Board of Directors

Chair, Audrey T. Heffers, Instructor & Doctoral Student, Illinois State University 

Secretary, Emma Catherine Perry, Instructor and Interim Director of the Writing Center, University of Idaho

Treasurer, David Haydon, Doctoral Student, University of Southern California 

Conference Chair, Tammie Rice, Independent Scholar

Chair of Research, Justin Nicholes, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gwendolyn Paradice, Assistant Professor of English & Philosophy, Director of Creative Writing, Murray State University

Chair of Membership, Urvi Sharma, Assistant Professor in English and Cultural Studies, Amity University Punjab

Chair of Publications, Vacant

Chair of Communications, Alexa Garvoille, Humanities Instructor, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Board Member, Danita Berg, Assistant Professor of Communication and Humanities and Online Program Chair of Liberal Studies, Florida Institute of Technology

Board Member, Tim Mayers, Associate Professor of English, Millersville University

Board Member, Evan Lavender-Smith, Assistant Professor of English, Virginia Tech

Board Member, Stacey Waite, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Non-Voting Board Members

AWP Liaison, Stephanie Vanderslice, Professor and Director of Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop, University of Central Arkansas

Additional Non-Voting Members (Organization Liaisons), Vacant

Previous Board Members

Chair (Inaugural, 2016-2019), Stephanie Vanderslice, Professor and Director of Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop, University of Central Arkansas

Secretary (Inaugural, 2016-2019), Trent Hergenrader, Associate Professor of English, Rochester Institute of Technology

Secretary (2019-2024) Jon Udelson, Assistant Professor of English, Shenandoah University

JCWS Liaison (Inaugural, 2016-2021), James Ryan, Graduate Teaching Assistant in English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chair of Membership (-2021), Phong Nguyen, Professor of English and Miller Family Endowed Chair of Writing, University of Missouri

Conferences Chair (Inaugural, 2016-2022), Rachel Haley Himmelheber, Chair of Creative Writing, Warren Wilson College

Board Member (Inaugural, 2016-2021), Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, University of Canberra

Board Member (Inaugural, 2016-2021), Dianne Donnelly, College of Arts & Sciences Assistant Dean of Research, University of South Florida

Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (2021-2022), Felicia Rose Chavez, Creativity and Innovation Scholar-in-Residence, Colorado College

Co-Chair of Research, Caleb González, PhD in English Candidate, The Ohio State University

Chair of Research, Janelle Adsit, Assistant Professor of Writing Practices, Humboldt State University

Chair (2019-2024), Graeme Harper, Professor and Dean of The Honors College, Oakland University

Initial Working Group and Advisors

Darin Ciccotelli, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Soka University

Katharine Haake, Professor of English, California State University, Northridge

Tonya Hegamin, Assistant Professor of English, City University of New York, Medgar Evers College

Jeri Kroll, Professor and Dean of Graduate Research, Flinders University

Anna Leahy, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Research, Chapman University

Prageeta Sharma, Professor of English, University of Montana

Julie Alexander, Miami University

Karen Babine, Concordia College