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 Meeting Dates for AY 2021-2022.
Academic Senate Membership
Academic Senate Executive Committee 2021-2022
- Desirée D. Rowe, Chair
- Cole Reilly, Vice Chair
- Joel Slotkin, Secretary
- Ellen Hondrogiannis, Member-at-Large
- Melanie Perreault, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
- Maggie Reitz, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Academic Senate
| Name | Department | College | Term Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Abeza, Gashaw |
Kinesiology | CHP | 2022 |
| Badejo, Johannes |
Department of Computer and Information Science Adjunct Faculty Representative |
FCSM | 2024 |
| Beck, Harald | Biological Sciences | FCSM | 2023 |
| Caffrey-Hill, Julia | Library | Library | 2024 |
| Christenson, LeaAnn | Early Childhood Education | COE | 2024 |
| Crusse, Elizabeth | Nursing | CHP | 2023 |
| Debicki, Bart | Management | CBE | 2024 |
| Deng, Min |
Mathematics |
FCSM |
2023 |
| Esh, John | Library | At Large | 2023 |
| Gissendanner, Cindy | Chair Representative | CLA | 2022 |
| Hicken, Laura | Music | COFAC | 2023 |
|
Hondrogiannis, Ellen |
Chemistry (FCSM) | At Large | 2024 |
|
Hong, Huili |
Elementary Education | COE | 2024 |
|
Huang, Jian |
Finance |
CBE | 2023 |
| Kreitzer, Keren |
Psychology Adjunct Faculty Representative |
CLA | 2022 |
| Liwanag, Maria Perpetua | Elementary Education | COE | 2024 |
|
Luchese, Diane |
Music | COFAC | 2022 |
|
McGinley, Jared |
Psychology | CLA | 2023 |
| Mullen, Laurie | Deans Representative | COE | 2022 |
| Murungi, John |
Philosophy (CLA) |
At Large | 2024 |
| Mydlack, Danny | Electronic Media and Film (COFAC) | At Large | 2024 |
| Pampinella, Margherita | Languages, Literatures, & Cultures | CLA | 2022 |
| Reilly, Cole | Elementary Education | At Large | 2023 |
| Romero, Jorge | Accounting | CBE | 2022 |
| Rowe, Desirée | Communication Studies | COFAC | 2024 |
| Siegel, Martha |
Mathematics TURFA Representative |
FCSM | 2022 |
| Sinnott, Bria | Library | At Large | 2024 |
| Slotkin, Joel | English | CLA | 2022 |
| Smith, William |
Management TURFA Alternate Representative |
CBE | 2022 |
| Soto, Ana Maria | Chemistry | FCSM | 2022 |
| Wood, Caroline | Health Sciences | CHP | 2024 |
Ex Officio (voting)
- Laurie Mullen, Dean, College of Education (2022)
- Cindy Gissendanner, Council of Chairs Representative (2022)
- Elin Lobel, Kinesiology, AAUP Representative (2022)
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
- Heather Sorenson, Chair of TUSS
- Jordan Deveux, President of the SGA
- Paige Trzaskawka, Vice President of the SGA
- David Bauer, President of the GSA
- Zhu Zhu, Vice President of the GSA