International Education Council Members
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1, including at least 17 members, including the associate provost for the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, the study abroad director for the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, one administrator from the institute appointed by the associate provost, 11 faculty members elected by the Senate (three from Arts and Sciences–with representation from each division recommended, one from each of the other colleges, one from the Center for English Language and Culture for International Students, and one from unaffiliated units), the Faculty Senate president or executive board designee as an ex officio member, one undergraduate student selected by the Western Student Association and one graduate student selected by the Graduate Student Association.
The IEC requires 10 out of 17 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
Council officers
Bradford Dennis, Chair
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang, Vice Chair
Anna Popkova, Secretary
Ex Officio member
Wanda Hadley
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
Rosemary Max
Associate Vice Presdient, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Michelle Metro-Roland
Associate Director, External Scholarships and Faculty Development, and International Student Advocate, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Joseph Milostan
Director of Study Abroad and Faculty Enrichment, Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Elected members
Stephen Covell (2028)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)
Bradford Dennis (2026)
Unaffiliated Units (University Libraries)
Dyanne Foskey (2028)
Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Tarun Gupta (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Lucius Hallett (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Vanessa Hills (2028)
Education and Human Development
Anne Kairu (2027)
Aviation
Elena Lisovskaya (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)
Shannon McMorrow (2026)
Health and Human Services
Anna Popkova (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)
Patricia Villalobos (acdemic year substitute for Yuanliang (Leon) Sun) (2027)
Fine Arts
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang (2028)
Business
Student members
Aishi Dhar Puja
Graduate Student
Nayab Tufail
Undergraduate Student - International Student Council
Tate Wierda
Undergraduate Student
Advisory Members
*Reetha Raveendran
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs