Faculty Representatives
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Membership by College
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Ag Ed & Studies | May 2026 | |
Ag & Biosystems Engr | May 2028 | |
Agronomy | May 2028 | |
Animal Science | May 2027 | |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Bio | Julien Roche | May 2028 |
Genetics Dev & Cell Biology | May 2028 | |
Horticulture | May 2026 | |
Natural Resource Ecology & Mgmt | May 2026 | |
Plant Pathology, Entomology & Microbiology | May 2027 | |
| Sociology and Criminal Justice | David Peters* | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Animal Science | Elizabeth Bobeck | May 2027 |
Ag & Biosytems Engr | May 2026 | |
Ag & Biosystems Engr | May 2026 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Accounting | Yonghong Jia | May 2026 |
Finance | May 2026 | |
| Info Systems & Bus Analytics | Cheng Nie | May 2028 |
Management and Entrepreneurship | May 2026 | |
| Marketing | Andrew Crecelius | May 2027 |
Supply Chain Management | Henrik Sternberg | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | **Diane Janvrin | May 2027 |
| Accounting | Jon Perkins | May 2027 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Visual Culture | **Johnny DiBlasi | May 2026 |
| Landscape Architecture | Michael Martin* | May 2026 |
| Community & Regional Planning | Jiwnath Ghimire | May 2028 |
| Graphic Design | Maurice Meilleur | May 2028 |
| Interior Design | Youngyeon Cho | May 2026 |
| Industrial Design | Matthew Obbink | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Interior Design | Sarah Zenti | May 2026 |
| Architecture | Andrea Wheeler | May 2026 |
| Art and Visual Culture | Anna Segner | May 2026 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | **Oleg Zarehnyi* | May 2028 |
| Chemical & Biological Engineering | Wenzhen Li | May 2028 |
| Civil, Construction & Environmental Eng | Christopher Day | May 2026 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Tim Bigelow* | May 2028 |
| Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Eng | Rick Stone | May 2026 |
| Material Science & Engineering | David Eisenmann | May 2028 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Cody Fleming* | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Mechanical Engineering | May 2028 | |
Ag & Biosystems Engineering | May 2028 | |
Mechanical Engineering |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development & Family Studies | Jonathan Fox | May 2027 |
| Food Science & Human Nutrition | Melha Mellata* | May 2027 |
| Apparel, Events & Hospitality Managment | Sarah Bennett-George | May 2028 |
| Kinesiology & Health | Ann Smiley* | May 2026 |
| School of Education | **Doug Smith | May 2026 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Apparel, Events & Hospitality Managment | Ken Tsai | May 2027 |
| School of Education | Constance Beecher | May 2027 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | Kirill Kovnir* | May 2027 |
| Computer Science | Qi Li | May 2026 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Bio | Dennis Lavrov* | May 2028 |
| Economics | Juan Carlos Cordoba | May 2026 |
| English | Craig Rood | May 2027 |
| Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate | Lindsay Maudlin | May 2028 |
| Greenlee School of Journalism | Michael Wigton | May 2026 |
| History | Paul Griffiths | May 2026 |
| Library | Susan Vega Garcia | May 2028 |
| Mathematics | Steve Butler | May 2028 |
| Music & Theatre | Amy Christensen | May 2026 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | Annemarie Butler | May 2026 |
| Physics & Astronomy | James Vary* | May 2026 |
| Political Science | Dave Peterson | May 2026 |
| Psychology | Miko Wilford | May 2026 |
| Statistics | Petruta Caragea | May 2028 |
| World Languages and Cultures | Lucia Suarez | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | Kevin Blankenship | May 2026 |
| World Lang. & Cultures | Elisa RIzo | May 2027 |
| Chemistry | Sara Pistolesi* | May 2027 |
| Computer Science | Gurpur Prabhu | May 2026 |
| English | Sarah Davis | May 2027 |
| Political Science | Karen Kedrowski* | May 2027 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Bio | **Robert Wallace | May 2027 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
| Department Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Biomedical Sciences | Michael Cho | May 2028 |
Vet Clinical Sciences | May 2026 | |
Vet Diagnostic & Production Animal Med | **Derald Holtkamp | May 2026 |
Vet Microbiology & Preventive Medicine | May 2027 | |
| Veterinary Pathology | Mark Ackermann | May 2028 |
| At-Large Representatives | Senator | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
Biomedical Sciences | Karl Bolser* | May 2026 |
VDPAM | Grant Dewell* | May 2026 |
*Senators elected to a second three-year term
**Caucus Chair
Working Groups
The senate's working groups research, review, and revise proposals and issues submitted for senate action.