A photo of candidate Jessi Ulmer.

How would your studies and / or your professional experiences advance the goals of WPA-GO? These goals may be found in the About Me section of WPA-GO’s website: http://wpacouncil.org/wpa-go (no more than 150 words) *

As a PT grad student and FT NTT instructor, I hope to promote a wider variety of graduate student experiences AND career goals for WPA-GO members.

What kinds of support do you value as a graduate student and how would you further those forms of support for others through WPA-GO? (no more than 250 words) *

Mentoring by like-minded scholars; collegial support groups

CWPA pledges to “foster inclusion more generally; promote research into student diversities; promote policies that increase diversity in our membership and in the population of people who administer writing programs; and explicitly act against the structures that cause injustice today,” and WPA-GO is dedicated to supporting this mission. How will your selection to the WPA-GO Graduate Committee advance these goals? Please answer this question by choosing one barrier you identify to meeting these goals in writing studies. How would your work within WPA-GO specifically address this barrier? (no more than 500 words) *

I strive for accessibility and inclusion in all my work as a disabled person and accessibility expert. I’ve been working with the accessibility and disability groups from WPA and WPA-GO to ensure access at the conference over the past year by making note of inaccessible aspects of other events that I attend. I hope to continue this work on the cmte.