College Centers and Services

Arabic Flagship Center

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Despite being forced to do everything online this past year, our two capstone students nevertheless certified at ILR 3 in speaking in May . One is now at the American University in Cairo for further study and the other will begin a graduate program in natural language processing at the University of Washington . An Arabic capstone student from our first cohort will begin working shortly as a researcher for the US Department of Justice . Six students are currently doing an online version of the capstone and are planning on traveling to Morocco in August . Three are Boren Scholars and one received a Gilman . Dr . Ahmad Karout, academic coordinator, played a decisive role in recruiting these and helping them to qualify for the capstone experience . All are Arabic second majors . We assisted the University of Arizona in winning the grant competition to take over management of the Overseas Arabic Language Flagship Program . We are grateful to finally see a seasoned Arabist in charge of this key program and anticipate that the capstone year will be an excellent experience for our students . This year, Dr . Belnap will be running BYU’s Fall Intensive Arabic Program in Meknes, Morocco and will therefore have good opportunity to observe our capstone students’ experience .

Chinese Flagship Center

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The Chinese Flagship Center was online due to the COVID pandemic . In spite of this, students did very well on their final OPI, reading, and listening tests . Six students participated in the online academic portion of the capstone program, and two continued on to the online internship portion . Those two that completed the full capstone program scored in the 2+ to 3+ range in the speaking, listening, and reading modalities . These six are now finishing up BYU courses, applying for graduate and programs and medical school, and so on . One student completed his capstone year online through the Taiwan Flagship Center . He scored at the 3 level in all modalities . Four current advanced flagship students are starting their capstone program, one this fall, and three in the coming winter semester . They are planning on going to the Taiwan Flagship Center, unless the COVID situation prevents that . One student received a Boren scholarship which will pay for the entire overseas capstone program . After 30 years in operation, the Nanjing Flagship Center in China,

managed by BYU, closed its doors on June 30, 2021 . The program enjoyed great success, serving thousands of students from 12 universities . Many of these students achieved high proficiency levels . Of the BYU students (approximately 300), 75% were fully certified by the National Flagship Program, achieving Level 3 proficiency on at least two modalities (speaking, listening, reading) and 2+ on a third .

Center for Language Studies

(3086 JFSB)

The year 2020 was unlike any year that the Center for Language Studies (CLS) has ever experienced . Because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the CLS, like all of Brigham Young University, had to adapt and find new, creative ways to bring language education to BYU students . Some notable achievements include:

§ 1 new master’s degree, the MA in Professional Languages, approved . First cohort to start in Fall 2022 .

§ 2 new language course offerings in Burmese and Guaraní .

§ 19 languages offered through the Language Certificate program incorporating remote oral proficiency interviews .

§ 50 languages taught regularly, bringing the BYU total to 70 languages taught on a regular basis . § 100 language class sections transitioned to Zoom within in a week during March 13–17, 2020 . § 455 Language Certificates awarded during the 2020–2021 academic year . § 1,600+ Language Proficiency Diagnostic Assessments (LPDA) administered to help in determining course-level placement for students entering college-level language courses . § 250,000+ English tests administered to over 100,000 learners worldwide as part of the BYU-Pathway Worldwide and Global Education Initiative .

The CLS continues to manage the translation and localization minor, dual language immersion minor and second language teaching MA . It is also planning on continuing the Language Acquisition Research Colloquium (LARC) and OPI Familiarization workshops in 2021– 2022 . Visit cls. byu.edu for more information .

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

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Julie Swallow is the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) consultant assigned to the College of Humanities . The consultant’s role is to provide resources and individualized support to faculty members on all aspects of teaching and learning, training on pedagogical theory and practice, and, where needed, assistance

with integrating technology into teaching and learning . Julie has over fifteen years of teaching experience and has spent the last five years mentoring faculty at BYU Salt Lake . She earned a master’s degree in English from BYU and a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Utah State University . Learn more about the Center for Teaching and Learning services and tools at ctl .byu .edu .

Digital Media and Communications Team

Digital Media and Communications (DMaC) oversees the public-facing and internal communication efforts of the College . These inlcude creating and publishing a bi-annual alumni magazine; managing the college social media accounts, college and department websites, faculty directories, and digital signage for the JFSB and JKB; and sending out a weekly email newsletter to faculty and staff .

In addition, DMaC provides support to the departments for PR campaigns, posters, swag, digital signage, social media, news, and event announcements . Their team of oustanding student writers, designers, and photographers can also help with a limited number of video production projects and with taking faculty head shots .

Josh Perkey: Manager, 2-2824 Jess Dansie Anderson: Art and Media Specialist, 2-2173

English Language Center

(4056 JFSB)

As a lab school, BYU’s English Language Center facilitates unique opportunities for TESOL undergraduate and master’s students to gain hands-on experience teaching, tutoring, designing, and developing instructional materials and language assessments, as well as participating in meaningful evaluation and research projects . The ELC vision is “to build global leaders in English language teaching, learning, and research .” During the 2020–21 academic year, the ELC taught 98 courses . In addition to opportunities to refine their teaching skills, BYU students benefited from participation in class observations . At the same time, the ELC also helped to facilitate 25 student practicum experiences, 19 internships, the completion of several MA theses and projects, and several peer-reviewed publications . The English Language Center is actively involved in research in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics and the Center for Language Studies .

Global Women’s Studies

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In memory of our colleague and friend, GWS has established the Brandie R . Siegfried Annual Lectureship in Global Women’s Studies to encourage and support future research on women and the Brandie R . Siegfried Global Women’s Studies Scholarship to help fund the education of a student whose academic work focuses in some significant way on women and who demonstrates financial need . You can contribute to the scholarship endowment fund at this link: https://donate . churchofjesuschrist .org/donations/ byu?funds=301501129 .

What to Watch for in Fall 2021 and Winter 2022:

§ Every fall and winter semester, GWS sponsors a colloquium (lecture series) with seven speakers presenting their latest research related to the accomplishments of women and the challenges they face . During fall semester, colloquium will meet on Fridays at noon in 238 HRCB . Check out our colloquium poster at womensstudies .byu .edu/colloquium . § GWS will sponsor a fall film festival . More details coming soon to a screen near you . § Every year, the university awards the Emmeline B . Wells Grant (up to $25,000 to support research and creative work with a focus on contexts and issues related to women’s lives) and Women’s Research Initiative Grants (up to $5000 to support research and creative work focusing on women) . Apply by October 30, 2021 . All the details: https://womensstudies .byu .edu/ faculty-awards-grants . § We have twenty GWS capstone students this fall, who will present their senior research projects as part of our GWS Capstone Conference during the last two weeks of this semester . Join us in person or by zoom! § During Women’s History Month in March, Elizabeth Hodgson, Professor of English Literature at the University of British Columbia, will present the inaugural Brandie R . Siegfried Lecture . Dr . Hodgson is the author of Grief and Women Writers in the English Renaissance (Cambridge UP, 2014) and articles and book chapters on Lanyer, Philips, Milton, and Shakespeare . She and Brandie were classmates at Brandeis University . § On March 24–25, 2022, GWS will co-sponsor the Utah Southwest Regional Conference on Student Research in Gender and Women’s Studies to be held on BYU’s campus and virtually . Keynote speakers will include Katherine Kitterman and other leaders of the Better Days 2020 campaign, as well as visual artists Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, creators of Work in Progress and the Utah Women 2020 mural .

Encourage your students to get involved:

Interested students can join the editorial team or contribute their best essays and creative work to our student journal, AWE: A Woman’s Experience (byuwsj@ gmail .com) . You and they can read past issues at https://scholarsarchive .byu .edu/ awe . GWS honors the best student essay related to women’s studies each year with the Susa Young Gates award, and the new Minerva Teichert Prize for Creative Work supports visual and performing arts that honor and advance the creative work of women .

Become a GWS Faculty Affiliate:

If your research, teaching, or service involves women or gender issues, we would love to have you affiliate with GWS . Send us 125 words about your work and a photo of yourself that you would like us to include on our website . Let us know you want to get involved: globalwomensstudies@byu .edu .

Join WSTAR, the Women’s Studies Faculty Teaching and Research group:

If you would like to join our research group, please let us know: globalwomensstudies@byu .edu . If you are currently writing an article or a chapter that involves women or gender issues and you would like to share your work and receive feedback from colleagues, please reach out to schedule a meeting: sara_phenix@byu .edu .

Humanities Center

(4103 JFSB)

After a long, strange hiatus nobody saw coming, the Humanities Center begins its tenth year by returning tentatively, gingerly to normal . This means we’ll be holding meetings according to our usual schedule, welcoming guests whose presence was postponed, and scheduling events throughout the year . Here are a few upcoming items: § Our theme for the coming year— which is to say, the subject of one of our big upcoming events—is “On Belief .” It will be the subject of our third annual (well, almost annual) symposium Friday and Saturday, September 24–25. Eight scholars from different universities will be joining us Friday on campus and Saturday up at Sundance .

§ Weekly colloquia (and the receptions Brooke always organizes for us!) return most Thursdays at 3:00 . They will begin September 9 and will include a mix of presentations by individual faculty, guests from other universities, and roundtable discussions .

§ Faith and Imagination is now the name of a Humanities Center podcast, but beginning October 22, it will also resume as a lecture series . Heidi Hornik, an art historian from Baylor, will speak with interested faculty about her acclaimed book The Art of Christian Reflection, and she will lecture to faculty and students on a subject of her current scholarship .

§ We’re partnering with the Faculty Center to co-host a faculty workshop by Christina Bieber Lake, the Clyde S . Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College, on November 12, with a follow-up discussion in December . In addition, interested faculty and students will have the opportunity to talk with Christina about her recent book Beyond the Story: American Fiction and the Limits of Materialism. § Our undergraduate HumGrant Symposium can handle anything, even a pandemic (as it’s one of the few traditional events we actually held last year) . This year’s version is scheduled for Friday, October 29. § We will hold our annual lecture during the winter semester, though that event is still in the planning stages . § The university and College generously support the Humanities Center—which is to say, they generously support faculty scholarship . So we will be taking proposals for research groups, book manuscript workshops, and one-year Humanities Center fellowships . Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements and deadlines .

More information on all these events will be forthcoming . As ever, if you have ideas for ways the Humanities Center can help you with your scholarship or more fully realize the intellectual life of our college, please contact Matt Wickman .

Faculty Publishing Service

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The Faculty Publishing Service (FPS) continues to offer a variety of publishing-related services to members of the College of Humanities, as well as to other entities across campus . In addition to editing books, articles, and other documents, the FPS staff can design and typeset books and journals, create indexes, manage image permissions, transcribe interviews, and help with many other publishing- related tasks .

Typically, student interns are the first members of the FPS team to work on a project . Then, professional editors review the content and make any additional changes needed . As a result, the finished product meets high-quality standards and the interns receive feedback on how to continue refining their skills .

Thanks to financial support from the College of Humanities, faculty in the College can use the service for free . To request the FPS’s services, please fill out the form at https://bit .ly/3xy6N7X . If you have any questions, please contact Suzy Bills (suzy_bills@byu .edu) .

International Cinema

(3182 JFSB and 250 KMBL)

The International Cinema (IC) program is back for fall 2021!

After scaling back our offerings last year, IC plans to return this fall with a

full schedule of in-person screenings of the best in international feature films and documentaries in our home in 250 KMBL . Things to look forward to this semester include: § IC POSTER: Grab a copy of our iconic IC poster, or download a PDF at ic .byu .edu, to see all the films that will be screened this semester .

§ ENCORE WEEKEND: Three popular films from Winter 2021 semester will return for screenings on Friday, August 27th and Saturday the 28th: Weathering with You (2019), Emma (2020), and Identifying Features (2020) . § WEEKLY FILM SERIES: As always, IC will feature a number of weekly film series formed around relevant social, cultural, and aesthetic issues, including Morricone Around the World (celebrating the film scores of composer Ennio Morricone), War and Reconciliation, The Gift and Burden of Years, Indigenous Voices of the Americas, The Garden of Childhood, Films about Filmmaking, International Fantasy, and others .

§ IC LECTURES: Our popular Wednesday night lecture series will also resume in person in 250 KMBL along with post-screening discussions and other events .

§ IC PODCAST: Now in its fourth season, IC’s weekly podcast From the Booth will return with in-depth analysis of films by IC directors and guests . You can subscribe to the podcast at ic .byu .edu or through any of the major podcast services . § ICS MINOR: Please consider talking with your students about the international studies minor . You can learn more about this program at ic .byu .edu . Notice as well the list of upcoming classes taught by our amazing colleagues . If you have an upcoming class that would be appropriate for ICS minors, please contact the IC directors: Doug Weatherford, Marc Yamada, and Marie-Laure Oscarson .

If you want to stay on top of everything going on at IC, make sure to subscribe to our weekly email update by sending a request to int-cinema@byu .edu . We would love to hear from you if you have ideas about how to incorporate IC into your syllabus or have suggestions for us of films we should consider for future schedules .

Liberal Arts Advisement & Careers

(1041 JFSB)

The Liberal Arts Advisement and Careers Center (LAAC) helps students become career-ready . We do this by helping them create intentional, informed plans for their coursework and experiential learning that allow them to gain essential competencies and skills . We coach them to reflect on their goals and experiences and to translate them into a compelling professional

narrative . We are most successful in these endeavors when we collaborate with faculty . We look forward to a new year of partnership for the good of our students .

Since March 2020, we have continued to provide services to students through Zoom, email, and over the phone . Our undergraduate specialists also worked during regular hours to help students with class planning, graduation questions, substitutions, registration, etc . We have learned a great deal about what we can do, and we look forward to offering students in-person and remote options for meeting with us . We invite you to visit our website, liberalarts .byu . edu, for more information on our center and the programs we advise . We all saw many changes during the past academic year . We said goodbye to esteemed colleagues: Jenny Hoggan, Heather Sanborn, and Doug Porter . We miss them but are excited for the opportunities each of them is experiencing now . We have since hired Bryan Walker, Andrew Roberts, and Sara White . We are already reaping the benefits of their work and are excited for their futures with us .

Bryan comes to us from St . George where he was previously advising professional graduate students . His passion for coaching and mentoring students is reflected in his work . Andrew has left the Arizona desert for the Utah desert to continue his work in advising students . His previous work as an academic advisor and student success manager will be honed further as he continues his path with us . Our newest advisor, Sara, has joined us after three years at Indiana University as a career coach . She brings an impressive history of both international and domestic teaching experiences . We look forward to an exciting year of growth!

Office of Digital Humanities

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The Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) offers the following programs and services as part of its mission to provide research and technical support to the College, faculty, and students: § Digital Humanities and Technology (DigHT) minor: This minor is available to all who wish to develop technological and analytical skills to support any humanities discipline . Minor requirements and courses for digital humanities, programming, print publishing, web development, and linguistic computing tracks are described at https://dight . byu .edu . Contact Dr . Jeremy Browne, 2-7439 .

§ Digital Humanities Research Consulting: Help in incorporating digital tools and methods into your humanities research, including textual analysis software, geographic information systems tools, and digital pedagogical tools . Contact Dr . Brian Croxall, 2-7425 .

§ Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Consulting: We offer help in incorporating or creating CALL or intelligent CALL software tools in your language learning . For instance, we have access to tools that allow you to digitally parse L2 texts for the purpose of morphological analysis and automated creation of drill and practice exercises . Contact Rob Reynolds, 2-7426 . § Curriculum Development: Our programming staff can help create and administer technology-assisted instruction, including maintaining legacy programs, such as http:// webclips .byu .edu for grammar testing and remediation; Learning Web, for customized online tutorials; and textbook programs . Contact Rob Reynolds, 2-6448 . § Research Programming and Web Services Support: Sponsor, advance, and sustain humanities research activities throughout the university with programming and web development . Contact Tory Anderson, 385-207-8454 .

§ Humanities Computer Support: CSRs in 4138 JFSB provide desktop and laptop support for all full- and part-time college faculty and staff . Contact the CSR staff at 2-2600 or our full-time CSR, Brad Woodward, 2-2739 .

§ College Server Administration: We offer local expertise for allocating server space for college, department, and other projects; monitoring collegesupported websites; and file-sharing capabilities . Contact Mark Wilson, 2-8927 .

§ Foreign Language Achievement Testing Services (FLATS): FLATS provides both BYU and non-BYU students the opportunity to receive up to 12 semester hours of university credit by online examination . More information is at http://flats .byu .edu . Contact FLATS Testing, 2-3512 . § Humanities Testing Lab: Our testing lab in B151–B153 JFSB offers a proctored environment for computer-based multimedia exams . Instructors within the College of Humanities wishing to have their exams administered in this location may have customized tests created and administered in this lab . Contact Russell Hansen, 2-9295 . § Humanities Learning Commons (HLR): Flexible study spaces in 1141 JFSB provide a setting for language students to work collaboratively on communicative language skills . This space can also be reserved on approval for departmental events . Contact Russell Hansen, 2-9295 . § HLC computer lab: Located in 1131 JFSB, the HLC computer lab provides students with both Mac and Windows computers and the software required for college programs . The HLC also maintains digital access to

audio, video, and textual material . Other HLC services include:

ú Audio recording studio ú Group study/testing/video conference rooms ú Projectors, cameras, laptops, iPads, and equipment checkout ú Customized streaming video services:

Hummedia ú Region-free DVD & Blu-ray players ú NTSC, PAL, SECAM VHS conversion to digital formats ú Reel-to-reel and audio cassette digital conversion ú Slide and document scanners ú Audio transcription system ú Support and access for Mango and

Pronunciator Language Programs § Kennedy Center Flag and Culture Kit collections: For further information on these or other HLC services, see our website: http://hlr .byu . edu or call the HLC at 2-5424 or the supervisor, Russell Hansen, 2-9295 . § Foreign Language Activity Commons: This nontraditional social space offers facilities for cooking and cultural activities with projection and television systems . It is also a place for individual or group study conversations, or department activities: http://flac .byu .edu . Contact Russell Hansen, 2-9295, or the FLAC directly at 2-7103 .

§ WordCruncher Team: WordCruncher is a state-of-the-art research tool for searching, studying, and analyzing e-books and text corpora . It is available for your use free of charge . The WordCruncher team is available to come to your office, demonstrate, and install WordCruncher; answer questions; discuss your projects; and help you as needed . Their website is wordcruncher . com, or email them at wordcruncher@ byu .edu . Contact Monte Shelley, 2-7325 .

§ Web Support Team: For questions and problems with department websites, we offer a College Web team and hotline . Call John Cheng at 2-7400 or email humwebhelp@byu . edu . The team can be found in 4138 JFSB . § JKB Commons Area and Services: If there is a billing issue because of JKB copy machine errors, a refund may be obtained through the ID Center at 2-5092 . JKB computer support will still be available from the ODH CSRs .

Computer Support Team, 2-2600 Web Support Team 2-7400 For a quick who-to-call list, go to

humsupport.byu.edu

ODH Directory and Specialties: Tory Anderson, 385-207-8454

ú Application development ú Databases ú Online funding applications for students and faculty

Devin Asay, 2-6510

ú ODH Director ú LiveCode ú Database development

ú Mac Lab configuration ú Mac troubleshooting and support ú Room Scheduling

Bonnie Bingham, 2-5360

ú Department Secretary ú FLATS administrator of 12-credit, pass/fail foreign language tests for non-BYU students and certain languages for BYU students ú JKB lab attendant supervisor

Jeremy Browne, 2-7439

ú Coordinator for Digital Humanities (DigHT) program ú Internships—DigHT ú HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python

Brian Croxall, 2-7425

ú Digital Humanities ú DH Pedagogy ú Digital methods for textual analysis ú Python

Russell Hansen, 2-9295 or 2-5424

ú Labs—HLC, FLAC, computer labs (including supervising employees) ú Door codes/locks for all ODH rooms ú Video conferencing ú Recording Studio ú Equipment checkout and questions ú Media conversion—audio, video, obsolete formats ú Testing Lab Supervisor ú Test scheduling ú Test development ú LiveCode ú Computer Lab Software

John Cheng, 2-7400

ú Humanities College Webmaster ú Website development and maintenance ú Databases ú Domain name services

ú WordPress questions ú Website support team supervisor ú Linux

Robert Reynolds, 2-7426

ú Computer Assisted Language Learning ú Text processing (machine-learning and rule-based) ú Python ú Linux ú CLIPS ú Hummedia/Y-Video/Audio/Video questions ú Software development ú Intelligent CALL development (ICALL)

Mark Wilson, 2-8927

ú Humanities College Server Administrator ú Server security issues ú User management on college servers ú BYU internal domain name services ú Server backups ú Linux ú Faculty space allocation on college servers ú Database management ú Active Directory user management

Brad Woodward, 2-2739

ú College of Humanities Computer Support Representative (CSR) ú IT Manager (for BYU IT Services questions) ú Video conferencing/Zoom ú Ordering computers and equipment for the College of Humanities ú Software Purchasing ú Problems with digital signage monitors

WordCruncher Team, 2-7325

Monte Shelley: Managing Director Jason Dzubak: Application Developer Jesse Vincent: Text Preparation & Testing

Research and Writing Center

(3340 HBLL) rwc.byu.edu 801-422-1885

Mission: The RWC provides a supportive and resource-rich environment where trained undergraduate consultants collaborate with students across campus to increase awareness, abilities, and confidence in any part of the research and writing process .

Note: Beginning in Fall 2021, the RWC will return to face-to-face consultations while also continuing to offer both synchronous and asynchronous online consultations. Students can drop in at 3340 HBLL or schedule an appointment at rwc.byu.edu.

Student Resources:

§ Peer Consultations (face-to-face and online) – Individualized sessions with trained consultants who help students understand assignment expectations, brainstorm ideas, use library resources to locate sources, consider a reader’s response to their writing, discuss and model revision strategies, learn how to become self-editors, follow citation and formatting guidelines, and more . § Email Consultations (asynchronous)– Trained consultants offer a reader’s response over email to a student’s specific questions about their writing

project . *Intended for students who might be unable to attend synchronous consultations.

§ Writing Tutorial for Multilingual Writers – A new program designed to provide ESL and multilingual students longitudinal support during a semester when their coursework is particularly writing-intensive . In the tutorial, students are paired one-on-one with a specially-trained peer writing consultant and will meet with this same consultant every week throughout the semester to work on their individual writing goals . § Writing Guides – The RWC offers nearly 60 handouts on topics ranging from types of writing to grammar and usage, as well as access to reference materials and style handbooks (APA, Chicago, MLA, and more) .

Faculty Resources:

§ Class Visits: Consultants can visit classes to briefly introduce students and faculty to RWC services . § Email Notification: Faculty can receive a post-session report following a student visit .

§ Syllabus Statement: A sample description of RWC services is available on our website .

§ Writing Center Representatives: Experienced writing consultants coordinate with an instructor who is planning to send students to the RWC for a specific writing assignment(s) .

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These consultants meet with the instructor to gather information about a specific assignment and then help prepare RWC consultants to support students with that assignment . Additionally, Writing Center Representatives also visit the course to introduce students to RWC services and show students how to schedule an appointment . § Course-Embedded Consultants: Experienced writing consultants work within a specific class for an entire semester, assisting students through all stages of the writing process . Course- embedded consultants meet with students and respond to their writing, hold office hours, run in-class or out-of-class workshops, teach writing principles as needed, and offer students an informed reader-response to their writing .

Program Highlights (2020–21 academic year)

ú 13,109 total consultations: 1,027 research and 12,082 writing ú 5,998 learners participated in writing or research consultations; 45 .5% visited multiple times ú 13 .3% of consultations were with learners who self-identified as English language learners ú 835 courses were served, representing all 11 colleges ú 52% of courses served represented the College of Humanities (including University Writing) Program Coordinators

Writing Administrators

Tyler Gardner, Manager: tyler_ gardner@byu .edu, 801-422-7844 Zach Largey, Associate Manager: zach_largey@byu .edu, 801-422-4306 Katie Watkins, Associate Manager: katie_watkins@byu .edu, 801-422-9784 David Stock, Associate Professor of English, Faculty Coordinator: david_ stock@byu .edu

Research Administrators

Jessica Green, RWC Specialist: jessica_green@byu .edu, 801-422-1165 Suzanne Julian, Senior Librarian, Instruction Department Chair: suzanne_julian@byu .edu, 801-422-2813