The Faculty Senate conducts regular elections to fill its membership rolls.

Spring 2024 Faculty Senate Officer & Faculty Governance Committee (FGC) Election Results

Senate officer terms are one year, unless noted.

President-Elect:

• Daniel Price, The Honors College

Secretary:

• Michelle Ivey, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

• Veronica Dougals, University Libraries
• Donna Pattison, College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Faculty Governance Committee (FGC):

• Omolola (Lola) Adepojou, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
• Gulin Aksu, Cullen College of Engineering
• Lisa Farmer, College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
• Dietmar Froehlich, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design
• Kristen Hassett, College of Education
• Julia Kleinheider, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
• Yoon Koh, Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership
• Rex Koontz, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
• Ruth Manny, College of Optometry
• Michael Murray, C. T. Bauer College of Business
• Kimberly Pilkinton, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
• Ariana Santiago, University Libraries

Spring 2024 Faculty Senate Election Results

Senate terms are three years, unless noted.

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design:

• Dietmar Froehlich, GPSC Seat
• Mili Kyropoulou, RSC Seat

Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts:

• Amanda Cachia, Art, GPSC Seat
• Kalliope Vlahos, Theatre, UC Seat

• Alan Lish, Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, At-Large Seat
• Barbara Carlin, Management, UC Seat

College of Education:

• Margaret Hale, CUIN, At-Large Seat
• April Peters-Hawkins, ELPS, At-Large Seat
• Nathan Smith, PHLS, At-Large Seat
• Theresa Fedor Amador, PHLS, UC Seat

Cullen College of Engineering:

• Peggy Lindner, IST, At-Large Seat
• David Shattuck, ECE, At-Large Seat
• Dmitri Litvinov, ECE, RSC Seat
• Fatima Merchant, ET, RSC Seat
• Jack (Yunpeng) Zhang, IST, RSC Seat

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership:

• Juan Madera, GPSC Seat

The Honors College:

• Rita Sharp, At-Large Seat
• Daniel Price, RSC Seat

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences:

• Melissa Markofski, HHP, At-Large Seat (2-year term)
• Sofia Gellon, Hispanic Studies, UC Seat
• David Womble, ENGL, UC Seat

History/CLASS:

• Kelly Hopkins, At-Large Seat

Hispanic Studies/CLASS:

• Christina Sisk, At-Large Seat

Modern & Classical Languages/CLASS:

• Hildegard Glass, At-Large Seat

 CLASS – RSC Humanities:

• Alexey Golubev, HIST, RSC Seat

 CLASS – RSC Social Sciences:

• Alex Badas, POLSCI, RSC Seat (1-year term)
• Leigh Leasure, PSYC, RSC Seat

 Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine:

• Gregorio Gomez, At-Large Seat

 College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics:

• Chin-Yo Lin, Biology & Biochemistry, GPSC Seat
• Bernhard Bodmann, MATH, RSC Seat
• Rebecca Forrest, PHYS, UC Seat
• Brigitte Dauwalder, Biology & Biochemistry, At-Large Seat
• Donna Pattison, Biology & Biochemistry, At-Large Seat
• Rob Stewart EAS, At-Large Seat

Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing:

• Danielle Quintana, RSC Seat
• Deborah Smith, UC Seat

College of Optometry:

• Jason Porter, GPSC Seat
• Lisa Ostrin, RSC Seat
• Ruth Manny, At-Large Seat
• Chi Nguyen, At-Large Seat

College of Pharmacy:

• MariVi Tejada-Simon, PPS, At-Large Seat
• Vincent Tam, PPTR, RSC Seat
• Doug Thornton, PHOP, RSC Seat

 Research Centers & Institutes:

• Jakoah Brgoch, TX Center for Superconductivity, RSC Seat

 UH Research Faculty:

• Munenori Ishibashi, Research Asst. Professor, OPT, RSC Seat