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Committee Memberships (2024-25)

Committee memberships will be updated throughout the year.

Faculty Senate and Senate Standing Committees

Name	Position Type	Vacancy	Voting Status	Representing	Home Department/Unit
Michael Slouber	Faculty	At-Large	Voting	At Large	Senate President Global Humanities & Religions
Xiaofeng Chen	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)	Decision Sciences
Dawna Drum	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)	Accounting
Steven Garfinkle (AY 2024-25) Jason Query (on leave AY 24-25)	Faculty	CBE	Voting	CBE (all coordinate)	Economics
Erika McPhee-Shaw	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Sciences	Environmental Sciences
Vacant	Faculty	CENV	Voting	UEPP and Environmental Studies
Vacant	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Art & Art History, Theatre & Dance
James Ray	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music, Design	Music
Ernest Hartwell	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	LLC, Linguistics	Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Johann Neem	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	History	History
Dennis Whitcomb	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Philosophy, Global Humanities & Religions	Philosophy
Greg Youmans	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	English	English
Stephanie Gomez	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Communication Studies, Journalism, WGSS	Communication Studies
Nick Washburn	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	HHD, Communication Sciences & Disorders	Health and Human Development
Tesla Monson	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Anthropology, Political Science	Anthropology
Annie Riggs	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Psychology	Psychology
Ron Helms	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Sociology, Ethnic Studies	Sociology
Catherine Clark	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry	Chemistry
Ramadha Piyadi Gamage	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics	Mathematics
Kameron Harris	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Computer Science	Computer Science
Jeffrey Meier	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy	Mathematics
Mark Peyron	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Engineering and Design	Engineering and Design
Camilo Ponton	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Geology	Geology
Jim Cooper	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Biology	Biology
Clayton Pierce (on leave Fall 2024)	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven	Fairhaven
Yanara Friedland (Fall 2024)	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven	Fairhaven
Gabe Gossett	Faculty	Western Libraries	Voting	Libraries	Western Libraries
Sondra Cuban	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	Health & Community Studies, Secondary Education	Health and Community Studies
Lindsay Foreman-Murray	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	Education Leadership & Inclusive Teaching	Education Leadership and Inclusive Teaching
Maria Timmons Flores	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	Elementary Education	Elementary 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
Vicki Hsueh	Ex officio	UFWW President	Non-Voting		UFWW
Moose Abou-Harb	Ex officio	ASWWU Senate President	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
Michael Slouber	Faculty	President	Voting	Global Humanities and Religions
Erika McPhee-Shaw	Faculty	Vice President/President-Elect	Voting	Environmental Sciences
Camilo Ponton	Faculty	Secretary	Voting	Geology
Johann Neem	Faculty	Appointments and Elections Officer	Voting	History
Sondra Cuban	Faculty	Executive Council At-Large	Non-Voting	Health Studies
Bidisha Biswas	Faculty	Faculty Legislative Representative	Non-Voting	Political Science
Kristi Tyran	Faculty	Faculty Budget Representative	Non-Voting	Management
Tesla Monson	Faculty	Deputy Budget Representative	Non-Voting	Anthropology
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	ACC Chair	Non-Voting	Health and Human Development
Vicki Hsueh	Faculty	UFWW	Non-Voting
Brandon Dupont	Faculty	Past Senate President	Non-Voting	Economics

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	At-Large	Voting	Chair Health and Human Development
Vacant	Faculty	Woodring	Voting	Secondary Education
Anca Sirbu	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Economics
Rebekah Paci-Green	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Angie Kasper	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music
Vacant	Faculty	CHSS	Voting
Tara Perry	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Communication Studies
Elizabeth Raymond	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry
Midori Takagi	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Elizabeth Stephan	Faculty	Western Libraries	Voting	Western Libraries
Vacant	Faculty	Graduate School	Voting
Moose Abou-Harb	Student	ASWWU Senate	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Zach Cramer	Student	At-Large	Voting	ASWWU Senate
Matthew Loewen	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
Derek Moscato*	Faculty	CHSS-HUM	Voting	Journalism
Paul Chen	Faculty	CHSS-SBS	Voting	Political Science
Dipu Gupta Darren McCroom (Fall)	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Theatre
Jiexun Li	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Decision Sciences
Vacant	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting
Andy Bunn	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
George Zhao	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Elementary Education
Sid Devarenne	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Robert Berger	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Chemistry
Wala Saadeh	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Biology
Lauren Nicandri	Faculty	Extended Education	Voting
Calvin Christoph	Student	Associated Students	Voting
John Hardgrove	Student	Associated Students	Voting
Vacant	Student	Associated Students	Voting
Chuck Lanham	Ex-Officio	VP for IT/CIO	Non-Voting
John Farquhar	Ex-Officio	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	ESS Purchasing Professional	Non-Voting
Vacant	Ex-Officio	ESS Purchasing Professional	Non-Voting
Andrea Roger	Ex-Officio	BFA Purchasing Professional	Non-Voting

*Committee Chair

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Vacant	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Kendra Dupuy	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Political Science
Tilmann Glimm	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics
Shuo Li	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Accounting
Eva Gil	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Theatre
Patrick Buckley	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Hilary Schwandt	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Emmy Fincham	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Elementary Education
Emma Fredlund	Student	Associated Students	Voting
Vacant	Faculty	Faculty Senate
Vacant	Ex-Officio	Dean of the Libraries	Non-Voting	Libraries
John Farquhar	Ex-Officio	Director of ATUS	Non-Voting
Madeline Kelly	Ex-Officio	Director of Collections	Non-Voting	Libraries
Shevell Thibou	Ex-Officio	Director of Teaching and Learning	Non-Voting	Libraries
Elizabeth Joffrion	Ex-Officio	Director of Archives and Special Collections	Non-Voting	Libraries

*Chair - Eva Gil, Vice Chair - Kendra Dupuy

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Jennifer Seltz	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	IES
Shawn Knabb*	Faculty	CBE	Voting	Economics
Tarek Idriss	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Computer Science
Vacant	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Vacant	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Susan Haines	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Dance
Elizabeth Boland	Faculty	WCE	Voting	Rehabilitation Counseling
Michael Medler	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Studies
Kerry Allen	Faculty	IEP or Language & Cultural Programs	Voting	IEP
Lindsay Foreman-Murray	Faculty	Faculty Senate	Voting	Senate
Steven Garfinkle	Faculty	UFWW	Voting	UFWW
Sabina Gupta	Student	Associated Students	Voting
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, Vice Chair - Jennifer Seltz

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Home department/unit
Bidisha Biswas	Faculty	Faculty Legislative 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
Rebecca Bunn	Faculty	CENV	Voting	Environmental Sciences
Kevin Woods	Faculty	CFPA	Voting	Music
Daniel Picus	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Global Humanities and Religions
Adrian Villicana	Faculty	CHSS	Voting	Psychology
Jianying Zhang	Faculty	CSE	Voting	Mathematics
Ezra Anisman	Faculty	Fairhaven	Voting	Fairhaven
Gabriela Martinez	Faculty	Libraries	Voting	Libraries
Vacant	Faculty	WCE	Voting
Melissa D'Eloia	Faculty	ACC Representative	Voting	CHSS-Health and Human Development
Ying Bao	Faculty	At-Large	Voting	Chemistry
Shannon Kelly	Faculty	Director of Writing Support	Voting	Western Libraries
Calvin Christoph	Student	Student Representative	Voting
John Hardgrove	Student	Student Representative	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

Name	Position Type	Vacancy Req	Voting Status	Home Department/Unit
Holly Diaz	Faculty	Leadership Studies	Voting	Leadership Studies
Vacant	Faculty	ACC Vice Chair	Voting
Joan Hoffman	Faculty	At-Large	Voting	Modern and Classical Languages
Christina Keppie	Faculty	Can-Am Studies	Voting	Can-Am Studies
Andrew Lucchesi	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
Tristan Goldman	Faculty	Honors College	Voting	Honors College
Babafemi Akinrinade	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