Research Policies Council Members

MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1

The RPC 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

Andre Venter, Chairperson

Wanda Hadley, Vice Chairperson

Jesse Smith, Secretary

Ex Officio members

Anthony DeFulio
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent members

Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Dean, Graduate College

Christopher Cheatham (substitute for Provost Vasquez Heilig at alternating meetings)
(designee for the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)

Remzi Seker
Vice President for Research and Innovation

Julian Vasquez Heilig
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Elected members

Onur Arugaslan (2027)
Business

Mert Atilhan (2025)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Carrie Barrett (2026)
Representative-at-Large (Health and Human Services)

Patrick Bennett (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)

Amy Bocko (2027)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)

Lofton Durham (2025)
Fine Arts

Angela Groves (2026)
Health and Human Services

Wanda Hadley (2027)
Education and Human Development

Selim Ozyurek (2026)
Aviation

Jesse Smith (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)

Bilinda Straight (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)

Andre Venter (2027)
Representative-at-Large (Arts and Sciences)

Kevin Wanner (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)

Student members

Michael Osei
Graduate Student

Hellen Agbevey
Graduate Student