Senate Standing Committees Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Senate Executive Committee

Gregory Wood, Senate Chair (expires Spring 20)
Jason Miller, Vice Chair (expires Spring 20)
Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Secretary (expires Spring 20)
Ivona Grzegorczyk, SWAS/ ASCSU Academic Affairs representative (expires Spring 2022 )
John Yudelson, SWAS/ ASCSU Faculty Affairs representative (expires Spring 2021)
Geoff Buhl, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Marie Francois, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Jeanne Grier, at-large (expires Spring 21)
ASI Representative, Isaiah Ball 
Lorna Profant, CFA Representative

Virgil Adams, immediate past Senate Chair
Elizabeth Say, Provost, ex-officio
Genevieve Evans Taylor, President's Designee, ex-officio

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Academic Policy and Planning Committee 

(Formerly Curriculum Committee)
Eric Kaltman, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 21)
Dana Baker, reverts to Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Zhong John Lu, Business and Economics (expires Spring 20)
Jeanne Grier, Education (expires Spring 21)
Monica Pereira, Library and Counselors (expires Spring 20)
Blake Gillespie, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 20) 
Chair of the GE Committee (non-voting)

Committee on Centers and Institutes

Raquel Baker, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Nien-Tsu "Nancy" Chen, at-large (expires Spring 20)

Javier Gonzalez, at large (expires Spring 21)
Theresa Avila, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Heather Castillo, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Committee on Committees

Matt Cook, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Alison Perchuk, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Sean Kelly, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Faculty Affairs Committee

Stephen Clark, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 20)
Lindsey O'Connor, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Hua Dai, Business and Economics (expires Spring 21)
Kara Naidoo, Education (expires Spring 21)
Nina Clements, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 21)
Lynette Landry, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Lorna Profant, Lecturer Representative (expires Spring 21)


Senate Budget Committee (formerly Fiscal Policies Committee)

Eric Kaltman, Arts and Humanities (expires Spring 21)
Jose Alamillo, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Dylan Cooper, Business & Economics (expires Spring 20)
Annie White, Education, (expires Spring 21)
Janet Pinkley, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 20)
Lynette Landry, Math and Sciences (expires Spring 21)
Colleen Nevins, at-large (expires Spring 21)

General Education

Stacey Anderson, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 21)
Reha Kadakal, Behavioral & Social Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Taylan Yalcin, Business and Economics (expires Spring 21)
Bob Bleicher, Education (expires Spring 21)
OPEN, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 20)

Minigrant Review Committee (all one year terms)

Parul Malik, Arts & Humanities, (expires Spring 20)
HyeSun Lee, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 20)
Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Business & Economics (expires Spring 20)
OPEN, Education (expires Spring 20) Sohui Lee, Library/Counselors, (expires Spring 20)
Jason Isaacs, Math & Sciences, (expires Spring 20)

Kendall McClellan, Lecturer Representative (expires Spring 20)

Professional Leave Committee

Frank Barajas, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 21)
OPEN, Behavioral & Social Sciences (expires Spring 21)
Minder Chen, Business & Economics (expires Spring 21)
Kaia Tollefson, Education (expires Spring 20)

Janet Pinkley, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 21)
Christy Teranishi Martinez, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 20)

Student Academic Policies and Procedures

Luis Sanchez, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Melissa Soenke, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Brian Thoms, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Charles Weis, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Julia Ornelas-Higdon, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Director of Admissions & Records, or designee

Faculty Positions for Senate Advisory Committees

Center for Community Engagement Advisory Board

Maria Ballesteros-Sola, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Melissa Soenke, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Pilar Pacheco, CCE Director
Julia "Jules" Balen, CCE Faculty Director on sabbatical 2019-2020 (expires Spring 2021)

Dennis Downey, CCE Faculty Director (sabbatical replacement - expires Spring 20)

Center for Integrative Studies Advisory Committee

Allison Alvarado, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Heather Castillo, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Alison Perchuk, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Sunghee Nam, CIS Faculty Director (expires Spring 2021)

Center for International Affairs Advisory Committee

Kimmy Kee-Rose, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Nien-Tsu (Nancy) Chen, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Jackie Reynoso, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Lydia Dixon, at-large (expires Spring 21)
HyeSun Lee, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Javier Gonzalez, ACIP Representative (expires Spring 21)

Andrea Grove, CIA Faculty Director (expires Spring 20)

Center for Multicultural Engagement

Dana Baker, at-large (expires Spring 20)
LaSonya Davis, at-large (expires Spring 20)
HyeSun Lee, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Christy Teranishi-Martinez, CME Faculty Director (expires Spring 20)

Extended Education Advisory Committee

Lynette Landry, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Aaron McColpin, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Paul Murphy, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Jason Isaacs, at-large (expires Spring 21)

OPEN, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Faculty Development Advisory Committee

Julia "Jules" Balen, tenure-track faculty representative [on sabbatical 2019-2020] (expires Spring 20)
Matt Campbell, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 20)
Lindsey Trimble-O’Connor, tenure-track faculty representative, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Debi Hoffman, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 21)
Julia Ornelas-Higdon, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 21)
Edward Irobi, lecturer representative (expires Spring 20)
Lorna Profant, lecturer representative (expires Spring 20)

Library Advisory Committee

Robin Mitchell, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Kiki Patsch, at-large (expires Spring 20)

Stacey Anderson, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Chair TBD

Research and Sponsored Programs Advisory

Scott Perez, Senior Research Officer (ex-officio)
Colleen Harris, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Jackie Reynoso, at-large (expires Spring 20)

Lindsey Trimble O'Connor, at-large (expires Spring 21)
HyeSun Lee, at-large (expires Spring 21)
Jaime Matera, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Technology Advisory Committee

Colleen Harris, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Brian Thoms, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Talya Drescher, at-large (expires Spring 21)

Chair TBD


Ad Hoc, Special Committees, and Other Elected Positions

Lecturer Representatives to Academic Senate (one year terms)

John Yudelson (expires Spring 20)
Lorna Profant (expires Spring 20)
Mari Estrada (expires Spring 20)
Christina Salazar (expires Spring 20)
Tom Schmidhauser (expires Spring 20)

ACIP Representative

Javier Gonzalez (expires Spring 2021)

Faculty Search Coordinating Committee

Georgina Guzman, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Kara Naidoo, Co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Charlene Niemi, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Lindsey O'Connor, at-large (expires Spring 20)
Luis Sanchez, at-large (expires Spring 20)

Administrator Evaluation Committee (at-large, tenured faculty)

Catherine Burriss, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 2020)
Billy Wagner, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 2020)
Dennis Downey, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 2022)
Jesse Elliott, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 2021)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 2020)

Senate Parliamentarian

Greg Wood

last updated 07/09/19

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