What is GradSEA?
The Graduate Student English Association advocates for the interests of graduate students and acts as a link to both the department faculty and the university as a whole by providing a public and democratic forum to discuss and negotiate issues related to our roles as students, teachers, employees, and colleagues, and providing graduate student representation on standing faculty and university committees. If you attend GradSEA meetings, you can talk with committee members and representatives and offer your input. In the meeting minutes, you also can read about what's going on around the department. We encourage you to e-mail your executive officers, committee members, and representatives if you have comments or questions.
Executive Officers
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- President: Laurie Pinkert
- Vice President: Aaron DeRosa
- Treasurer/Secretary: Jessica Clements
Committee Members
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- Excellence in Teaching: Ashley Watson
- Graduate Studies: Lydia Magras & Katie Taylor
- Introductory Writing: Emily Legg & Don Unger
- Job Placement: Ethan Sproat
- Lenora Woodman Lecture Series: Steve Gooch
- Literary Awards: Rebecah Pulsifer
- Undergraduate Studies: Adam Strantz
- Purdue Graduate Student Senate: Amy Tevault
Program Representatives
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- American Studies: Stephanie A. Allen
- Comparative Literature: Slaney Chadwick Ross
- Creative Writing: Dallas Woodburn
- English Language and Linguistics: Ellen Osterhaus
- Literary Studies: Adam Watkins
- Philosophy & Literature: Mary Beth Harris
- Rhetoric & Composition: Justin Rademaekers
- Second Language Studies: Aylin Atilgan
- Theory and Cultural Studies: Matt Varner
- First Year Students: Heather Wicks
- MA Students: Keturah Nix