PSU Faculty Senate

Members & Officers 2025-26

Members & Officers

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)