative of the Writing Center. 

Current Members

  • Michelle Bishop, Penfield Library
  • Lyn Blanchfield, History
  • Janae Bland, Undergraduate, Cinema and Screen Studies
  • Karin Dykeman, Technology
  • Juliet Forshaw, Music
  • John Kane, Economics, CELT Director
  • Chris Lalonde, English and Creative Writing, Director of General Education
  • Ken Nichols, English and Creative Writing, Writing Fellow
  • Michael Murphy, English and Creative Writing, WAC Coordinator
  • Stephanie Pritchard, Writing Center Coordinator, Director of Writing and Ethical Practice
  • Chris Stein, Technology
  • Kate Sullivan, College of Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Sarah Weisman, Penfield Library