Leaders, Advisors, and Staff

ERWC Steering Committee

NameRole TitleAffiliationEmail Address
Dr. Cyndi PaikERWC Program DirectorCAR/W Co-Director  CSU Office of the Chancellorcpaik@calstate.edu
Dr. Jennifer FletcherChairCommittee Chair and Professor of EnglishDepartment of Humanities and Communication, California State University, Monterey Bayjfletcher@csumb.edu
Dr. Chris StreetVice-Chair/Communications Work Group Lead/CATE LiaisonProfessor and Graduate Program AdviserDepartment of Secondary Education, CSU Fullertoncstreet@fullerton.edu
Debra BoggsSecretary/Curriculum Work Group LeadCoordinator for Language and Literacy Merced County Office of Educationdeb.a.boggs@gmail.com
Dr. Ginny CriscoParliamentarian/Professional Work Group LeadProfessor and CoordinatorFirst-Year Writing Program, Department of English, California State University Fresnovcrisco@csufresno.edu
Dr. Marcy MerrillCAR/W Faculty Council MemberProfessor/Director, Early Assessment ProgramCollege of Education, California State University, Sacramentomerrills@skymail.csus.edu
Chris EddingsCalifornia County Superintendents (CSS) LiasonProject Coordinator, ELA/ELD
ERWC Region 6 Lead 
 
Stanislaus County Office of Educationceddings@stancoe.org
Faye WongEAP Coordinator RepresentativeDirector, Early Assessment ProgramCalifornia State University, San Bernardinofwong@csusb.edu
Debra RobinsonSecondary School EducatorsEnglish Teacher (Retired)East Side Union High School Districtdarobin42@gmail.com
Dr. Lisa Benham County Office of Education Representative (COE)DirectorFresno County Superintendent of Schoolslbenham@fcoe.org
Dr. Robby ChingCSU Faculty MemberProfessor Emerita (Retired)Department of English, California State University Sacramentochingrj@csus.edu
Carol JagoSecondary School EducatorsEnglish Teacher (Retired) and Associate DirectorSanta Monica High School
California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA
cjago@caroljago.com
Dr. Glen McClishCSU Faculty MemberProfessor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies College or Arts and Letters, San Diego State Universitygmcclish@sdsu.edu
Dr. Matt MoberlyCSU Faculty MemberProfessor of EnglishCSU Stanislausmmoberly@csustan.edu
Dr. Monica Baldonado-RuizCSU Faculty Member Assistant Professor, Literacy and SDSU Literacy Center DirectorSan Diego State Universitymbaldonado@sdsu.edu
Professor Allison MurrayCalifornia Community College Representative Professor of EnglishLong Beach City Collegeamurray@lbcc.edu
Gemma JaureguiSecondary School Educator (Middle School) Literacy CoachLanguage Academy of Sacramentogjauregui@lasac.info
Frank MataSecondary School Educator (High SchoolTeacherCorona-Norco USD; Eleanor Roosevelt High School; CTA; NCTE; CATEfrankmata32@gmail.com
Rachel NguyenSecondary School Educator (High School) Teacher on Special AssignmentSJUSDrachelsnguyen19@gmail.com
Dr. Soomin ChaoCSU Faculty Member Assistant ProfessorCollege of Education, Literacy & Reading Education Departmentschao@fullerton.edu
Carolyn DiskinSecondary School Educator (Middle School) Teacher/PrincipalTehama County Department of Educationmrscarolyndiskin@gmail.com