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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 Cynthia Purcell (IFMSNHP) cpurcell@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
Secretary Heather Barton-Weston (IFMSNHP) bartonwe@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
Treasurer Michelle Aaron (RSO) mtaaron@uiwtx.edu 2026-2027
Faculty Affairs Chair Elda Martinez (DSE) eemartin@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Undergraduate Council Chair Scott Smith (SMSE) sesmith@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
Graduate Council Chair Chris Nesser (HEBSBA) dcgarcia@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Non-Tenured Faculty Representative Vacant   2026-2027
Senators
CHASS Senator Sean Viña vina@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
CHASS Senator Liz Fisher efisher@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
DSE Senator Alfredo Ortiz alortiz1@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
DSE Senator Vacant   2026-2028
FSoP Senator Mayela Warner mwarner@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
FSoP Senator Joanne Fazio-Gosser faziogos@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
HEBSBA Senator Akbar Ghiasi ghiasi@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
HEBSBA Senator Carlos Baldo baldo@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
IFMSNHP Senator Jeffrey Doeringer doeringe@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
IFMSNHP Senator Lorena Paul elopezro@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
RSO Senator Adrienne Ari ari@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
RSO Senator Narges Kasraie nkasraie@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
SMD Senator Adam Nash anash@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SMD Senator Jacob Salazar jjsalaz2@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
SMSE Senator Heather Frazier hrfrazie@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SMSE Senator Marieke Oldenbroek Burleson mbuleso@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
SOM Senator Rob Slater rslater@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SOM Senator Rohini Mehta mentha@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
SRS Senator Mica Rutschke rutschke@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
SRS Senator Joanna Soles soles@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
At-Large Senator Trish G. Driskill (HEBSBA) tdriskil@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
At-Large Senator Monica Ramirez (IFMSNHP) ramirezmn@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
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 Alberto Rubio (HEBSBA) rubiosan@uiwtx.edu 2026-2027
Graduate Council Chris Nesser (HEBSBA) dcgarcia@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Grievance Committee Linda Grace Solis (SOM) lgsolis1@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
Nominations & Elections Committee Judith Ruvuna (SMD) ruvuna@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028
Rank & Tenure Committee Paulo Carvalho (FSoP) pcarvalh@uiwtx.edu 2025-2027
Undergraduate Council Scott Smith (SMSE) sesmith@uiwtx.edu 2026-2028