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CEA  committees play an essential role in shaping the direction of the organization. The CEA constitution acknowledges the important role played by both standing and ad hoc committees and their members. ZOOM and other platforms have made committee meeting and membership far more convenient. Below are some of CEA's standing committees. Watch for more to be added!

If you are interested in any of the committees below please reach out to the committee chair or email cea.english@gmail.com

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Members: Linna DiDesidero, Lee Brewer Jones, Ani Mukhopadhyay, Gerald Siegel

 This committee shall organize panels for the conference that focus on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In addition, the committee supports the chair in identifying a speaker for the conference’s diversity event (a luncheon or reception in alternating years).

Members: Cynthia Leenerts, Chair, Moumin Quazi Maryse Jayyasuriya, E. Ophelia Johnson, I-Hsien (Shannon) Lee. 

This committee considers ways to support CEA members who are graduate students and to recruit new graduate student members. Working with the program chair, the committee organizes panels and events that focus specifically on issues of concern to graduate students.

Members: Chair, TBD, Rachel Bragg, Ani Mukhopadhyay, Brianne Sardoni, Joe Ward

This committee is charged with the duty to develop plans for the growth of our CEA membership.

Members: Emily Jane Pucker, Chair, Linda DiDesidero, Valerie Kasper, Andrea Van Nort, Stacy Bailey

This committee shall organize panels for the conference that focus on issues of peace social justice. They also organize the annual Peace Breakfast at the CEA conference and participate in the selection of a recipient for the annual James R. (Dick) Bennett Award for Literature and Peace.

Members: Laura Petersen, Chair, Ed Demerly, Jeff Gross, Karen Lentz-Madison 

This committee shall work with the Executive Board and the editor's of the organization’s publications to define policies and support the editors in the production of those publications.

Members: Peter Kratzke, Chair, Jeff Cass, Matthew McGraw, Matt Seymour

This committee shall organize panels for the conference that focus on women and gender. In addition, the committee supports the chair in identifying a speaker for the conference’s women's connection event (a luncheon or reception in alternating years).

Members: Beth Battles, Chair, Irene Rieger, Christina Bucher, and Stacia Campbell