Academic Senate

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.

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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 . If you have questions regarding the Academic Senate, please contact the

Academic Senate Meeting Dates for AY 2024-25.

Academic Senate Constitution and By-Laws

Academic Senate Sharepoint 

Academic Senate Membership

Academic Senate Executive Committee 2024-2025

  • Bart Debicki, Chair
  • Cheryl Brown, Vice Chair
  • Maria João Lobo Antunes, Secretary
  • Ellen Hondrogiannis, Member-at-Large
  • Melanie Perreault, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Cynthia Cooper, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Academic Senate

Name Department College Term Expires
Adeleye, Elizabeth Adjunct Representative FSCM 2027
Antunes, Maria João Lobo Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminial Justice CLA 2026
Beck, Harald Biological Sciences (FCSM) At Large 2026
Bentahar, Ziad Languages, Literatures & Cultures (CLA) At Large 2025
Bor, Hana Family Science CLA 2027
Brewer, Katie Nursing CHP 2026
Brown, Cheryl

Computer & Information Sciences

FCSM

 2026
Collister-Murray, Phillip Music COFAC 2026
Dearborn, Walter Health Sciences (Lecturer rep) CHP 2026
Debicki, Bart Management CBE 2027
Devadas, Mary Chemistry & Forensic Science FCSM 2025
Dixon-Payne, Deneen Elementary Education COE 2026
Dondero, Katie

Kinesiology

CHP

 2027
Emanuel, Diana Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology CHP 2025

Garczynski, Joyce

Library

 At Large 2027
Guha, Pallavi Mass Communication COFAC 2025

Hondrogiannis, Ellen

 Chemistry & Forensic Science (FCSM) At Large 2027

Jackson, Omari

Instructional Leadership & Professional Development

 COE 2027
Kolagani, Raj Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences FCSM 2026

Locco, June

English (Adjunct faculty rep)

 CLA 2025

Moody, Stephanie

Early Childhood Education

 COE 2027

Nag, Barin

Business Analytics & Technology Management

 CBE 2026
Pampinella, Margherita Languages, Literatures, & Cultures CLA 2025
Peev, Plamen Marketing CBE 2025
Sadera, Bill Learning Technologies, Design & School Library Media COE 2025
Siegel, Martha

Mathematics (TURA rep)

 FCSM 2024
Stephenson, Paul

History, Lecturer Representative

 CLA 2026
Sweeney, Lisa

Library

 Library 2027
Wray, Peter Theatre COFAC 2026
Zimmerman, Jay Mathematics At large 2027
Zipp Dowd, Samantha Psychology (Lecturer rep) CLA 2026

Ex Officio (voting)

  • Laurie Mullen - Dean, College of Education - Deans Representative (2024)
  • Heather Haverback - Chair, Department of Secondary and Middle Education - Council of Chairs Representative (2024)
  • Elin Lobel - Kinesiology - AAUP Representative (2024)

Ex Officio (non-voting)

  • Melanie Perreault, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Cynthia Cooper, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Clare Muhoro, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
  • David Ownby, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies
  • Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Dean of the Honors College
  • Heather Sorensen, Chair of TUSS
  • Edmund Rhynes, Jr, President of the SGA
  • Olusimisola Sanni, Vice President of the SGA
  • Brianna Saffran, President of the GSA
  • Samuel Little, Vice President of the GSA

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TU Academic Senate meeting agendas - AY 2024-25:

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TU Academic Senate meeting documents - Sharepoint