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The following faculty are currently serving or have recently been elected to serve during the 2023-2024 academic year.


Faculty Senate


Romain College of Business

Jianying Liu, 2023-2025
Nancy Koranic, 2023-2025
Nick Rhew, 2022-2024

Alternates

Prasenjit Ghosh, 2023-2025
Peter Cashel-Cordo, 2022-2024
TBD, 2023-2025

College of Liberal Arts

Todd Schroer, 2023-2025
Jason Hardgrave, 2022-2024
Robert Dickes, 2022-2024

Alternates

Al Holen, 2023-2025
Shannon Pritchard, 2022-2024
Manuel Apodaca-Valdez, 2022-2024

College of Nursing & Health Professions

Jessica Mason, 2023-2025
Erin Reynolds, 2022-2024
Ashley Carter, 2022-2024

Alternates

Marilyn Ostendorf, 2023-2025
Amy Wilson, 2022-2024
TBD, 2022-2024

Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education

Guoyuan Huang, 2023-2025
Susan Ely, 2023-2025
Kyle Mara, 2022-2024

Alternates

Eric Greenwood, 2023-2025
Chase Smith, 2022-2024
Cody Strom, 2023-2025

Rice Library & Unaffiliated Faculty

Shane White, 2022-2024

Alternate

Kate Sherrill, 2022-2024


Assessment Committee


Laurel Standiford Reyes, 2022-2024, College of Liberal Arts
Mary Phillips, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Kyle Mara, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
TBD, 2023-2025, Romain College of Business
Laura Bernhardt, 2022-2024, At Large


Curriculum Committee


Perry Burnett, 2023-2025, Romain College of Business
Nicholas Jankuhn, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Oana Armeanu, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Chad Tew, 2022-2024, College of Liberal Arts
Amy Wilson, 2022-2024, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Katherine Peak, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Yalcin Sarol, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Jason Hill, 2023-2025, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education


Economic Benefits Committee


Xue Han, 2023-2025, Romain College of Business
Cathy Carey, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
David Hitchcock, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Jessica Rick, 2022-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Jennifer Fehrenbacher, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Jenna Thacker, 2022-2024, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Cody Strom, 2023-2025, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Dan Elg, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education


Faculty and Academic Affairs Committee


Gary Black, 2023-2025, Romain College of Business
Zhe Li, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Charles Conaway, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Laura Lutgen-Nieves, 2022-2024, College of Liberal Arts
Zachary Ward, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Mary Doerner, 2022-2024, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Carrie Andersen, 2023-2025, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Brent Summers, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education


FASTRAC


Xiaozhe "Ben" Gu, 2023-2025, Romain College of Business
Abbas Foroughi, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Al Holen, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Jason Callahan, 2022-2024, College of Liberal Arts
April Fehlinger, 2022-2024, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Jennifer Fehrenbacher, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Misty Ostergaard, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Kim Delaney, 2023-2025, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education


Grievance and Hearing Committee


Jack Smothers, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Gina Schaar, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Kristalyn Shefveland, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Tom McDonald, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Jennifer Greene, 2022-2024, Rice Library
TBD, 2023-2025, At Large


University Promotion Committee


Cathy Carey, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Daniel Bauer, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Amy Wilson, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Rick Hudson, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Peter Whiting, 2022-2024, Rice Library & Unaffiliated Faculty
Jessica Jensen, 2022-2024, At Large
Sukanya Gupta, 2022-2024, At Large
TBD, 2023-2025, At Large


Student Affairs Committee


Fernando Ferreira, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Taylor Pett, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Ryan Willians, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Susan Ely, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
TBD, 2023-2025, At Large


Core 39 Council


Joy Cook, 2023-2025, College of Nursing & Health Professions
Sabinah Wanjugu, 2022-2024, Romain College of Business
Susanna Hoeness-Krupsaw, 2022-2024, College of Liberal Arts
Jenn Horn, 2023-2025, College of Liberal Arts
Eric McCloud, 2023-2025, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Rex Strange, 2022-2024, Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
Kristalyn Shefveland, 2022-2024, At Large
TBD, 2023-2025, At Large