Faculty Senators and Ex-Officio Members
Presiding Officer: Matt Chorpenning
Roster 2025-26
The election for Faculty Senators is held each spring term, after an opt-in process for candidates. A regular term is three years. Representation is apportioned according to the number of Faculty in each of the Senate divisions.
Ex-officio (non-voting) members of Faculty Senate include: chairs of constitutional Faculty committees, members of Steering Committee, Advisory Council, and Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (if they are not already elected Senators); a representative for part-time faculty; the Secretary to the Faculty; the President of ASPSU; and administrators at the level of dean, vice provost, or higher.
Steering Committee
Ex-officio voting members
- Matt Chorpenning, Presiding Officer
- Sonja Taylor, Presiding Officer Elect
- Jill Emery, Past Presiding Officer
Elected voting members
- Kate Constable (2024-26)
- Nicolle DuPont (2025-27)
- Nathanial Garrod (2025-26)
- Shayn Snyder (2025-27)
Ex-officio non-voting members
- Richard Beyler, Secretary to the Faculty
- David Kinsella, Senior Interinstitutional Faculty Senator
- Vicki Reitenauer, Faculty member of Board of Trustees
- TBA, Chair, Committee on Committees
Other Faculty Officers
Advisory Council - Chair: Pronoy Rai
- Rowanna Carpenter (2024-26)
- Michele Gamburd (2025-27)
- Maude Hines (2025-27)
- Mark Leymon (2025-27)
- Andreen Morris (2024-26)
- Pronoy Rai (2024-26)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senators
- Michele Gamburd (Sep. 2025-Dec. 2028)
- David Kinsella (Jan. 2025-Dec. 2027)
- Pronoy Rai (May 2025-Dec. 2026, interim term)