Faculty Senate Roster

Listed below is the 2026-27 Faculty Senate Roster.

Faculty Officers 

Yarma Velazquez

Chicano/a Studies

President

2028

Nelida Duran

Family & Consumer Sciences

Vice President

2027

Melisa Galván

Chicano/a Studies

Secretary

2027

Elizabeth Sussman-Dabach

Family and Consumer Sciences

2027

Theresa Montaño

Chicana/o Studies

2028

Adam Swenson

Philosophy

2029

Joel Krantz Cinema & TV Arts

Chair, Academic Technology Committee 

2027

Kelly Opdycke

Communication Studies

Chair, Educational Equity Committee

2027

Aimee Glocke

Africana Studies

Chair, Educational Policies Committee

2027

Gregg Knotts

Elementary Education

Chair, Educational Resources Committee

2027

Marc Glidden

Criminology and Justice Studies

Chair, Extended Learning Committee

2027

Casey terHorst

Biology

Chair, Graduate Studies Committee

2027

TBD

TBD

 Chair, Library Committee 

2027

Sylvia Macauley

History

Chair, Personnel Planning & Review

2027

TBD

TBD

Chair, Research and Grants Committee

2027

Tissyana Camacho

Child & Adolescent Development

2027

Melisa Galvan

Chicana/o Studies

2027

Nayan Ramirez

Criminology and Justice Studies

2027

Casey terHorst

Biology

2027

Holli Tonyan

Psychology

2027

Theresa White

Africana Studies

2027

Xochitl Alvizo

Religious Studies

2028

Amanda Harrison

English

2028

Michael Neubauer

Mathematics

2028

Stevie Ruiz

Chicana/o Studies

2028

John Valdovinos

Electrical & Computer Engineering

2028

Jeremy Yoder

Biology

2028

Hermoni Douglas

Associated Students President

2027

Jeff Wiegley

Computer Science

 

Cynthia Rawitch

Association of Retired Faculty

2027

Debarati Byabartta

Cinema & TV Arts

2027

Sunyoung Lee

Art

2027

Kelly Opdycke (Lecturer)

Kelly Opdycke (Lecturer)

2027

Stefani Tsai

Theatre

2028

Anna Ryoo

Art

2028

Seven Bailey

Music

2028

Keji Chen

Accounting

2027

Akash Gupta

Systems and Operations Management

2027

Taehoon Im

Marketing

2028

Wayne Smith (Lecturer)

Management

2028

Deborah Buttitta

Educational Psychology & Counseling

2027

Angelica Galvan

Educational Psychology & Counseling

2027

Will Garrow

Deaf Studies

2027

Michael Bennett (Lecturer)

Education Leadership and Policy Studies

2028

Alex Modarresi

Computer Science

2027

C. Shawn Sun

Civil Engineering & Construction Management

2027

Robert McIlhenny

Computer Science

2028

Cecile Bendavid (Lecturer)

Computer Science

2028

Stephanie Benjamin

Health Sciences

2027

Konstantinos Vrongistinos

Kinesiology

2027

Andrew Linden

Kinesiology

2028

Justin Nicoll

Kinesiology

2028

Rodica Khon (Lecturer)

Family & Consumer Science

2028

Christopher Rogers

Health Sciences

2028

Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam

Interdisciplinary Studies and Liberal Studies

2027

Khanum Shaikh

Gender and Women's Studies

2027

Kim Wells (Lecturer)

English

2027

Tina Beyene

Gender and Women's Studies

2028

Jonathan Flowers

Philosophy

2028

J.C. Lee

English

2028

Michael Abdelsayed

Biology

2027

Maosheng Miao

Chemistry & Biochemistry

2027

Adriano Zambom

Mathematics

2027

Xu Zhang Physics & Astronomy

2028

Marine Musulyan (Lecturer) Mathematics

2028

Henk Postma Physics & Astronomy

2028

Marquita Gammage

Africana Studies

2027

Paloma Giottonini

Urban Studies & Planning

2027

Chunying Jin

Psychology

2027

Kaitlyn Brown

Anthropology

2028

Adrian Valadez

Psychology

2028

Megan Mangassarian (Lecturer)

Criminology and Justice Studies

2028

Theo Edwards

Men's Volleyball

2028

Catherine Conner (Lecturer)

Research, Instruction and Outreach Services

2028

Nery Alcivar-Estrella

 

Research, Instruction and Outreach Services

2027

Ramon Garcia

Counseling Services

2028

Nelida Duran

Family & Consumer Sciences (HHD)

Melisa Galván

Chicana/o Studies (HUM)

Amanda Harrison

English (HUM)

Greg Knotts

Elementary Education (EDUC)

Meera Komarraju

Provost (Academic Affairs)

Michael Neubauer

Mathematics (S&M)

Nayan Ramirez

Criminology and Justice Studies (S&BS)

Elizabeth Sussman-Dabach

Family & Consumer Sciences (HHD)

Casey terHorst

Biology (S&M)

John Valdovinos

Electrical & Computer Engineering (E&CS)

Theresa White

Africana Studies (S&BS)

Yarma Velazquez

Chicana/o Studies (HUM)