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

DeAnna Owens-Mosby, Faculty Senate President and Past President, College of Education, Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership
Leah Windsor, President-Elect, College of Arts and Sciences, Institute for Intelligent Systems and Department of English
Jeni Loftus, Secretary, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology
Mark Sunderman, Parliamentarian, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Barbara Fitzgerald Esq., Executive-At-Large, College of Professional and Liberal Studies
Amanda Young, Executive-At-Large, College of Communication and Fine Arts, Department of Communication and Film

Committee on Committees

Rhema Fuller
Xinhua Yu, Interim Chair
Stephanie Huette

Academic Policies Committee

Edith Gnanadass, Chair
Melanie Conroy
Coe Lapossy
Patrick Murphy
Andrew Hussey

Academic Support Committee

Dursun Peksen
Katie Norwood, Chair
Daniel E. Millican
Joel Nichols
Kate Sorensen
Will Robertson
Kristy Patrick-Lewis

Faculty Policies Committee

Gladius Lewis
Joy Hoffman
Laura Alderson
Tim McCuddy, Chair
Omar Skalli
Máté Wierdl

Research Policies Committee

Srikar Velichety
William Alexander, Chair
Reza Banai
Francisco Muller-Sanchez
Jessica Jennings

Administrative Policies Committee

Greg Hughes, Chair
Sajjan Shiva
Eddie Jacobs
Katy Ramsey Mason
John Topinka

Library Policies

Carl Hess, Chair
Ryan Parish
Miriam van Mersbergen
Sean Driscoll

Budget and Finance

Stephen Karr, Chair
Gensheng Liu
Michael Medcalf
Bradley Dixon
Shahram Pezeshk

Faculty Appeals Committee

Mark Gillenson, Chair
Jeffrey Byford
Lawrence Weiss
Mihalis Golias
Annapoorna Mary
Brandt Pence
James Vardaman
Jessica Jennings
Sage Graham
Stephen Watts
Scott Sundvall
Gisele Goldstein
Gretchen Peterson
Carolyn Kaldon
Angela Sanders
Frank Andrasik
Karen Weddle-West
Genae Strong

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