Senate Members

The Faculty Senate requires 47 out of 92 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)

Executive Board Officers

Janet Hahn, President
Health and Human Services

David Rudge, Vice President
Arts and Sciences

Amy Naugle, Immediate Past President
Arts and Sciences

Matthew Dumican, Director
Health and Human Services

Lofton Durham, Director
Fine Arts

Wanda Hadley, Director
Education and Human Development

Decker Hains, Director and Parliamentarian
Business

Daniela Schroeter, Director
Arts and Sciences

David Szabla, Director
Education and Human Development

Laura Teichert, Director
Education and Human Development

Andre Venter, Director
Arts and Sciences

Departmental Representatives

Sunday Speer (2029)
Accountancy

Yuanliang Sun (2028)
Art

Patricia Villalobos Echeverria (2029)
Art

Geoffrey Lindenberg (2027)
Aviation Sciences

Nicholas Rowe (2029)
Aviation Sciences

Todd Barkman (2029)
Biological Sciences

David Rudge (2028)
Biological Sciences

Robert Wall Emerson (2028)
Blindness and Low Vision Studies

Bidyut Hazarika (2028)
Business Information Systems

Jiahe Song (2029)
Business Information Systems

Priyanka Sharma (2029)
Chemical and Paper Engineering

Andre Venter (2029)
Chemistry

Hexu Liu (2028)
Civil and Construction Engineering

Bryan Abendschein (2028)
Communication

Robert Makin (2027)
Computer Science

Stephanie Burns (2029)
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Jean Kimmel (2028)
Economics

Eric Archer (2027)
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Wayne Stitt (2027)
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Sandun Kuruppu (2029)
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jorge Rodriquez (2029)
Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems

Richard Katrovas (2027)
English

Benjamin Ofori-Amoah (2029)
Environment, Geography, and Sustainability

Meghan Wilkinson (2029)
Family and Consumer Sciences

Onur Arugaslan (2029)
Finance and Commercial Law

Mine Dogan Diker (2027)
Geological and Environmental Sciences

Evan Kutzler (2029)
History

Carol Weideman (2029)
Human Performance and Health Education

Bob White (2029)
Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management

Britt Hartenberger (2028)
Intercultural and Anthropological Studies

Lori Gray (2026-27 academic year substitute for Janet Hahn) (2027)
Interdisciplinary Health Programs

Marianne Swierenga (2029)
Libraries

Douglas Lepisto (2028)
Management

Scott Cowley (2028)
Marketing

Bret Wagner (2029)
Marketing

Daniela Hernandez (2027)
Mathematics

Thayma Lutz (2028)
Mathematics

Peter Gustafson (2027)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jacob Berglin (2028)
Music

Trey Harris (2027)
Music

Rhea Olivacce (2029)
Music

Elissa Allen (2027)
Nursing

Katharine Gross (2028)
Nursing

Kimberly Ganzevoort (2028)
Occupational Therapy

James Martin (2029)
Philosophy

Daren Webb (2027)
Physical Therapy

William Cimbalik (2028)
Physician Assistant

Clement Burns (2028)
Physics

Yuan-kang Wang (2028)
Political Science

Anthony DeFulio (2029) 
Psychology

Diane Riggs (2027)
Religion and Cultures (World)

Patrick Hanlin (2028)
Sindecuse Health Center Counseling Services

Mioara Diaconu (2028)
Social Work

Vyacheslav Karpov (2027)
Sociology

Antonio Isea (2027)
Spanish

Laura Teichert (2027)
Special Education and Literacy Studies

Matthew Dumican (2027)
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Joshua Naranjo (2028)
Statistics

Marcia Fetters (2027)
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Jeffrey Jones (2028)
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

Lofton Durham (2029)
Theatre and Dance

Viviane Ruellot (2027)
World Languages and Literature

Representatives-at-Large

Osama Abudayyeh (2027)
Civil and Construction Engineering

Pnina Ari-Gur (2027)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Patrick Bennett (2027)
Mathematics

Wanda Hadley (2029)
Education Leadership, Research, and Technology

Decker Hains (2028)
Management

Nathan Lisak (2028)
Aviation

Jes Lopez (2029)
Aviation

Mustafa Mirzeler (2029)
English

VACANT (2028)

Ex Officio (all past presidents are also ex officio)

Russ Kavalhuna 
President

Chris Cheatham 
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Vacant, Chair
Academic and Information Technology Council

Vacant, Chair
Campus Planning and Finance Council

Vacant, Chair
Graduate Studies Council

Vacant, Chair
International Education Council

Vacant, Chair
Research and Creative Activities Council

Vacant, Chair
Undergraduate Studies Council

Presidential Appointees

Diane Anderson (2027)
Vice President for Student Affairs

Remzi Seker (2027)
Vice President for Research and Innovation

Jan Van Der Kley (2027)
Vice President for Business and Finance

Emeriti Representatives

John Jellies (2028)
Biological Sciences

Mary Lagerwey (2027)
Nursing

Lester Wright (2029)
Psychology

Past Presidents

William Rantz
Aviation

C. Dennis Simpson
School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs

Sarah Summy
Special Education and Literacy Studies

Suzan Smith-Ayers
Family and Consumer Sciences