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Leaders, Advisors, and Staff

ERWC Steering Committee

Name Title Affiliation Email Address
Jennifer Fletcher (Chair) Committee Chair and Professor of English Department of Humanities and Communication, California State University, Monterey Bay jfletcher@csumb.edu
Meline Akashian English Teacher Temecula Middle School, Temecula Valley Unified School District makashian@tvusd.k12.ca.us
Adele Arellano Professor College of Education Teaching Credentials, California State University Sacramento ara@csus.edu
Lisa Benham Director Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

lbenham@fcoe.org

Debra Boggs Coordinator for Language and Literacy 

Merced County Office of Education

dboggs@mcoe.org
Mariam Catania Content Coordinator Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

MCatania@fcoe.org

Roberta Ching Professor Emerita Department of English, California State University Sacramento chingrj@csus.edu
Ginny Crisco Professor and Coordinator First-Year Writing Program, Department of English, California State University Fresno vcrisco@csufresno.edu
Kim Flachmann Professor/Director Department of English/Writing Programs, California State University Bakersfield kflachmann@csub.edu
Nelson Graff Professor/Director Communication Across the Disciplines, California State University Monterey Bay ngraff@csumb.edu
Carol Jago English Teacher (Retired) and Associate Director

Santa Monica High School
California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA

cjago@caroljago.com
Glen McClish Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies College or Arts and Letters, San Diego State University gmcclish@sdsu.edu
Marcy Merrill Professor/Director, Early Assessment Program College of Education, California State University, Sacramento merrills@skymail.csus.edu
Debra Robinson English Teacher (Retired) East Side Union High School District darobin42@gmail.com
Chris Street Professor and Graduate Program Adviser Department of Secondary Education, CSU Fullerton cstreet@fullerton.edu
Faye Wong Director, Early Assessment Program California State University, San Bernardino

fwong@csusb.edu