The Academic Senate is the primary policy-making body of the university as well as the academic community's primary advisory body to the president.
Academic Senate
Meetings
Monthly meetings are held on the first Monday of the month, from 4 – 6 p.m. and are open to anyone who would like to attend them. If you would like to be added to the monthly email distribution list, please contact the Office of the Provost.
Academic Senate Membership
Academic SENATE Executive committee 2020-2021
- Jennifer Ballengee, Chair
- Desirée D. Rowe, Vice Chair
- Heather Haverback, Secretary
- Amanda Burnham, Member-at-Large
- Melanie Perreault, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Maggie Reitz, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Academic Senate
| Name | Department | College | Term Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Abeza, Gashaw |
Kinesiology | CHP | 2022 |
|
Anthony, James |
Music TURFA Alternative Representative |
COFAC | 2021 |
|
Ballengee, Jennifer |
English | At Large | 2021 |
| Beck, Harald | Biological Sciences | FCSM | 2023 |
| Crusse, Elizabeth | Nursing | CHP | 2023 |
| Deng, Min |
Mathematics |
FCSM
|
2023 |
| Burnham, Amanda | Art + Design, Art History, Art Education | At Large | 2021 |
| Esh, John | Library | At Large | 2023 |
| Gissendanner, Cindy | Chair Representative | CLA | 2022 |
| Gold, Carl |
Family Studies & Community Development Adjunct Faculty Representative |
CLA | 2021 |
| Haverback, Heather | Secondary & Middle School Education | COE | 2021 |
| Hicken, Laura | Music | COFAC | 2023 |
|
Holmes, Claire |
Library | Library | 2021 |
|
Ji, Yong-Yeon |
Management |
CBE | 2021 |
|
McGinley, Jared |
Psychology | CLA | 2023 |
| Kreitzer, Keren |
Psychology Adjunct Faculty Representative |
CLA | 2022 |
| Liu, Xiaoming | Elementary Education | COE | 2021 |
|
Tootoonchi, Nahid (substitute for Luchese, Diane) |
Art + Design, Art History, Art Education | COFAC | 2022 |
| Mullen, Laurie | Deans Representative | COE | 2022 |
| Mydlack, Dan |
Electronic Media & Film AAUP Representative |
COFAC | 2021 |
| Oslund, Karen | History | At Large | 2021 |
| Pampinella, Margherita | Foreign Languages | CLA | 2022 |
| Reilly, Cole | Elementary Education | At Large | 2023 |
| Romero, Jorge | Accounting | CBE | 2022 |
| Rowe, Desiree | Communication Studies | COFAC | 2021 |
| Sadera, Bill | Educational Technology & Literacy | COE | 2021 |
| Siegel, Martha |
Mathmatics TURFA Representative |
FCSM | 2021 |
| Slotkin, Joel | English | CLA | 2022 |
| Soto, Ana Maria | Chemistry | FCSM | 2022 |
| Stump, Rodney | Marketing | CBE | 2023 |
| Yeager, Jenna | Occupational Therapy & Occupational Science | CHP | 2021 |
|
Zimmerman, Jay |
Mathematics |
At Large | 2021 |
Ex Officio (voting)
- Laurie Mullen, Dean, College of Education (2022)
- Cindy Gissendanner, Council of Chairs Representative (2022)
- Danny Mydlack, Electronic Media & Film, AAUP Representative (2021)
Ex Officio (non-voting)
- Kim Schatzel, President
- Melanie Perreault, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Maggie Reitz, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- David Ownby, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies
- Terry Cooney, Rector of the Honors College
- Theresa Jenkins, Chair of TUSS
- Maman (Deguene) Ndiong, President of the SGA
- Jordan Deveux, Vice President of the SGA
- Johnathan Beckett, President of the GSA
- Kat Navarro, Vice President of the GSA