2023 Faculty Council and Standing Committee Election Results

The following members of the general faculty have been elected to serve a two-year term on the Faculty Council beginning the first class day of fall 2023:


Representing Associate and Full Professors

  • Deborah Beck, Associate Professor, Classics

  • Edward Chambers, Professor, Art and Art History

  • Stella Flores, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy

  • Shiv Ganesh, Professor, Communication Studies

  • Tracie Matysik, Associate Professor, History

  • Mohammad A. Mohammad, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies

  • Jonathan Sessler, Professor, Chemistry

  • Audrey Stone, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education

  • Jessica Toste, Associate Professor, Special Education

  • Michael Young, Professor, Sociology

Representing Assistant Professors and Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

  • Niveen Abi Ghannam, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Joel Adler, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Surgery and Perioperative Care

  • Jordan Conwell, Assistant Professor, Sociology

  • Emily Drumsta, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies

  • Patricia Garcia, Associate Professor of Instruction, English

  • Debra Hansen, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology Instruction Office

  • Laura Lashinger, Associate Professor of Instruction, Nutritional Sciences

  • Jeremiah McCallister, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

  • Gautami Shah, Associate Professor of Instruction, Asian Studies

  • Sara Simons, Associate Professor of Instruction, Theatre and Dance


The following members of the general faculty have been elected to serve three-year terms on the listed General Faculty Standing Committees beginning the first class day of fall 2023:


A-1 Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility

  • Hina Azam, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies
  • Janice Fischer, Professor, Molecular Biosciences
  • Lorraine Pangle, Professor, Government

A-3 Committee on Committees (4-person panel to be sent to the President, who will appoint 2 members)

  • Liz Gershoff, Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
  • Stephanie Holmsten, Associate Professor of Instruction, Government
  • Jonathan Perry, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Physics
  • Sara Stewart Stevens, Associate Professor of Practice, Division of Textiles and Apparel

A-4 Faculty Grievance Committee

  • Caroline Bartel, Professor, Management
  • Harvey Lederman, Professor, Philosophy
  • Bo Xie, Professor, School of Nursing

A-6 General Faculty Rules and Governance Committee

  • Stephanie Holmsten, Associate Professor of Instruction, Government

B-3 Student Life Committee

  • Nina Telang, Professor of Instruction, Electrical and Computer Engineering

B-4 Student Athletes and Activities Committee

  • Matthew Bowers, Associate Professor of Instruction, Kinesiology and Health Education