2023-2024 Membership List

• Faculty Senate

  Faculty Senate

   

  Officer
  First	Last	Position	Discipline	Term	Email	Phone
  Jackie	Cason	President	Writing	24-25	jecason@alaska.edu	786-1917
  Matthew	Cuellar	President Elect	Social Work	24-25	mjcuellar@alaska.edu	786-6901
  Megan	Ossiander-Gobeille	2nd Vice President	Quantitative Studies	24-25	maossiandergobeille@alaska.edu	786-6159
  Yvonne	Chase	UAB Chair	Human Services	24-25	ymchase@alaska.edu	786-6438
  Ryan	Harrod	GAB Chair	Anthropology	24-25	rharrod2@alaska.edu	786-4989
  LuAnn	Piccard	Past President	Engineering	24-25	lpiccard2@alaska.edu	786-1594
  Morgan	Brissette	Parliamentarian	School of Nursing	24-25	mabrissette@alaska.edu

   

  Senator
  First	Last	Position	Discipline	Term	Email	Phone
  Page	Brannon	At-Large	Library	23-25	plbrannon@alaska.edu	786-1873
  Morgan	Brissette	At-Large	Nursing	24-26	mabrisette@alaska.edu	786-0447
  Barbara	Brown	Student Affairs/Kodiak	Academic Counselor	24-26	bebrown@alaska.edu	486-1211
  Sarah	Buckingham	CAS	Psychology	24-26	sbuckingham@alaska.edu	786-1767
  Marisa	Bune	COH	Nursing	23-25	mcbune@alaska.edu	786-4873
  Lia	Calhoun	Kenai	English	23-25	eicalhoun@alaska.edu	235-1605
  Sharon	Chamard	COH	Justice	24-26	sechamard@alaska.edu	786-1813
  Samuel	Cook	CAS	Mathmatics	24-26	sam.cook@alaska.edu	786-1743
  Cathy	Coulter	SoEd	Language and Literacy	24-26	cacoulter@alaska.edu	786-4457
  Stefanos	Folias	At-Large	Mathematics	23-25	sefolias@alaska.edu	786-1748
  Gabriel	Garcia	COH	Health Sciences	24-26	ggarci16@alaska.edu	786-6532
  Christopher	Gardiner	CTC	Writing	24-26	cgardin1@alaska.edu	786-4389
  Rachel	Graham	Mat-Su	Mathematics & Statistics	23-25	rgraham10@alaska.edu	745-9348
  Andrew	Harnish	CTC	Writing	23-25	ajharnish@alaska.edu	786-0473
  Nathaniel	Hicks	CAS Math./Natural Sc.	Physics	23-25	nkhicks@alaska.edu	786-1348
  Christopher	Jung	CAS Math./Natural Sc.	Biological Sciences	23-25	cmjung@alaska.edu	786-6879
  Carrie	King	COH	Dietetics	24-26	cdking@alaska.edu	786-6597
  Sarah	Kirk	CTC	Writing	24-26	sjkirk@alaska.edu	786-6851
  Jodee	Kuden	Library	Collection Department	23-25	jlkuden@alaska.edu	786-1875
  Matthew	Kupilik	CoEng	Electrical Engineering	24-26	mkupilik@alaska.edu	786-5468
  Terri	Manthey	CTC	Quantitative Studies	23-25	tmanthey@alaska.edu	786-4924
  Jesse	Mickelson	Kodiak	Mathematics	23-25	jmickel2@alaska.edu	(509) 392-2422
  Deb	Mole	Library	Reference	24-26	dimole@alaska.edu	786-1967
  Forrest	Nabors	CAS	Political Science	24-26	fanabors@alaska.edu	786-4857
  Debbie	Narang	CAS Math./Natural Sc.	Mathematics	24-26	dlnarang@alaska.edu	786-1312
  Soren	Orley	CBPP		23-25	seorley@alaska.edu	786-4141
  Kimberly	Pace	CAS Social Sciences	Political Science	24-26	kjpace@alaska.edu	786-4837
  Anthony	Paris	CoEng	Mechanical Engineering	23-25	ajparis@alaska.edu	786-1912
  Greg	Protasel	CBPP	Public Policy	23-25	gjprotasel@alaska.edu	786-1786
  Heide	Provencher	COH		24-26	hmprovencher@alaska.edu	786-4584
  Carri	Shamburger	COH	Medical Laboratory Science	24-26	cashamburger@alaska.edu	786-4344
  Kathryn	Slagle	COH	Radiologic Technology	23-25	kslagle@alaska.edu	786-4336
  Raghu	Srinivasan	CoEng	Mechanical Engineering	23-25	rsrinivasan2@alaska.edu	786-4815
  Sharyl	Toscano	COH	Nursing	23-25	setoscano@alaska.edu	786-6377
  Amy	Urbanus	COH	Dietetics	24-26	alurbanus@alaska.edu	786-0337
  Toby	Widdicombe	CAS	Department of English	24-26	rtwiddicombe@alaska.edu	786-4377
  Vacancy		PWSC		24-26
  Vacancy		KPC		24-26
  Vacancy		CBPP
  Vacancy		At-Large
  Vacancy		At-Large		23-25

   

   

  2023-2024 Meeting Schedule
  1st Fridays, 2:30-4:30 pm, Zoom
  Fall 2023
  Meeting 1	09/01/2023
  Meeting 2	10/06/2023
  Meeting 3	11/03/2023
  Meeting 4	12/01/2023
  Spring 2024
  No Meeting in January
  Meeting 5	02/02/2024
  Meeting 6	03/01/2024
  Meeting 7	04/05/2024
  Meeting 8	05/03/2024

• Committee

  Boards & Committees

  Legend
  Faculty Senator
  Committee Chair
  Vacancy
  UAA Faculty Committee Participant
  Ex-Officio

   

  Faculty Senate Executive Board (FSEB)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Jackie	Cason	President		24-25	jecason@alaska.edu
  	Matthew	Cuellar	1st Vice President		24-25	mjcuellar@alaska.edu
  	Megan	Ossiander-Gobeille	2nd Vice President		24-25	maossiandergobeille@alaska.edu
  	Yvonne	Chase	UAB Chair		24-25	ymchase@alaska.edu
  	Ryan	Harrod	GAB Chair		24-25	rharrod2@alaska.edu
  	LuAnn	Piccard	Past President		24-25	lpiccard2@alaska.edu
  	Morgan	Brissette	Parlimentarian		24-25	mabrissette@alaska.edu

   

  Undergraduate Academic Board (UAB)
  Meetings are held every Friday, except the first Friday of the month, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Yvonne	Chase	Chair	COH	23-25	ymchase@alaska.edu
  	Page	Brannon		LIB	23-25	plbrannon@alaska.edu
  	Sheri	Denison		Mat-Su	24-26	sadenison@alaska.edu
  	Utpal	Dutta		CoEng	24-26	udutta2@alaska.edu
  	Christopher	Gardiner		CTC	24-26	cgardin1@alaska.edu
  	Emily	Madsen		CAS	24-26	emadsen6@alaska.edu
  	Christina	Paxman		KPC	23-25	cgpaxman@alaska.edu
  	Kristen	Riall		CAS	24-25	kariall@alaska.edu
  	Carri	Shamburger		COH	23-25	cashamburger@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			COH	24-26
  	Vacancy			CTC	24-26
  	Vacancy			CBPP	24-26
  	Vacancy			Kodiak	24-26
  	Vacancy			At Large	24-26
  	Vacancy			PWSC	24-26
  	Chelsea	Sohm		SOEd	23-25	clsohm@alaska.edu
  	Susan	Kalina	Appointed by the Provost	OAA, Ex-Officio	n/a
  	Lindsey	Chadwell	Registrar	Registrar, Ex-Officio	n/a
  	Rotating Rep.		Publication and Scheduling	Enrollment, Ex-Offcio	n/a
  	Vacancy			USUAA (Optional)

   

  Graduate Academic Board (GAB)
  Meetings are held the second and fourth Friday of the month, 9:30 to 11:30 am
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Ryan	Harrod	Chair	CAS	23-25	rharrod2@alaska.edu
  	Getu	Hailu		CoEng	23-25	ghailu@alaska.edu
  	Cindy	Knall		COH	23-25	cmknall@alaska.edu
  	Greg	Protosel		CBPP	23-25	gjprotasel@alaska.edu
  	Ruth	Terry		LIB	23-25	rterry9@alaska.edu
  	Maria	Williams		At Large	24-25	mdwilliams6@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			SOEd	24-26
  	Vacancy			COH	24-26
  	Vacancy			CAS	24-25
  	Mary Jo	Finney		OAA, Ex-Officio	n/a	mjfinney@alaska.edu
  	Alyona	Selhay		Registrar, Ex-Officio	n/a	yvselhay@alaska.edu
  	Rotating Rep.			Enrollment, Ex-Officio	n/a
  	Vacancy			USUAA (Optional)

   

  Academic Assessment Committee (AAC)
  Meetings are held the first and third Friday of every month from 11:00 to 12:30 pm
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Deborah	Mole	Chair	LIB	23-25	dlmole@alaska.edu
  	Marisa	Bune		COH	23-25	mcbune@alaska.edu
  	Subhabrata	Dev		CoEng	24-26	sdev@alaska.edu
  	Thomas	Harman		CTC	23-25	tjharman@alaska.edu
  	Ryan	Harrod		CAS	24-26	rharrod2@alaska.edu
  	Annette	Hornung		Mat-Su	24-26	ahornung@alaska.edu
  	Krista	James		SOEd	24-26	kpjames@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			PSWC	24-26
  	Vacancy			CBPP	24-26
  	Vacancy			Kodiak	24-25
  	Vacancy			KPC	24-26
  	Susan	Kalina		Ex-Officio, OAA		smkalina@alaska.edu

   

  Faculty Grants and Leaves (FGL)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Zhi (Vicky)	Tao		CBPP	22-25	ztao@alaska.edu
  	Utpal	Dutta		CoEng	21-24	udutta2@alaska.edu
  	Page	Brannon		LIB	22-25	plbrannon@alaska.edu
  	Sarah	Kirk		CTC	23-26	sjkirk@alaska.edu
  	Leah	Coffman		COH	22-25	lmcoffman@alaska.edu
  	Paul	Dunscomb		CAS	23-26	pedunscomb@alaska.edu
  	Wei	Hsiao		SOEd	23-26	whsiao@alaska.edu
  	Kamal	Narang		CAS	21-24	knarang@alaska.edu
  	Rieken	Venema		CAS	22-25	rvenema@alaska.edu
  	Amanda	Walch		COH	23-26	akwalch@alaska.edu

   

  Budget, Planning, & Facilities Advisory Committee (BPFA)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Stefanos	Folias	Co-Chair	FS/CAS	23-24	sefolias@alaska.edu
  	Jodee	Kuden	Co-Chair	FS/LIB	23-24	jlkuden@alaska.edu
  	Sharon	Chamard		FS/COH	23-24	sechamard@alaska.edu
  	Nalinaksha	Bhattacharyya		CBPP		nbhattacharyya@alaska.edu
  	Teresa	Stephenson		CBPP		tstephenson01@alaska.edu
  	Sarah	Kirk		CTC		sjkirk@alaska.edu

   

  Community Campus Committee (CCC)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Jeffrey	Johnson	Co-Chair	FS/KPC	23-24	jjohnson47@alaska.edu
  	Deborah	Boege-Tobin				ddtobin@alaska.edu
  	Jennifer	Bernard		Mat-Su		jdbernard@alaska.edu
  	Lia	Calhoun				eicalhoun@alaska.edu
  	Robin	Dahlman		KPC		rrdahlman@alaska.edu
  	Felicia	Desimini
  	Jane	Fuerstenau	Co-Chair	FS/KPC	23-24	jefuerstenau@alaska.edu
  	Joan	Haig		UAA		jmhaig@alaska.edu
  	Erik	Hirschmann		FS/Mat-Su	23-24	ethirschmann@alaska.edu
  	Jeff	Laube		KPC		jlaube@alaska.edu
  	Jeff	Meyers Jr.		KPC/Homer		jmeyers13@alaska.edu
  	Michelle	Mishaan				mlmishaan@alaska.edu
  	Brian	Partridge		KPC		bcpartridge@alaska.edu
  	Matthew	Prnka				mrprnka@alaska.edu
  	Mark	Schreiter		Kodiak		maschreiter@alaska.edu
  	Andy	Veh		KPC		afveh@alaska.edu

   

  University Wide Faculty Evaluations Committee (UFEC)
  Meetings are held every Friday morning from January to 1st week of March
  ***Needs to be at least one Tripartite faculty member on the Bipartite committee per by-laws
  Bipartite (7)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	David	Morrison	Co-Chair, As. Professor (Bipartite)	CTC	22-25	dsmorrison@alaska.edu
  	Mark	Fitch	Professor (Bipartite)	CAS	23-26	mafitch@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy		(Tripartite)
  	Erik	Hirschmann	Professor (Bipartite)	CAS/Mat-Su	21-24	ethirschmann@alaska.edu
  	Mark	Schreiter	Professor (Bipartite)	Kodiak	21-24	maschreiter@alaska.edu
  	Daria	Carle	Professor (Bipartite)	LIB	22-25	docarle@alaska.edu
  	Kathrynn	Hollis-Buchanan	Co-Chair, As. Professor (Bipartite)	Kodiak	22-25	khollisbuchanan@alaska.edu
  Tripartite (8)
  	Jifeng	Peng	Professor (Tripartite)	CoEng	21-24	jpeng@alaska.edu
  	Anthony	Paris	Professor (Tripartite)	CoENG	23-26	ajparis@alaska.edu
  	Corrie	Whitmore	As. Professor (Tripartite)	COH	23-26	cwhitmor@alaska.edu
  	Sharyl	Toscano	Professor (Tripartite)	COH	23-26	setoscano@alaska.edu
  	Tim	Hinterberger	Professor (Tripartite)	COH	21-24	tjhinterberger@alaska.edu
  	Songho	Ha	Professor (Tripartite)	CAS	22-25	sha4@alaska.edu
  	Sharon	Chamard	Professor (Tripartite)	COH	22-25	sechamard@alaska.edu
  	Andy	Veh	Professor (Bipartite)	KPC	23-26	afveh@alaska.edu

   

  Diversity Committee (DC)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Andrew	Harnish	Tri-Chair	FS/CTC	23-24	ajharnish@alaska.edu
  	Tzu-Chiao	Chen	Tri-Chair	CTC		tchen3@alaska.edu
  	Michelle	Yatchmeneff	Tri-Chair	CoEng		myatchmeneff@alaska.edu
  	Erin	Hicks		FS/CAS	23-24	ekhicks@alaska.edu
  	Herminia	Din		FS/CAS	23-24	hdin@alaska.edu
  	Kimberly	Pace		CAS		kjpace@alaska.edu
  	Thomas	Chung		CAS		tpchung@alaska.edu
  	Mari	Hahn		CAS		mhahn6@alaska.edu
  	Gabe	Garcia		COH		ggarci16@alaska.edu
  	Songho	Ha		CAS		sha4@alaska.edu
  	Wei-Ying	Hsiao		SOEd		whsiao@alaska.edu
  	Seta	Kabranian-Melkonian		COH		sbkabranian@alaska.edu
  	Emily	Madsen		CTC		emadsen6@alaska.edu
  	Vanessa	Meade		COH		vmeade@alaska.edu
  	Amana	Mbise		COH		ambise@alaska.edu
  	Virginia (Jenny)	Miller		COH		vlmiller2@alaska.edu
  	Jessica	Ross		CAS		jmross2@alaska.edu
  	Kitty	Deal		SoEd		kldeal@alaska.edu
  	Maria	Williams		CAS		mdwilliams6@alaska.edu
  	Sandra	Shaginoff-Stuart		CAS		slshaginoffstuart@alaska.edu
  	Lauren	Wallace		LIB		lawallace4@alaska.edu
  	Rei	Shimizu		COH		rshimizu@alaska.edu
  	Cammie	Hsu		PWSCC		cshsu@alaska.edu
  	Jenn	Booz	Chief Diversity Officer	Ex-Officio		jmbooz@alaska.edu

   

  Student Academic Support and Success Committee (SASS)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Terri	Manthey	Co-Chair	FS/CTC	23-24	tmanthey@alaska.edu
  	Matthew	Cueller	Co-Chair	FS/COH	23-24	mjcuellar@alaska.edu
  	Debbie	Narang		FS/CAS	23-24	dlnarang@alaska.edu
  	Kamal	Narang		CAS		knarang@alaska.edu
  	Trish	Jenkins		CAS		pmjenkins@alaska.edu
  	Emily	Madsen		CTC		emadsen6@alaska.edu
  	Connie	Fuess		Mat-Su		clfuess@alaska.edu
  	Deidre	Berberich		CBPP		drberberich@alaska.edu
  	Kathi	Trawver		COH		krtrawver@alaska.edu
  	Mohammad	Alyami		CBPP		maalyami@alaska.edu
  	Tara	Palmer		CTC		tmpalmer2@alaska.edu
  	Lorelei	Sterling		LIB		lsterling@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			Ex-Officio, VP of Student Success

   

  Library Advisory Comittee (LAC)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Sharyl	Toscano	Chair	FS/CAS	23-24	setoscano@alaska.edu
  	Ian	Hartman		FS/CAS	23-24	ichartman@alaska.edu
  	Sara	Rufner		FS	23-24	sjrufner@alaska.edu
  	Roman	Dial		APU		rdial1@alaska.edu
  	Sam	Cook		CAS		scook25@alaska.edu
  	D'Arcy	Hutchings		LIB		dlhutchings@alaska.edu
  	Anna	Bjartmarsdottir		LIB		abjartmarsdottir@alaska.edu

   

  Academic Computing, Distance Learning, Instructional Technology, & eLearning Committee (ACDLITE)
  Meetings held 2nd Friday each month
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Terri	Manthey	Chair	FS/CTC	23-24	tmanthey@alaska.edu
  	Melissa	Chlupach		COH		machlupach@alaska.edu
  	Kathryn	Slagle		COH		kslagle@alaska.edu
  	Barbara	Harville		CTC		baharville@alaska.edu
  	Micah	Muer		LIB/MatSu		mwmuer@alaska.edu
  	Kathryn	Schild		Ex-Officio representing Instructional Design		kdschild@alaska.edu
  	Ryan	McDaniel		Ex-Officio representing IT		rjmcdaniel@alaska.edu
  	Colin	McGill		Ex-Officio representing CAFE		cmmcgill@alaska.edu
  	Tom	Dalrymple		KPC		tadalrymple@alaska.edu
  	D'Arcy	Hutchings		LIB		dlhutchings@alaska.edu

   

  Research and Creative Activity Committee (RCAC)
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Brandon	Briggs	Tri-Chair	CAS (Math and Nat. Sci)		bbriggs6@alaska.edu
  	Travis	Hedwig	Tri-Chair	COH		thhedwig@alaska.edu
  	Kathi	Trawver	Tri-Chair	COH		krtrawver@alaska.edu
  	Tom	Dalrymple		KPC		tadalrymple@alaska.edu
  	Ajit	Dayanandan		CBPP		adayanandan@alaska.edu
  	Sumeet	Jhamb		CBPP		sjhamb@alaska.edu
  	John	Lutterman		CAS (Performing and Fine Arts)		jlutterman@alaska.edu
  	Holly	Martinson		FS/COH (WWAMI)		hamartinson@alaska.edu
  	Oleg	Shiryayev		CoEng		oshiryayev@alaska.edu
  	Amber	Worthington		CTC		akworthington@alaska.edu
  	Jen	Schmidt		ISER		jischmidt@alaska.edu
  	Aaron	Dotson		Ex-Officio		addotson@alaska.edu

   

  General Education Council (GEC)
  Meetings held 1st Friday at 10:30AM
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Kristen	Ogilvie	Co-Chair	UAB/CAS (Social Sciences)	22-24	kaogilvie@alaska.edu
  	Rachel	Graham	Co-Chair	Mat-Su	22-24	rgraham10@alaska.edu
  	Mark	Fitch		CAS (Mathematics)	22-24	mafitch@alaska.edu
  	Megan	Ossiander-Gobeille		CTC (Mathematics)	22-24	maossiandergobeille@alaska.edu
  	Sam	Cook		CAS (Mathematics)	22-24	scook25@alaska.edu
  	John	Mouracade		CAS (Humanities)	22-24	jmmouracade@alaska.edu
  	Ian	Hartman		CAS (Humanities)	22-24	ichartman@alaska.edu
  	Gwendolyn	Higgens		LIB	22-24	gahiggins@alaska.edu
  	Sheri	Denison		UAB/Mat-Su (Written Communication	22-24	sadenison@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			CTC (Oral Communication)	23-25
  	Lisa	Schwarzburg		COH (non-GER)	22-24	llschwarzburg@alaska.edu
  	John	Lutterman		CAS (Fine Arts)	22-24	jlutterman@alaska.edu
  	Sara	Rufner		Written Communication	23-25	sjrufner@alaska.edu
  	Katherine	Rawlins		CAS (Natural Sciences)	22-24	krawlins@alaska.edu
  	Jim	Pantaleone		Natural Sciences	22-24	jtpantaleone@alaska.edu
  	Kathrynn	Hollis-Buchanan		UAB Member/Kodiak	23-25	khollisbuchanan@alaska.edu
  	Yvvone	Chase		Ex-Officio (UAB chair)		ymchase@alaska.edu
  	Ryan	Fortson		Social Sciences	23-25	hrfortson@alaska.edu

   

  Senior Administrators Review Committee (SARC)
  Meetings are held the first Friday at 10:00
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Soren	Orley	Co-Chair	FS/CBPP		seorley@alaska.edu
  	Larry	Foster	Co-Chair			lmfoster@alaska.edu
  	Ginger	Blackmon		SOEd		glblackmon@alaska.edu
  	Jeffery	Johnson		KPC		jjohnson47@alaska.edu
  	Tim	Hinterberger		COH		tjhinterberger@alaska.edu
  	Vacancy			FS/COH

   

  Ad hoc committee on IDEA
  Legend	First	Last	Title	Representing	Term	Email
  	Tara	Palmer				tmpalmer2@alaska.edu
  	Sharyl Eve	Toscano				setoscano@alaska.edu
  	Ryan	Fortson				hrfortson@alaska.edu
  	Katie	Walker				kmwalker@alaska.edu

   

   

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