Committee Memberships | Faculty Senate | Western Washington University

2026-2027 Rosters

Committee memberships will be updated throughout the year.

Faculty Senate and Senate Standing Committees

Name	Position Type	Vacancy	Voting Status	Representing	Home Department/Unit
James Ray	Faculty	President	Voting	At Large	Music
Sharon Shewmake	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)	Economics
Jason Query	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)	Economics
Vacant	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)
Patrick Buckley	Faculty	CENV	Voting	CENV	Environmental Studies
Monique Kerman	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Art & Art History, Design	Design
Heather Dudenbostel	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music, Theatre, Dance	Music
Edward Vajda	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	LLC, Linguistics	Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Ricardo López-Pedreros (Pending Confirmation)	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	History	History
Eddy Troy (Pending Confirmation)	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Philosophy, Global Humanities & Religions	Global Humanities & Religions
Jenny Forsythe	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	English	English
Jane Wong	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Ethnic Studies	Ethnic Studies
Betsy O'Donovan	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Communication Studies, Journalism, WGSS	Journalism
Nick Washburn (Fall-Winter) Heather Moore (Spring)	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	HHD, Speech, Language & Hearing Science	HHD Speech, Language & Hearing Science
Tesla Monson	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Anthropology, Political Science	Anthropology
Brianna Delker	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Psychology	Psychology
Maura O'Leary	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	At-Large SBS	Linguistics
Melissa Osborne	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Sociology	Sociology
Catherine Clark	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry	Chemistry
Ramadha Piyadi Gamage	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics	Mathematics
Fuqun Huang	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Computer Science	Computer Science
Junaid Khan	Faculty	CSE	Voting	EECE, Physics & Astronomy	EECE
Tarek Algeddawy	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Engineering and Design	Engineering and Design
Camilo Ponton	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Geology	Geology
Adrienne Wang	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Biology	Biology
Yanara Friedland	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven	Fairhaven
Gabe Gossett	Faculty	Western Libraries	Voting	Libraries	Western Libraries
Lindsay Foreman-Murray	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	WCE (all coordinate)	Education Leadership and Inclusive Teaching
Cory Mathieu	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	WCE (all coordinate)	Elementary, Early Childhood, and Multilingual Education
Tim Bruce	Faculty	Graduate School	Voting	Graduate School	Education Leadership and Inclusive Teaching
Christopher Bianco	Ex officio	Council of Deans	Non-Voting		CFPA (Music)
Sabah Randhawa	Ex officio	University President	Non-Voting		University President
Brad Johnson	Ex officio	Provost	Non-Voting		Academic Affairs
Theresa Warburton	Ex officio	UFWW President	Non-Voting		UFWW
Heather Curfman	Ex officio	ASWWU Senate	Non-Voting		ASWWU Senate

Additional faculty will be added as nominations are certified by college governance bodies and forwarded to the Faculty Senate.

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
James Ray	Faculty	President	Voting	Music
Melissa Osborne	Faculty	Vice President/President-Elect	Voting	Sociology
Lindsay Foreman-Murray	Faculty	Secretary	Voting	Ed Leadership & Inclusive Teaching
Gabe Gossett	Faculty	Appointments and Elections Officer	Voting	Libraries
Jason Query	Faculty	Executive Council At-Large	Non-Voting	Economics
Bidisha Biswas	Faculty	Faculty Legislative Representative	Non-Voting	Political Science
Bidisha Biswas	Faculty	Faculty Budget Representative	Non-Voting	Anthropology
Awais Altaf	Faculty	Deputy Budget Representative	Non-Voting	Political Science
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	ACC Chair	Non-Voting	Health and Human Development
Theresa Warburton	Faculty	UFWW	Non-Voting
Erika McPhee-Shaw	Faculty	Past Senate President	Non-Voting	Environmental Sciences

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	Chair (At-Large)	Voting	Health and Human Development
Tim Bruce	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	Education Leadership
Anca Sirbu	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Economics
Tammi Laninga	Faculty	CENV	Voting	UEPP
Sarah Jo Monaghan	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Theatre
Kendra Dupuy	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Political Science
Nathan Robey	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Health and Human Development
Elizabeth Raymond	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry
Midori Takagi	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Vacant	Faculty	Western Libraries	Voting	Western Libraries
Katherine Anderson	Faculty	Graduate School	Voting
Heather Curfman	Student	ASWWU Senate President	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Fall Appointment	Student	At-Large	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Fall Appointment	Student	At-Large	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Jack Herring	Ex-Officio	Provost	Not voting	Academic Affairs
Jamie Lawson	Ex-Officio	Registrar's Office	Not voting	Enrollment and Student Services
Shelli Soto	Ex-Officio	Enrollment Management	Not voting	Enrollment and Student Services

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Paula Dagnon (Fall) George Zhao* (Winter/Spring)	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Elementary Education
Derek Moscato	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Journalism
Paul Chen	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Political Science
Paul Bain	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music
Jiexun Li	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Decision Sciences
Claudia Johnson	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Andy Bunn	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Sid Devarenne	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Debb Glosser	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry
Wala Saadeh	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Biology
Vacant	Faculty	Faculty Senate	Voting
Lauren Nicandri	Staff	Extended Education	Voting
Fall Appointment	Student	ASWWU Senate	Voting
Fall Appointment	Student	ASWWU Senate	Non-Voting
Chuck Lanham	Ex-Officio	VP for IT/CIO	Non-Voting
Michael Wilder	Ex-Officio	Acting ATUS Director	Non-Voting
Michael Wilder	Ex-Officio	Asst. Director of Teaching, Learning and Technology	Non-Voting
Colin Hanson	Ex-Officio	IT Professional	Non-Voting
Vacant	Ex-Officio	Student Affairs Purchasing Professional	Non-Voting
Andrea Roger	Ex-Officio	BFA Purchasing Professional	Non-Voting

*Committee Chair (Paul Chen - Acting Chair Fall 2026)

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Jenny Oleen	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Vacant	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Political Science
Yasmine Elglaly	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Computer Science
Shuo Li	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Accounting
Eva Gil	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Theatre
Vacant	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Hilary Schwandt	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Emmy Fincham	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Elementary Education
Aniyah Sterling	Student	ASWWU Senate	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Vacant	Faculty	Faculty Senate	Voting	Ed Leadership
Madeline Kelly	Ex-Officio	Dean of the Libraries	Non-Voting	Libraries
Michael Wilder	Ex-Officio	Assistant Director of ATUS	Non-Voting
Mary Wegmann	Ex-Officio	Director of Collections (Acting)	Non-Voting	Libraries
Shevell Thibou (Shannon Kelly - Fall)	Ex-Officio	Director of Teaching and Learning	Non-Voting	Libraries
Ruth Steele	Ex-Officio	Director of Archives and Special Collections	Non-Voting	Libraries

*Chair - Kendra Dupuy

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Vacant	Faculty	CHSS	Voting
Shawn Knabb	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Economics
Tim Kowalczyk	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry
Elizabeth Stephan	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Vacant	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Susan Haines	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Dance
Jennifer Green	Faculty	WCE	Voting
Michael Medler	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Vacant	Faculty	Faculty Senate	Voting	Senate
TBD	Faculty	UFWW	Voting	UFWW
Fall Appointment	Student	ASWWU Senate	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Ryan Larsen	Ex-Officio	Director, Office of Global Engagement	Non-Voting
Robert Squires	Ex-Officio	Vice-Provost, OCE or Designee	Non-Voting	OCE

*Chair - Shawn Knabb

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Home department/unit
Bidisha Biswas	Faculty	Faculty Legislative Representative University Budget Representative	Political Science

Name

Position Type

Vacancy Req

Home department/unit

Bidisha Biswas

Faculty

Faculty Legislative Representative

University Budget Representative

Political Science

ACC Standing Committees

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Shevell Thibou*	Faculty	At-Large	Voting	Committee Chair Libraries
Hart Hodges	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Economics
Vacant	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Sciences
Alex Egner	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music
Daniel Picus	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Global Humanities and Religions
Kristin Denham	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Linguistics
Liz Chen	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics
Vacant	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Neah Ingram-Monteiro	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Carrie Brennan	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Early Childhood, Elementary & Multi-Lingual Education
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	ACC Representative	Voting	CHSS-Health and Human Development
Shannon Kelly	Faculty	Director of Writing Support	Voting	Western Libraries
Fall Appointment	Student	ASWWU Senate	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Fall Appointment	Student	ASWWU Senate	Not Voting
Jack Herring	Ex-Officio	Provost	Not voting	Academic Affairs
Meagan Bryson	Ex-Officio	Academic Advising and Student Achievement Center	Not voting	Enrollment and Student Services
Amber Walker	Ex-Officio	Registrar's Office	Not voting	Enrollment and Student Services
Jana Schueler	Ex-Officio	Admissions	Not voting	Enrollment and Student Services

*Chair (Fall 2026 Acting Chair - Kristin Denham)

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Holly Diaz	Faculty	Leadership Studies	Voting	Leadership Studies
Betsy Raymond	Faculty	ACC Designee	Voting	Chemistry
Christina Keppie	Faculty	Can-Am Studies	Voting	Can-Am Studies
G McGrew	Faculty	Critical Disability Studies	Voting	English
Debb Glosser	Faculty	Energy Studies	Voting	IES/Engineering and Design
Vacant	Faculty	Entrepreneurship & Innovation	Voting
Babafemi Akinrinade	Faculty	Holocaust and Genocide Studies	Voting	Fairhaven
Kimberly Lynn	Faculty	Honors College	Voting	Honors College
Ryan Larson	Faculty	International Studies (proxy)	Voting	Fairhaven
Deb Donovan	Faculty	Marine & Coastal Science	Voting	Biology
Cindy Elliser	Faculty	Salish Sea Studies	Voting	Salish Sea Institute
Grace Wang	Faculty	Sustainability Studies	Voting	CENV