Committees & Membership

This page includes the current membership (Senators and ex officio members) 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 19 August 2025. This table will be updated as represented areas provide the names of their Senator.

To update your Department / Affinity Group / Council's Senator(s), please contact senate@csuci.edu.

'--' 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

This list is in the process of being updated for AY 2026–27. Not all updates communicated to AEBC have been added at this time. Please check back on June 1 for the complete roster for Fall 2026, as known to AEBC. 

You will note positions indicated 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.

Parliamentarian

Chuck Weis (exp. S27)

Executive Committee of the Academic Senate

Christina Smith, Senate Chair (2 year term, exp. S28)
Matthew Campbell, Vice Chair (2nd Officer) & SBC Chair
Amira Ibrahim, 3rd Officer & CEAR Chair
Annie White, APPC Faculty Chair
TBD, AEBC Chair
Lydia Dixon, FAC Chair
Jared Barton, MVS Representative
Chris Scholl, Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Council Co-Chair (voting)
Tabitha Swan-Wood, Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) Council Co-Chair (non-voting)
Kathleen Klompien, Unity Coalition Representative
TBD, ASI Representative
Gregory Wood, CFA Campus Chapter President (or designee), ex officio
Monica Pereira (LLR), Senior Campus Senator, ASCSU
TBD, Staff Senator
Susan Andrzejewski, Interim President (or designee), ex officio
Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Provost (or designee), ex officio
All faculty/senator positions on the Executive Committee are for one year unless indicated otherwise.

State-Wide Academic Senate/Academic Senate of the CSU Academic Affairs representative

Monica Pereira, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Greg Wood, at large (term ends Spring 28)

Academic Programs and Planning Committee(tenured faculty only)

NOTE: For LCC membership rosters, consult the Local Curriculum Committees website. Questions about LCC membership should be directed to the appropriate chair, listed below.

FACULTY CO-CHAIR: White
AVP APCI CO-CHAIR: Neto (non voting)
Stacey Anderson, Arts & Humanities LCC Chair (term ends Spring 27)
Dana Lee Baker, Behavioral and Social Sciences LCC Chair (term ends Spring 28)
Brooke Ernest, Math & Sciences LCC Chair (term ends Spring 28)
Annie White, Professional Studies LCC Chair (term ends Spring 27)
Miguel Delgado Helleseter, MVS representative (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, Library & Counselors representative (term ends Spring 28)
TBD, Chair of the GE Committee
TBD, Chair of SAPP
Dean of Extended Education (non voting)
Academic Deans of Schools and Libary (non voting)
Riley Crain, Staff Council Representative (non voting)
TBD, Student Representative appointed by ASI (non voting)
Administrative staff identified by AVP APCI (non voting)

Appointments, Elections, & Bylaws Committee

CHAIR: OPEN
OPEN, Arts and Humanities (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 27)
Brendan Cline, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, Education (term ends Spring 28)
Aaron Sandoval, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, Math and Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
TBD, CEAR representative/trained EA appointed by CEAR (1 yr term)
Christopher Scholl, NTTFC member, appointed by NTTFC (1 yr term)
Jessica Page, Non-MPP staff representative, appointed by Staff Council (1 yr term)
TBD, Parliamentarian (ex officio)
Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)

Committee on Centers and Institutes

CHAIR: TBD
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Vedang Chauhan, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Bahareh Abbasi,at large (term ends Spring 27; sabbatical replacement needed, AY26–27)
Mary Adler, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Faculty directors of centers and institutes(non-voting)
Staff co-directors of centers and institutes (non-voting)

Committee on Equity and Anti-Racism

CHAIR: Ibrahim
José Alamillo, Chicana/o Studies, at large (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Amira Ibrahim, Psychology, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Kim Vose, English, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Timnit Kefela, ESRM, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Susan LeFevre, UNIV/Communication, NTTF Council Representative (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 27)
TBD, Staff Council Representative (1 yr term)
TBD, Student Representative, chosen by ASI (1 yr term)
One representative from each of the following as ex-officio, non-voting (if not already represented among the voting members): AVP for Faculty Affairs or designee; CFA; Accessibility; Faculty Equity Advocate Lead; Mission Based Centers; PACIE; Ethnic Studies Council; Unity Coalition; individual affinity groups.
NOTE: No two faculty representatives may be from the same department/program.

Faculty Affairs Committee

CHAIR: Dixon
OPEN, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
Lydia Dixon, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
Jeff Benedetti-Coomber, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 27)
Susan Lefevre, NTTF Representative (term ends Spring 27)
Jeanne Grier, Education (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, Business and Economics (term ends Spring 27)
AVP of Faculty Affairs or designee(non-voting)
TBD, CFA representative, chosen by CFA leadership (non-voting)

Faculty Development Committee

CHAIR: TBD
OPEN, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 28)
Amira Ibrahim, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 28)
Hanni Jalil, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 28)
Isaac Quintanilla Salinas, tenure-track faculty representative, at-large (term ends Spring 27)
Hyunsook Youn, tenure-track faculty representative (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, NTTF representative (term ends Spring 27)

General Education Committee

CHAIR: TBD
Karina Chavarria, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Education (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
Raquel Baker, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 27)
Alysha Hachey, Business and Economics (term ends Spring 27)
Nicholas Centino, Ethnic Studies (term ends Spring 27)
Sohui Lee, Library & Learning Resources (term ends Spring 27)
Student Representative, appointed by ASI (1 yr term)
At least one staff representative from: Curriculum & Articulation, Student Systems Analyst, Academic Advising, Registrar's Office(staff are non-voting)

Professional Leave Committee (Tenured Faculty Only)

CHAIR: TBD
OPEN, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 28)
Vida Vakilian, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
Tiina Itkonen, Education (term ends Spring 28)
Rachel Soper, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 27)
Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 27)
Cindy Wyels, at large for Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 27)
NOTE: Per CBA, members of this committee may not have business before this committee.

Research and Grants Committee

CONVENER: de Lacalle
OPEN, Education (term ends Spring 28)
Sonsoles de Lacalle, Math & Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Arts & Humanities (term ends Spring 28)
Jasmine Betka, NTTF Representative, (term ends Spring 28)
Argero Zerr, Behavioral & Social Sciences (term ends Spring 27)
Bryan Tomlin, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 27)
Monica Pereira, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 27)
NOTE: As of AY 2025–26, members of this committee may not have business before the committee.

Senate Budget Committee

CHAIR: Campbell
Matthew Campbell, Behavioral and Social Sciences (term ends Spring 29)
Aaron Sandoval, Library/Counselors (term ends Spring 29)
OPEN, Arts and Humanities (term ends Spring 27)
Annie White, Education (term ends Spring 27)
Hui Zhu, Business & Economics (term ends Spring 27)
Selenne Bañuelos, Math and Sciences (term ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Immediate past SBC chair (1 yr only, non-voting)
University budget representative (non-voting)

Student Academic Policies and Procedures

CO-CONVENERS: Forest and Rivas
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Vanina Machado, at large (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Hyunsook Youn, at large (term ends Spring 27)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 27)
Colleen Forest, Registrar, or designee
Monica Rivas, Director of Advising, or designee
Student representative, appointed by ASI

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: TBD
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large, tenured faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
OPEN, at large, tenured faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
OPEN, at large, tenured faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Center for Community Engagement Advisory Committee

CHAIR: Guzmán
Georgina Guzmán, CCE Faculty Director (3-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (term ends Spring 28)
Javier González, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
Hyunsook Youn, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Center for Integrative Studies Advisory Committee

CHAIR: Baker
Dana Baker, CIS Faculty Interim Director (3 yr term; ends Spring 27)
Ariel Vaughn, at large (2 yr term; ends Spring 28)

Jeff Benedetti-Coomber, at large (2 yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2 yr term; ends Spring 27)

Center for Global Engagement Advisory Committee

CHAIR: Kee-Rose
Kimmy Kee-Rose, CGE Faculty Director (5-yr term; ends Spring 30)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Hanni Jalil, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
Kat Cosby, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
Kimmy Kee-Rose, ACIP Representative (ex officio)

Center for Social Action Advisory Committee

CHAIR: Luna
Jennie Luna, CSA Faculty Co-Director (3-yr term; ends Spring 29)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Nicole Vines, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
Kem French, Student Affairs, Intercultural student services liaison

Councils

NOTE: Only officers are listed for the Councils.

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Council (NTT faculty only)

Chris Scholl, Co-Chair (term ends Spring 28)
Tabitha Swan-Wood, Co-Chair (term ends Spring 28)
Susan Lefevre, Communications Officer (term ends Spring 27)

Staff Council (Staff only)

Chair – Rebecca Slocum
Vice Chair – Sean Kramer
Secretary – Rachel Danielson
Treasurer – Colleen Hawes
Custodian of Records – TBD
Complete roster

University Advisory Committees & Other

NOTE: Only faculty members are listed for the below committees.

Academic Appeals Committee

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Tom Clobes, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
Aaron McColpin, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Advisory Technology Infrastructure (ATI) Committee

OPEN, at large faculty (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)

Alternative Transportation Subcommittee (preference for active transit users)

OPEN, NTT faculty representative (2yr term; ends Spring 28)
Cynthia Estrada, tenure-track faculty representative (2yr term; ends Spring 27)

Alumni and Friends Association Board

Tracylee Clarke, at large (term ends S27)

Business Continuity Planning Task Force

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, Library & Learning Resources (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Commencement Committee (via University Events)

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Continuous Improvement Committee (via DAA-APCI)

Jacqueline Reynoso, Arts & Humanities area representative (2-yr term; ends S28)
Rachel Soper, Business & Social Sciences area representative (with LLR) (2-yr term; ends S28)
OPEN, Math & Sciences area representative (2-yr term; ends S27)
Chuck Weis, Professional Studies area representative (with SOE/MVS) (2-yr term; ends S27)
Kay Park, at large (2-yr term; ends S27)

Food Service Committee

Discontinued at recommendation of the Food Service program.

Foundation Board

Tiina Itkonen, at large (3-year term; ends S28)

Graduate Studies Council 

Institutional Review Board

See IRB website for faculty roster.

Instructionally-Related Activities (IRA) Committee

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Lily Anne Tamai, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Intellectual Property Review Committee (policy)

CHAIR, TBD (faculty)
OPEN, Arts & Humanities (3yr term, exp. S29)
OPEN, Behavioral & Social Sciences (3yr term, exp. S29)
Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Business & Economics, (3yr term, exp. S27)
OPEN, Education (3yr term, exp. S27)
Monica Pereira, Library/Counselors (3yr term, exp. S28)
Hugo Tapia, Math & Sciences (3yr term, exp. S28)
Sonsolles de Lacalle, Research & Grants Committee convener

Materials, Services, Facilities, Technology (MSFT) Committee

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Reha Kadakal, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Physical Master Plan Committee

Reza Abdolee, at large (2-yr term; ends S28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends S28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends S27)

Policy Clearinghouse Committee

Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
Matthew Campbell, Second Officer (ex officio)
Amira Ibrahim, Third Officer (ex officio)

President's Planning & Policy Council (PPPC)

Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
Matthew Campbell, Senate Budget Committee representative
Greg Wood, CFA President (exofficio)
HyeSun Lee, at large, tenure-track faculty representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large, non-tenure track faculty representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Strategic Resource Planning Committee (SRPC)

Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)
TBD, Senate Budget Committee representative
Lorna Profant, NTTF representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Jared Barton, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC)

OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Susan Kuzminsky, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27; F26 sabbatical replacement: Jaime Matera)

Sustainability Working Group

Committee on hold pending campus resource reallocations. No nominations currently being accepted.
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
OPEN, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)
Kiki Patsch, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)
José Castro-Sotomayor, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

University Art Review Committee

OPEN, Art Program representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 28)

University Charter Schools Board of Directors

Kris Yeager, Delegate of the Dean of the School of Education

University Glen Community Advisory Board (UG residents only)

OPEN, UG resident representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 28).
Kris Yeager, UG resident representative (2-yr term; ends Spring 27).

University Police Advisory Council

Stephen Clark, Faculty Representative, at large (2-yr term, ends Spring 27)

University Response Team

Christina Smith, Senate Chair (ex officio)

University Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee (URTPC)

Committee runs under FASE. All full professors are eligible to serve; obligation to serve if elected.
Marie Francois, Arts & Humanities (2-yr term; ends Spring 2027)
Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2028
Jared Barton, Business & Economics, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2027
Michelle Dean, Education, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2027
Jose Alamillo (At-Large Replacement), Library & Counseling, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2028
OPEN, Math & Sciences, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2028
Mary Adler, At Large, 2-yr term; ends Spring 2028

University Space Planning Committee

Talya Drescher, at large (2-yr term; ends Spring 27)

University Safety Committee

Greg Wood, CFA Chapter Representative

*Page last updated on May 29, 2026, by Alison Locke Perchuk / Aaron Sandoval for AEBC; senate roster maintained by Taryn McHugh.