This page includes the current membership (Senators and ex officio) for Academic Senate, followed by committee rosters. If you are aware of errors in the Senate roster, please contact senate@csuci.edu. If you are aware of errors in the committee rosters, please contact senate.appointments.elections@csuci.edu.
Senate Membership (Senators & ex officio members)
The Academic Senate for 2024-2025 has 79 seats representing 49 University areas. The table below lists the Senators and ex officio members who have been identified as of 15 August 2024. This table will be updated as represented areas provide the names of their Senator.
You will note many positions noted as OPEN; a call for service will be issued early in the term to all eligible faculty. Committees without chairs/conveners are requested to select one at their earliest convenience and to communicate this information to senate.appointments.elections@csuci.edu.
| Constituent Area | Seats | Term Ends SP25 | Term Ends Sp26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Chair | 1 | -- | Christina Smith |
| Africana Studies | 1 | Cameron Harris | -- |
| Anthropology | 1 | Jaime Matera [F24: Colleen Delaney] |
-- |
| Art & Art History | 1 | -- | Marianne McGrath |
| Biology | 2 | Amy Denton | Gareth Harris |
| Business | 2 | Cindy Sherman | Maria Ballesteros-Sola |
| Chemistry | 1 | -- | Nancy Deans |
| Chicana/o Studies | 1 | F24: Nicholas Centino; S25: José Alamillo | -- |
| Communication | 1 | -- | Megan Kinney-Fiester |
| Computer Science/Mechatronics | 1 | -- | Bahareh Abbasi |
| Early Childhood Studies | 1 | Annie White | -- |
| Economics | 1 | Jared Barton | -- |
| English | 1 | -- | Taryn Hakala [AY24-25 only] |
| ESRM | 1 | Sean Anderson | -- |
| Global Languages | 1 | -- | Antonio Jiménez |
| Health Science | 1 | -- | Tom Clobes |
| History | 1 | -- | Jim Meriwether |
| Math | 2 | Ivona Grzegorczyk [F24: Cindy Wyels] | pending |
| Nursing | 1 | -- | Aaron McColpin |
| Performing Arts | 1 | Heather Castillo | -- |
| Physics | 1 | Brian Rasnow | |
| Political Science & Global Studies | 1 | -- | Chris Scholl |
| Psychology | 2 | Kimmy Kee-Rose | Weldon Smith |
| Sociology | 1 | Jose Luis Collazo | -- |
| Library | 1 | Janet Pinkley | -- |
| Education Foundations | 1 | -- | Manuel Correia |
| Teacher Education | 2 | pending | pending |
| Educational Leadership | 1 | Chuck Weis | -- |
| Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Senators At Large | 4 | Mari Estrada (ECS) William Munroe (Chemistry) |
Tabitha Swan-Wood (Physics) |
| AAPIA | 1 | -- | Nancy Chen |
| BFSA | 1 | -- | Eva Vines |
| CHILFASA | 1 | -- | José Alamillo |
| IFSA | 1 | Tiina Itkonen | -- |
| QAA | 1 | Ronald Berkowski | -- |
| WOC | 1 | -- | Georgina Guzman |
| Center Directors (ex-officio)** | 4 |
CCE: Georgina Guzman |
CIS: Alison Perchuk (S27) |
| CFA Chapter President (ex-officio)** | 1 | Greg Wood | |
| Chair APPC (AVP + Faculty) | 2 |
AVP: Neto |
|
| Chair AEBC | 1 | Alison Perchuk | |
| Chair FAC | 1 | Lydia Dixon [S25 replacement: Mary Adler] | |
| Chair SBC/2nd Officer | 1 | Matthew Campbell | |
| Chair CEAR/3rd Officer | 1 | Peter Krause | |
| SWAS | 2 | Greg Wood | Monica Pereira (S27) |
| ASI* | 1 | Andrew Fox | |
| Staff Council* | 3 |
Cynthia County |
|
| MPPs (ex-officio)* | 3 | Monica Rivas (Advising) Colleen Forest (Registrar) Kristen Dobson (Curriculum) |
|
| President ** | 1 | Rich Yao | |
| Vice Presidents ** | 4 | Jessica Lavariega Monforti [interim] Eboni Ford Turnbow Bradley Olin Ritchie LeRoy |
|
| Vice Provost and AVPs in Academic Affairs ** | 5 | Jessica Lavariega Monforti Gina Gibau Michelle Hassendonckx Veronica Guerrero Lina Neto |
|
| Deans & Associate Deans AA ** | 7 |
Susan Andrejewski (MVS) |
|
| Student Affairs Personnel ** | 1-2 | Jazmin Guajardo | |
| Representatives of Tech Services ** | 1-2 | pending |
'--' denotes that there is no Senator for this represented area whose terms expires
in this year
* = limited voting rights (see Senate Bylaws 2.2 for details)
** = non-voting
Senate Committee Membership
Parliamentarian
Greg Wood & Chuck Weis, co-parliamentarians
Executive Committee of the Academic Senate
Christina Smith, Senate Chair
Jeanne Grier (SOE), Past Senate Chair (replacing Jason Miller, who is on sabbatical AY 24-25)
Matthew Campbell, Vice Chair (2nd Officer) & SBC Chair
Peter Krause, 3rd Officer & CEAR Chair
Alison Perchuk, AEBC Chair
Cindy Sherman (MVS), APPC Faculty Co-Chair
Lydia Dixon, FAC Chair [S25 replacement pending]
Nancy Deans, Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Council Co-Chair (non-voting)
Tabitha Swan-Wood, Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Council Co-Chair (voting)
Hannah Smit, Unity Coalition Representative
Andrew Fox, ASI Representative
Gregory Wood, CFA Representative
Monica Periera (LLR), Senior Campus Senator, ASCSU
Sean Kramer, Staff Council Representative
Rich Yao, President (or designee) ex officio
Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Interim Provost (or designee) ex officio
State-Wide Academic Senate/Academic Senate of the CSU Academic Affairs representative
Monica Pereia, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Greg Wood, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Academic Programs and Planning Committee (includes Chairs of Local Curriculum Committees) (tenured faculty only)
FACULTY CO-CHAIRS: Alarcon & Sherman
AVP APCI CO-CHAIR: Neto
Stacey Anderson, Arts & Humanities LCC Chair (term ends Spring 25)
Dana Lee Baker, Behavioral and Social Sciences LCC Chair (term ends Spring 26)
Ruben Alarcon, Math & Sciences LCC Chair (term ends Spring 26)
Manuel Correia (School of Education), Professional Studies LCC Chair (term ends Spring
25)
Cindy Sherman, Business and Economics representative (term ends Spring 25)
Monica Pereira, Library & Counselors representative (term ends Spring 25)
TBD, Chair of the GE Committee (ex officio non-voting)
Appointments, Elections, & Bylaws Committee
CHAIR: Perchuk
Alison Perchuk, Arts and Humanities (term ends Spring 26)
OPEN, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 25)
Brendan Cline, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, Education (term ends Spring 26)
Aaron Sandoval, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 25)
Alona Kryshchenko, Math and Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Rebecca Slocum, Interim Staff Council Representative (non MPP)
Charles Weis, Parliamentarian (ex officio)
Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
Committee on Centers and Institutes
CHAIR: Lefevre
Tadashi Dozono, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Susan Lefevre, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Vivian Henchy, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Vida Vakilian, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Nitika Parmar, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Committee on Equity and Anti-Racism
CHAIR: Krause
Peter Krause, Psychology, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Brittnee Veldman, Chemistry, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Amira Ibrahim, Psychology, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Daniel Armanino, Sociology, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 25)
José Alamillo, Chicana/o Studies, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Candice McKinnon, Early Childhood Studies, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Susan Lefevre, UNIV, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 26)
(no two representatives may be from the same department/program; 5 are TT, 2 NTT)
Faculty Affairs Committee
CHAIR: F24: Dixon; S25: Adler
Jeff Benedetti, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 25)
Nancy Deans, NTTF Representative (term ends Spring 25)
Aura Perez-Gonzalez, Education (term ends Spring 25)
Jared Barton, Business and Economics (term ends Spring 25)
Mary Adler, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 26)
HyeSun Lee, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Lydia Dixon, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 26) [S25 sabbatical replacement: Britnee
Veldman]
Faculty Development Advisory Committee
CHAIR: Youn
Hanni Jalil, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 25)
Kristin Linton, tenure-track faculty representative, at-large (term ends Spring 25)
Hyunsook Youn, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 25)
KuanFen Liu, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 26)
Amira Ibrahim, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 26)
Rachael Jordan, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 26)
General Education Committee
CHAIR: TBD
Open, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Mari Riojas-Cortez, Education (term ends Spring 26)
Reza Abdolee, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Ryan Murphy, Business and Economics (term ends Spring 25)
Tadashi Dozono, Ethnic Studies (term ends Spring 25)
Laura Covault, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 25)
Professional Leave Committee
CHAIR: Pinkley
Reha Kadakal, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 25)
Priscilla Liang, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 25)
Janet Pinkley, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 25)
Sean Carswell, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 26)
OPEN, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Carolee Hurtado, Education (term ends Spring 26)
Research and Grants Committee
CO-CONVENERS: de Lacalle & Paolillo
Argero Zerr, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 25)
Yeawon Yoo, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 25)
Catherine Paolillo, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 25)
Kara Naidoo, Education (term ends Spring 26) [S25 sabbatical replacement: Kay Park]
Sonsoles de Lacalle, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
KuanFen Liu, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 26)
Catherine Ellis, NTTF Representative, (term ends Spring 26)
Senate Budget Committee
CHAIR: Campbell
OPEN, Arts and Humanities (term ends Spring 27)
Annie White, Education (term ends Spring 27)
Dennis Downey, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Aaron Sandoval, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 26)
Matthew Campbell, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 26)
Greg Wood, Math and Sciences (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 25)
Student Academic Policies and Procedures
CONVENERS: Isaacs/Smith
Jason Issacs, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Javier Gonzalez, at large (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Weldon Zane Smith, at large (term ends Spring 26)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Senate Advisory Committees, elected faculty positions
ACIP (CSU-wide Academic Council on International Programs) Representative
Kimmy Kee-Rose (term ends Spring 27)
Administrator Evaluation Committee (tenured faculty only)
CONVENER: de Lacalle
Sonsoles de Lacalle, at large, tenured faculty (term ends Spring 25)
Chuck Weis, at large, tenured faculty (term ends Spring 25)
Alison Perchuk, at large, tenured faculty (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (term ends Spring 26)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (term ends Spring 26)
Center for Community Engagement Advisory Committee
CHAIR: Guzman
Georgina Guzman, CCE Interim Faculty Director (term ends Spring 25)
Hyunsook Youn, at-large (term ends Spring 25)
Kristen Linton, at-large (term ends Spring 26)
Center for Integrative Studies Advisory Committee
CHAIR: Perchuk
Alison Perchuk, CIS Faculty Director (term ends Spring 27)
Lance Nolde, at large (term ends Spring 25) [F24 sabbatical replacement OPEN]
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 26)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Center for Global Engagement Advisory Committee
CHAIR: Grove
Andrea Grove, CGE Faculty Director (term ends Spring 25)
Hanni Jalil, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Javier Gonzalez, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Annie White, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Jim Meriwether, at large (term ends Spring 26) [S25 sabbatical replacement: Chris
Scholl]
Kathleen Klompien, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Kimmy Kee-Rose, ACIP Representative (ex officio)
Center for Social Action Advisory Committee
CHAIR: Luna
Jennie Luna, CSA Faculty Co-Director (term ends Spring 25)
Ronald Berkowsky, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Aura Pérez-González, at large (term ends Spring 26)
E. Nicole Vines, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Councils
Non-Tenure Track Faculty Council (NTT faculty only)
Nancy Deans, Co-Chair (term ends Spring 26)
Tabitha Swan-Wood, Co-Chair (term ends Spring 26)
Susan Lefevre, Communications Officer (term ends Spring 25)
Link to council website coming soon!
Staff Council (Staff only)
Chair – Rebecca Slocum
Vice Chair – Sean Kramer
Secretary – Rachel Danielson
Treasurer – Colleen Hawes
Custodian of Records – Amanda Sanchez
Complete roster
University Advisory Committees & Other
Academic and Admissions Appeals Committee
Elizabeth Sowers, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Tom Clobes, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Business Continuity Planning Task Force
Janet Pinkley, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Commencement Committee
OPEN, at large(term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 25)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Food Service Committee
Ron Berkowski, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Foundation Board
Marianne McGrath, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Instructionally-Related Activities (IRA) Committee
Joshua Gold, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Jose Alamillo, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Materials, Services, Facilities, Technology (MSFT) Committee
Janet Pinkley, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Paul Murphy, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Physical Master Plan Committee
Appointment pending, at large
President's Planning & Policy Council (PPPC)
Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
Matthew Campbell, Senate Budget Committee representative
Janet Pinkley, at large, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 26)
Susan Lefevre, at large, non-tenure track faculty representative (term ends Spring 25)
Strategic Resource Planning Committee (SRPC)
Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
Greg Wood, Senate Budget Committee representative
Lorna Profant, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 25)
Sohui Lee, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Matthew Campbell, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC)
Susan Kuzminski, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Mari Riojas-Cortez, at large (term ends Spring 26)
Sustainability Working Group
Aura Perez-Gonzalez, at large (term ends Spring 25)
Transportation Subcommittee
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 26)
University Art Review Committee
Marianne McGrath, Art Program representative (term ends Spring 25)
University Glen Community Advisory Board (UG residents only)
OPEN, UG residents only (term ends Spring 26). Two positions.
University Police Advisory Council
OPEN, Senate Executive Representative (1-yr term, ends Spring 25)
OPEN, Faculty Representative, at large (1-yr sabbatical replacement; 2-yr term ends Spring
25)
University Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee (URTPC)
Committee runs under FASE. All full professors are eligible to serve; obligation to
serve if elected.
Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, Arts & Humanities, ends Spring 2025
Dennis Downey, Behavioral & Social Sciences, ends Spring 2026
Ekin Pehlavin, Business & Economics, ends Spring 2025
Georgina Guzman (At-Large Replacement), Library & Counseling, ends Spring 2026
Jorge Garcia, Math & Sciences, ends Spring 2026
Brian Sevier, Education, ends Spring 2025
Tiina Itkonen, At Large, ends Spring 2026
*Page last updated on December 2, 2024, by Alison Locke Perchuk