1. Department of English University of Pittsburgh CID Team Members : Eric Clarke, David Bartholomae, Don Bialostoski, Paul Bové, Steven Carr, Lucy Fischer, Kathryn Flannery, Kate Johnson, Ronald Judy, Valerie Krips, Marcia Landy, Adam Lowenstein, Richard Purcell, Jim Seitz, John Twyning, Stefan Wheelock

2. Years 1-3: Introduction to Cultural and Critical Studies Faculty advising 2 core courses: History of Criticism, Seminar in Pedagogy 11 electives Program certificates: Film Studies, Composition, Children’s Literature Research and Teaching Field Teaching support: CEAT Foreign language(s) requirement

3. Years 3-4: The PhD Project Student-designed version of the comprehensive examination Project Proposal: approved by Project committee, reviewed by Graduate Procedures Committee Project Paper Project exams

4. Dissertation and Defense From the Project to the Dissertation Teaching and dissertation research

5. Student Involvement in Culture and Governance Graduate Student Organization Graduate student voting Representation on committees CEAT mentors Teaching opportunities across program areas

6. Innovations Past and Present Interprogrammatic emphasis Integration of theory and literature, research and teaching Recent changes in structure and curriculum Looking forward: Revitalize “criticism”

7. The Novel Idea Issue-orientated public seminar series.