[Englecturers] RE: English Chair Appointment

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Yes, many thanks to Deborah. We could not have made the progress we have
without her. Best, Steve

Steven Gould Axelrod
Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
951 780 5653 (home phone) 

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Subject: RE: English Chair Appointment


Dear Deborah,

Thank you for your hard and persistent work on the TAships as well. I feel
that we are in a better place today than we have been for many months. While
I know we could find our selves back in the mud pile, at least we have a few
positives today that we might not have had. 

Thanks to all,

Emory  

Emory Elliott
University Professor
Distinguished Professor of English
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
0- 951-787-3987
H- 951-276-1157 
C- 951-288-3140
F-951-787-6377

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From: Deborah Willis [mailto:deborah.willis at ucr.edu] 
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 8:56 PM
To: Emory Elliott; 'Christine Deviny'; Rise.Axelrod at ucr.edu;
Steven.Axelrod at ucr.edu; DrBredbeck at aol.com; John.Briggs at ucr.edu;
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Vorris.Nunley at ucr.edu; michelle.raheja at ucr.edu;
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dwill at ucr.edu
Subject: RE: English Chair Appointment

To the Dept --

I was asked to join Steve and Chris Deviny at the meeting with Joel Martin 
today to discuss our concerns about TA allocations, and I want to report to 
the department about it.  We came away feeling cautiously optimistic -- the 
Dean finally seems to understand that we need more support for our 
continuing graduate students and that he (or his office) needs to step up 
and be an active advocate for better funding from the central 
administration.    And he was clearly concerned that we might not be able 
to admit any new students next year.   The upshot of the meeting was -- 
well, yes, another meeting.   Steve, Katherine, and I will work with Scott 
Coltrane and Maurya Simon early next week to build the case for more 
TAships and/or other sources of support for our continuing 
students.   After that meeting, we should have a better idea about whether 
we can proceed with graduate admissions.  The English Dept is not alone in 
the problem of support for continuing students.  Assuming we reach an 
agreement about the numbers, the Dean will make the pitch to the central 
administration for more funds.

I am very grateful to both Steve and Katherine for making sure that the 
issue of TA allocations stayed front and center in their long, frustrating 
negotiations with the Dean.  I am sure that Katherine will be a wonderful 
Interim Chair.  We are far from living "happily ever after" but we are, I 
believe, in a much better position to face the battles that lie ahead.

And thanks to Greg for his eloquent memo earlier today.

Best,
Deborah

At 06:01 PM 1/28/2005 -0800, Emory Elliott wrote:
>Dear Katherine and Steve,
>
>Thank you for doing these jobs for us. This is an excellent outcome as 
>we get the wonderful strengths that you both bring to these positions.
>
>I am ready to help in any way I can.
>
>Yours,
>
>Emory
>
>Emory Elliott
>University Professor
>Distinguished Professor of English
>University of California
>Riverside, CA 92521
>0- 951-787-3987
>H- 951-276-1157
>C- 951-288-3140
>F-951-787-6377