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Faculty Senate

Standing Committees and Ad hoc Committees

The Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate are mandated by the Faculty Senate Constitution and all committee members are senators.

Executive Committee

  • Stephen Watts, President, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice 
  • Jeni Loftus, Past President, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology
  • Jeff Thieme, Secretary, Fogelman College of Business & Economics, Department of Marketing
  • William Alexander, Parliamentarian, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry
  • Laura Alderson, Executive-At-Large, Fogelman College of Business & Economics, Department of Managment 
  • Shahram Pezeshk, Executive-At-Large, Herff College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Committee on Committees

  • Stephanie Huette, Chair
  • Carol Silkes
  • Elena Delavega
  • Eli Jones

Academic Policies Committee

  • Elizabeth Gillespie, Chair
  • Denis Grélé
  • Andrew Hussey
  • Earnestine Jenkins
  • Max Paquette
  • Brian Ruggaber

Academic Support Committee

  • Mark Sunderman, Chair
  • Brad Dixon
  • Sean Driscoll
  • Andrew Keefer
  • Pavankumar Mulgund

Faculty Policies Committee

  • Eugene Buder, Chair
  • Genia Bettencourt
  • Danielle Copes
  • Robert Hewitt
  • Kristy Patrick-Lewis
  • Amy Wake

Research Policies Committee

  • Chrysanthe Preza
  • Reza Banai
  • James Fahey
  • Francisco Muller-Sanchez
  • Elise Blatchford
  • Marika Snyder
  • Tammy Combs

Administrative Policies Committee

  • Jeffrey Scraba, Chair
  • Sajjan Shiva
  • Micah Trapp
  • Xinhua Yu

Library Policies

  • Carl Hess, Chair
  • Barbara Fitzgerald
  • Ryan Parish
  • Omar Skalli
  • Antonio de Velasco

Budget and Finance

  • Carl Herickhoff, Chair
  • Amir Hadadzadeh
  • Irena Lasiecka
  • Gensheng (Jason) Liu
  • Nirmalee Raddatz

Faculty Appeals Committee

  • Mark Gillenson, Chair
  • Frank Andrasik
  • Elise Blatchford
  • Jeffrey Byford
  • Sage Graham
  • Gretchen Peterson
  • Angela Sanders
  • Stephen Watts
  • Mohammed Yeasin
  • Joy Goldsmith
  • Gisele Goldstein
  • Mohamed Laradji
  • Annapoorna Mary
  • Timothy Ryan
  • Sajjan Shiva
  • Genae Strong
  • Scott Sundvall
  • Lawrence Weiss

The ad hoc Committees of the Faculty Senate are committees established by the Faculty Senate on an as-needed basis and committee members can be either senators or other members of the faculty.

Ad hoc Committees
Special Committee on Anti-Racism