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 11 out of 19 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

Anna Popkova, Chair

Shannon McMorrow, Vice Chair

Vanessa Hills, Secretary

Ex Officio member

Wanda Hadley
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent members

Rosemary Max
Associate Vice President, 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 (2029)
Unaffiliated Units (University Libraries)

Dyanne Foskey (2028)
Center for English Language and Culture for International Students

Tarun Gupta (2029)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Vanessa Hills (2028)
Education and Human Development

Anne Kairu (2027)
Aviation

Elena Lisovskaya (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)

Shannon McMorrow (2029)
Health and Human Services

Anna Popkova (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)

Yuanliang (Leon) Sun (2027)
Fine Arts

Xiaodan (Abby) Wang (2028)
Business

VACANT (2029)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)

Student members

VACANT
Undergraduate Student - International Student Council

Ellena Ransom 
Undergraduate Student 

VACANT
Graduate Student

Advisory Members

*Amber Li
Senior Director of International Student and Scholar Services, Haenicke Institute for Global Education

*Reetha Raveendran 
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs