WWP People

WWP Staff

The WWP has three permanent staff:

Our text encoding is done by a team of graduate and undergraduate student encoders. Job openings are posted at the Brown University Student Employment web site, but for information please contact us at WWP@brown.edu.

WWP Advisory Board

Executive Committee

  • Elizabeth Bryan, Associate Professor of English, Brown University
  • Victoria Burke, Associate Professor of English, University of Ottawa
  • Stuart Curran, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
  • James Egan, Professor of English, Brown University
  • Isobel Grundy, Professor Emerita of English, University of Alberta
  • Elizabeth Hageman, Professor Emerita of English, University of New Hampshire
  • Melinda Rabb, Professor of English, Brown University
  • Allen Renear, Professor of Information Science, University of Illinois
  • Susanne Woods, Independent scholar

Research Board

Project Consultants

  • Consulting Librarians: Ann Caldwell, Rockefeller Library, Brown University
  • Consulting Bibliographer: Richard Noble, John Hay Library, Brown University

WWP Alumni

Former Staff

The following people have contributed to the WWP in a variety of capacities, and we gratefully acknowledge their work!

  • Elaine Brennan: Assistant Director from 1988–1993
  • Carol DeBoer-Langworthy: Project Director from 1994–1998
  • Maria Fish: Project Administrator from 1992–1995
  • Wendy King: License Manager from 1999–2000
  • John Lavagnino: Textbase Editor from 1994–1997
  • Carole Mah: Programmer/Analyst from 1993-1999
  • Karen Murphy: Project Administrator from 1995–1998
  • Allen Renear: Project Co-director from 1993–1994
  • Elena Rivera: Senior Encoder from 1997–1999
  • Kristen Soule: Student Computing Coordinator
  • Lisa Vaillancourt: License Manager from 2000–2002
  • Paul Caton, Electronic Publications Manager from 1994-2007
  • Jacqueline Wernimont: Project Manager and Textbase Editor from 2007–2008
  • Susanne Woods: Project Director and Co-director from 1988–1994

Former Students

Over the years the WWP has been fortunate to have an extraordinary (and extensive) staff of student encoders and proofreaders, who because of their sheer numbers are listed separately here.

Former Collaborators

  • Walter Frieberger: consultant on the WWP’s RWO research, 1997–1999
  • Dominique Coulombe: Consulting librarian, 1999–2004
  • Helen Schmierer: Consulting librarian, 1999–2004

Former Advisors

The WWP gratefully acknowledges the advice and support we have received from former members of our advisory and research boards:

  • Vera Camden
  • Dominique Coulombe
  • Carol DeBoer-Langworthy
  • Marilyn Deegan
  • Stephen Foley
  • Neil Fraistat
  • Margaret Hannay
  • Elaine Hobby
  • Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
  • Sarah McNamer
  • Naomi Miller
  • C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
  • Sara Jayne Steen
  • Samuel Streit
  • Kathryn Sutherland
  • Merrily Taylor
  • Janet Todd
  • Georgianna Ziegler

The Women Writers Project is part of the Center for Digital Scholarship, and reports to the Director of Digital Technology within the Brown University Library.