Faculty Senate currently has 35 seats. Senators represent either their department or their school and are elected each spring. Each senator is assigned to serve on a standing committee of the Senate. All full-time faculty are eligible for membership on the Faculty Senate.
There is a minimum of one senator from each of 16 academic units, with a second departmental senator representing those units with more than 19 full time faculty. There are also four school-wide, at-large senators from Fine and Performing Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Media Arts, and one senator from the School of Graduate Studies.
Department Senators
School of Fine and Performing Arts
Art and Art History, Debra Parr (Academic Affairs)
Business and Entrepreneurship, Dawn Larsen (Executive, Parliamentarian), Alexander Fruchter (Academic Affaris)
Dance, Jessica Young (Faculty Affairs, Co-Chair)
Design, Chris Koules (Faculty Affairs)
Fashion Studies, Allison Leahy (Financial Affairs)
Music, Daniel Dehaan (Academic Affairs, Co-Chair)
Photography, Paul D'Amato (Faculty Affairs, Secretary)
Theatre, Paul Amandes (Faculty Affairs, Co-Chair), Heather Gilbert (Faculty Affairs)
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
American Sign Language, James Van Manen (Faculty Affairs)
English and Creative Writing, Tom Nawrocki (Academic Affairs), Hilary Sarat-St. Peter (Faculty Affairs)
History, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ann Gunkel (Academic Affairs), Carmelo Esterrich (Academic Affairs)
Science and Mathematics, Beatrix Bűdy (Academic Affairs), Keith Kostecka (Financial Affairs, Chair)
School of Media Arts
Audio Arts and Acoustics, David Worrall (Financial Affairs, Vice Chair)
Cinema and Television Arts, Michael Caplan (Academic Affairs), Mat Rappaport (Financial Affairs, Secretary)
Communication, Jackie Spinner (Executive Committee)
Interactive Arts and Media, Joshua Fisher (Academic Affairs, Co-Chair)
School-wide At-Large Senators
School of Fine and Performing Arts
Business and Entrepreneurship, Clayton Smith (Academic Affairs)
Dance, Ellen Chenoweth (Faculty Affairs)
Theatre, Michael Brown, (Academic Affairs), Frances Maggio (Executive Committee, Vice President)
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
English and Creative Writing, Madhurima Chakraborty (Executive Committee, President)
History, Humanities and Social Sciences, Rojhat Avsar (Executive Committee)
Science and Mathematics, Christopher Shaw (Executive Committee, Secretary), Luis Nasser (Faculty Affairs)
School of Media Arts
Cinema and Television Arts, Bruce Sheridan (Faculty Affairs)
Communication, Grace Choi (Faculty Affairs)
Interactive Arts and Media, Alex Damarjian (Financial Affairs), Ron Fleischer (Academic Affairs, Secretary)
School of Graduate Studies
Art and Art History, Paul Catanese (Financial Affairs)
Chairs’ Council Representative
Lisa Gonzales, Chair of Dance, and Joe Cancellaro, Chair of Interactive Arts and Media
Graduate Council Representative
Theatre, John Green