Faculty Senate Membership & Committees

At-large Representatives of the Full-time Faculty 2025-26

Jacob Adler – Library
Ned Benton – Public Management
Joy Dunkley – Library
Jennifer Dysart – Psychology
Diana Falkenbach – Psychology
Sergio Gallegos – Philosophy
Heath Grant – Law, Police Science & CJA
Michelle Holder – Economics 
Karen Kaplowitz – English
Allison Kavey – History
Anru Lee – Anthropology
David Munns – History
Kumar Ramansenthil – Math & CS
Francis Sheehan – Sciences

At-large Representatives of the Adjunct Faculty 2025-26

Jonathan Epstein – History
Marie Springer – Public Management

Departmental Representatives 2025-26

Africana Studies: Elton Beckett
Anthropology: Alejandro Garcia Lozano
Art & Music: Macushla Robinson
Counseling & Human Services: Joseph Maldonado
Criminal Justice: Sung-Suk Violet Yu
Economics: Josh Mason 
English: Veronica Hendrick
History: Raymond Patton
Interdisciplinary Studies:  Bibi (Silvina) Calderero
Latin American & Latinx Studies:  Amada Santiago
Law, Police Science & CJA: Brian Maule
Library: Kathleen Collins
Math & Computer Science: Todd Stambaugh
Modern Languages & Literature: Cristina Lozano Arguelles
Philosophy:  Kyoo Lee
Political Science: Jamie Longazel
Psychology: Charles Stone
Public Management:  Shilpa Viswanath
Sciences: Artem Domashevskiy
SEEK:  Chevy Alford
Sociology: Sergio Grossi

Executive Committee 2025-26 Members

President: Karen Kaplowitz
Vice President: Heath Grant
Recording Secretaries: Francis Sheehan & Todd Stambaugh
Corresponding Secretary: Ned Benton
At-Large Member: Jennifer Dysart
At-Large Member: Joseph Maldonado

Faculty Senate Committee on Technology 2025-26 Members 

Maggie (Margaret) Smith – Law, PS, CJA (Chair)
Meryem Abouali – Math & CS  
Jacob Adler – Library
David Blake – Art & Music 
Penny Geyer – Law, PS, CJA 
Heath Grant – Law, PS, CJA 
Sadie Huang – Counseling & Human Services
Karen Kaplowitz – English 
Maksi Kutrolli – Math & CS 
Monica Mattesi – Sciences 
Muath Obaidat – Math & CS 
Jennifer Page – Philosophy
Ricardo Puga y Vidals – Honors Program
Raymond David Rosas – English
Gabrielle Salfati – Psychology 
Ignacio Sanchez – Library 
Alexander Schlutz – English  
Vivek Sharma – Math & CS 
Francis Sheehan – Sciences 
Valerie West – Criminal Justice  

Faculty Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees 2025-26 Members

Nathan Lents – Sciences (Chair)
George Andreopoulos – Political Science
Enrique Chavez-Arvizo – Philosophy
Janice Bockmeyer – Political Science
Kashka (Katarzyna) Celinska – Law, PS, & CJA
Gerald (Jerry) Markowitz – Interdisciplinary Studies: History
Mangai Natarajan – Criminal Justice

Faculty Senate Committee on Racial Justice & Inclusion 2025-26 Members

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard – Africana Studies (Co-Chair)
Gerald (Jerry) Markowitz – Interdisciplinary Studies/History (Co-Chair)
Chevy Alford – SEEK
Lissette Delgado-Cruzata – Sciences
Sharon Gandarilla-Javier – LPS
Heath Grant – LPS
Michelle Holder – Economics
Linda Humes – Africana Studies
Joseph Maldonado – Counseling & Human Resources
Belinda Rincon – LLS & English
Shilpa Viswanath – Public Management