Faculty Senators and Ex-Officio Members
Presiding Officer: Jill Emery
Roster 2024-25
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
Voting ex-officio members
- Matt Chorpenning, Presiding Officer Elect
- Jill Emery, Presiding Officer
- Lindsey Wilkinson, Past Presiding Officer
Elected members
- Kate Constable (2024-26)
- Mark Leymon (2023-25)
- Nick Matlick (2024-25)
- Sonja Taylor (2024-26)
Non-voting ex-officio members
- Richard Beyler, Secretary to the Faculty
- Ramin Farahmandpur, Senior Interinstitutional Faculty Senator
- Jennifer Kerns, Chair, Committee on Committees
- Vicki Reitenauer, Faculty member of Board of Trustees
Other Faculty Officers
Advisory Council - Chair: Gerardo Lafferriere
- Rowanna Carpenter (2024-26)
- Gina Greco (2023-25)
- David Hansen (2023-25)
- Gerardo Lafferriere (2023-25)
- Andreen Morris (2024-26)
- Pronoy Rai (2024-26)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senators
- Michael Clark (Jan. 2023-Dec. 2025)
- Emily Ford (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2026)
- David Kinsella (Jan. 2025-Dec. 2027)
Districts
Faculty Senate District List, 2023-24 (pdx.edu login required - 2024-25 list TBA)
To foster regular communication between Senate and the Faculty as a whole, each Senator is assigned a "district" of approximately twenty Faculty colleagues. (The size of the districts varies because, where possible, units such as departments are kept together). Senators can be in communication with their colleagues about Senate actions and upcoming items, with attention to the particular interests and needs of their district. Conversely, the district system gives to every member of the Faculty a contact person for questions or concerns. Faculty members are, however, free to talk with any Senator about Senate business; they're not limited to their district representative.
The districts do not have any constitutional status or function. They are an informal arrangement to facilitate communication. In particular, inclusion on the posted district roster should not be taken as definitive inclusion in the certification list for Faculty elections, or vice versa. Nevertheless, please bring any apparent errors in the list to the attention of the Secretary.