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Senate & Standing Committees

This table contains the names and emails of the current Senate Executive Committee, the Senate members, chairs of the Senate standing committees.
POSITION NAME UIW E-MAIL TERM
Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
President Michael Moon (IFMSNHP) moon@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Vice-President Rachell Booth (MSE) rbooth@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
Secretary Heather Barton-Weston (IFMSNHP) bartonwe@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
Treasurer Jose Moreno (HEBSBA) jfmoreno@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Faculty Affairs Chair Elda Martinez (DSE) eemartin@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Undergraduate Council Chair Julian Davis (MSE) judavis@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
Graduate Council Chair Chris Nesser (HEBSBA) dcgarcia@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Non-Tenured Faculty Representative Alan Jones (HEBSBA) aajones2@uiwtx.edu 2025-2026
Senators
CHASS Senator Sean Viña vina@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
CHASS Senator Emily Clark ejclark@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
DSE Senator Alfredo Ortiz alortiz1@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
DSE Senator Chunling Niu cniu@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
FSoP Senator Mayela Warner mwarner@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
FSoP Senator Rhea Fraser-Spears frasersp@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
HEBSBA Senator Akbar Ghiasi ghiasi@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
HEBSBA Senator Alan A. Jones aajones@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
IFMSNHP Senator Erlinda Lopez-Rodriguez ldpaul@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
IFMSNHP Senator Lorena Paul elopezro@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
RSO Senator Michelle Aaron mtaaron@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
RSO Senator Narges Kasraie nkasraie@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
SMD Senator Adam Nash anash@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SMD Senator Michael Clayton clayton@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
SMSE Senator Heather Frazier hrfrazie@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SMSE Senator Alakananda R. Chaudhuri alankan@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
SOM Senator Rob Slater rslater@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SOM Senator Lora Talley lwatts@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
SRS Senator Mica Rutschke rutschke@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SRS Senator Dailen Castillo dccastil@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
At-Large Senator Lynn Downs (HEBSBA) ldowns@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
At-Large Senator Lucero Delgado Martinez (IFMSNHP) lamart13@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
At-Large Senator John Stankus (MSE) stankus@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
At-Large Senator Shoaib Iqbal (FSOP) shiqbal@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Non-Voting Members
Faculty Athletic Representative Laura Cannon lcannon@uiwtx.edu 2023-2026
Provost Eva Fernandez emferna2@uiwtx.edu 2025-Present
Standing Committee Chairs (in alphabetical order)
Faculty Affairs Committee Elda Martinez (DSE) eemartin@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Faculty Development Fund Review Committee Brittanie Lockard (IFMSNHP) lockard@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Graduate Council Chris Nesser (HEBSBA) dcgarcia@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Grievance Committee Ken Metz (CHASS) metz@uiwtx.edu 2025-2026
Nominations & Elections Committee Lalon Alexander (SMD) mlalexan@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026
Rank & Tenure Committee Paulo Carvalho (FSoP) pcarvalh@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Undergraduate Council Julian Davis (SMSE) judavis@uiwtx.edu 2024-2026