Senate Standing Committees
Committee on Centers and Institutes
Minigrant Review CommitteeProfessional Leave Committee
Student Academic Policies and Procedures
Faculty Positions for Senate Advisory Committees
Ad Hoc, Special Committees, and Other Elected Positions
Senate Executive Committee
Virgil Adams, Senate Chair (expires Spring 18)
Steven Stratton, Vice Chair (expires Spring 18)
Kaia Tollefson, Secretary (expires Spring 18)
Simone Aloisio, SWAS / ASCSU Academic Affairs representative (expires Spring 2019)
John Yudelson, SWAS/ ASCSU Faculty Affairs representative (expires Spring 2018)
Sean Kelly, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Jennifer Perry, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Antonio Jiménez-Jiménez, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Cindy Wyels, immediate past Chair
Geoff Chase, Provost, ex-officio
Genevieve Evans Taylor, President's Designee, ex-officio
ASI Representative, Chelsea Lincoln
John Griffin, CFA Representative
Committee on Centers and Institutes
Javier Gonzalez, at large (expires Spring 19)
Rachel Soper, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Catherine Burriss, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Kiki Patsch, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Jacob Jenkins, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Committee on Committees
Robin Mitchell, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Elizabeth Sowers, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Debra Hoffman, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Curriculum Committee
Blake Gillespie, co-Chair, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 2018)
Jeanne Grier, Education (expires Spring 2019)
Matthew Mendez, reverts to Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Fall 2017)
Jared Barton, co-Chair, Business and Economics (expires Spring 18)
Monica Pereira, Library and Counselors (expires Spring 18)
Kristen Linton, Health Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Jasmine Delgado, reverts to Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 19)
Chair of the GE Committee (non-voting)
Faculty Affairs Committee
Nina Clements, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 19)
Hua Dai, Business and Economics (expires Spring 19)
Chuck Weis, Education (expires Spring 19)
Neomie Congello, Lecturer Representative (expires Spring 19)
José Alamillo, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Nancy Deans, co-Chair, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Stephen Clark, co-Chair, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 18)
Fiscal Policies Committee
Marie Francois, co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Manuel Correia, co-Chair, Education, (expires Spring 19)
Colleen Nevins, Arts and Humanities (expires Spring 19)
Ruben Alarcon, Math and Sciences (expires Spring 19)
Dennis Downey, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Priscilla Liang, Business & Economics (expires Spring 18)
Janet Pinkley, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 18)
General Education
Marie Francois, co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Reha Kadakal, Behavioral & Social Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Geoff Buhl, co-Chair, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 19)
Stacey Anderson, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 19)
Bob Bleicher, Education (expires Spring 19)
Ekin Pehlivan, Business and Economics (expires Spring 19)
Minigrant Review Committee (all one year terms)
Lorna Profant, Lecturer Representative (expires Spring 18)
Dylan Cooper, Business & Economics (expires Spring 18)
Merilyn Buchanan, Education (expires Spring 18)
Jennie Luna, Behavioral and Social Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Tracylee Clarke, Arts & Humanities, (expires Spring 18)
Nien-Tsu Chen, reverts to Library/Counselors, (expires Spring 18)
Cynthia Flores, Math & Sciences, (expires Spring 18)
Professional Leave Committee
Nancy Mozingo, reverts to Behavioral & Social Sciences (expires Spring 19)
Sean Anderson, Math & Sciences (expires Spring 18)
Colleen Delaney, reverts to Education (sabbatical replacement, expires Spring 18)
Monica Pereira, Library/Counselors (expires Spring 19)
Ludvika Popenhagen, Arts & Humanities (expires Spring 19)
Andrew Morris, Chair, Business & Economics (expires Spring 19)
Student Academic Policies and Procedures
Elizabeth Sowers, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Paul Murphy, co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 19)
José Garcia, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Brian Thoms, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Tiina Itkonen, co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Director of Admissions & Records, or designee
Faculty Positions for Senate Advisory Committees
Center for Community Engagement Advisory Board
Melissa Soenke, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Nien-Tsu (Nancy) Chen, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Pilar Pacheco, CCE Managing Director, ex-officio
Dennis Downey, CCE Faculty Director (expires Spring 18)
Center for Integrative Studies Advisory Committee
Selenne Banuelos, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Elizabeth Sowers, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Colleen Harris, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Sunghee Nam, Interim CIS Faculty Director AY17/18
Center for International Affairs Advisory Committee
Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Javier Gonzalez, at large (expires Spring 19)
Sunghee Nam, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Nien-Tsu (Nancy) Chen, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Elizabeth Sowers, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Andrea Grove, CIA Faculty Director (expires Spring 19)
Center for Multicultural Engagement
Robin Mitchell, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Carol Mack, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Georgina Guzmán, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Christy Teranishi-Martinez, CME Faculty Director (expires Spring 19)
Extended Education Advisory Committee
Kevin Volkan, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Tracylee Clarke, Chair, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Kimmy Kee-Rose, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Sean Anderson, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Brian Thoms, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Faculty Development Advisory Committee
John Yudelson, lecturer representative (expires Spring 18)
Kim Vose, lecturer representative (expires Spring 19)
Lindsey Trimble-O’Connor, tenure-track faculty representative, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Sohui Lee, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 19)
Julia Ornelas-Higdon, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 19)
David Claveau, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 18)
Jaime Hannans, tenure-track faculty representative (expires Spring 18)
Library Advisory Committee
Stacey Anderson, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Colleen Delaney, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Erich Fleming, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Chair TBD
Research and Sponsored Programs Advisory
Scott Perez, Senior Research Officer (ex-officio)
Matt Cook, Library (ex-officio)
Michelle Dean, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Melissa Soenke, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Cynthia Flores, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Jorge Garcia, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Geoff Dilly, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Technology Advisory Committee
Kiki Patsch, at-large (expires Spring 19)
Michelle Dean, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Liz King, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Chair TBD
Ad Hoc, Special Committees, and Other Elected Positions
ACIP Representative
Elizabeth Sowers (expires Spring 18)
Faculty Search Coordinating Committee
Lindsey O’Connor, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Luis Sanchez, Co-Chair, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Chuck Weis, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Georgina Guzman, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Ekin Pehliven, at-large (expires Spring 18)
Administrator Evaluation Committee (at-large, tenured faculty)
Rainer Buschmann, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 18)
Matt Cook, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 18)
Lynette Landry, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 18)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 18)
OPEN, at-large, tenured faculty (expires Spring 18)
Appointed Positions
Senate Parliamentarian
Greg Wood