Faculty Senate

139 Faculty: 16 seats
3-year term (2 terms max)

Officers

1. President: Cassandra Williams
2. Vice President: Syed Zaidi
3. Secretary: Alexander Mikaberidze
4. Parliamentarian: Amin Saleh
5. At-Large: Felice Williams
6. At-Large: Margaret Gifford

College of Business (58 Faculty: 6 Senate Seats)

1. Minsun Kim [second term expires August 2026] 
2. Syed Zaidi [second term expires August 2026]
3. Si Chen [first term expires August 2026]
4. Tingsten (Robbie) Yeh [first term expires August 2026]
5. Amin Saleh [first term expires August 2025]
6. Felice Williams [second term expires August 2027]

School of Education (12 Faculty: 1 Senate Seat)

1. Cassandra Williams [second term expires August 2027]

School of Human Sciences (21 Faculty: 2 Senate Seats)

1. Maggie Gifford [second term expires August 2026] 
2. Syed Noor [first term expires August 2026]

School of Humanities & Social Sciences (33 Faculty: 3 Senate Seats)

1. Cheryl White [second term expires August 2027]
2. Alex Mikaberidze [second term expires August 2027]
3. Blake Dunnavent [first term expires August 2027]

School of Mathematics & Sciences (28 Faculty: 3 Senate Seats)

1. Debbie Shepherd [first term expires August 2025]
2. Roger Zhao [second term expires August 2026]
3. Peter Siska [first term expires August 2027]

Library (8 Faculty: 1 Senate Seat)

1. Leah Widmeyer [first term expires August 2026]

Senate Constitution Notes

1. The Senate shall represent the Faculty Council in all matters and shall be deemed to voice the policies, opinions, and sentiments of the Faculty Council on any matter within its jurisdiction.
2. Members of the Faculty Senate shall be elected by their respective School faculties on the basis of one senator elected to the Faculty Senate for every nine full-time faculty members in that School and one senator from the Library.
3. The allocation of the number of representatives from each School shall be determined by a faculty head count to be taken on March 1 of each academic year.
4. Members of the Faculty Senate will be limited to no more than two consecutive terms (six years) of continuous service.
5. The Executive Committee may declare a seat vacant in the event of three undeclared absences per academic year.
6. The procedures for nomination and election of members of the Faculty Senate shall be administered by the Faculty Senate Policy and Personnel Committee.
7. The election of members of the Faculty Senate shall be conducted during the months of March or April in each year.
8. The election of members of the Faculty Senate will be scheduled for April with the elected Senators taking office at the beginning of the following Fall Semester.
9. The Senate President, Vice-President, Secretary, Parliamentarian, and two other members of the Executive Committee of the Senate for an academic year will be elected in a meeting of the Senate in April; preceding the semester that they are to take office.