Steering Committee
Function
- Deals with matters relating to agenda, referral, voting, and elections.
- Acts as an emergency advisory council to the President.
- May serve as Summer Executive Committee to carry out functions delegated to it by the Senate.
Composition and tenure
- The Executive Committee including the chair, chair-elect, past chair and executive secretary of the Faculty Senate shall, ipso facto, be members and officers of the Steering Committee. (X)
- One senator from each of the campuses specifically allotted one or more senators and the chairs of the following committees: Academic Affairs, Admissions & Enrollment, Budget, Faculty Affairs, Graduate Studies, Professional Health Sciences, and Research and Arts. Note that when there are multiple senators representing a campus, or co-chairs of a committee, they are all welcome to attend the Steering Committee meetings, but each campus or committee shall only have one vote. (X)
- The Faculty Senate Legislative Representative. (X)
Additional notes
- Responsible to: Faculty Senate.
- Reports to: Faculty Senate.
- Principal Assistant, Anna Schilter serves as administrative support to the Faculty Senate Steering Committee.
Steering Committee Roster
Name | Rank | Constituency | Location | Start Term | End Term |
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Steering Committee Chair, Eric Shelden | Associate Professor | Executive Committee | Pullman | 2023 | 2024 |
Faculty Senate Chair Elect, Tracy Klein | Associate Professor | Executive Committee | Vancouver | 2023 | 2024 |
Faculty Senate Past Chair, Christine Horne | Professor | Executive Committee | Pullman | 2023 | 2024 |
Faculty Senate Executive Secretary, Matt Hudelson | Associate Professor | Executive Committee | Pullman | 2020 | 2026 |
Faculty Senate Committee Chairs | |||||
Praveen Sekhar | Associate Professor | Academic Affairs Committee | Vancouver | 2022 | 2024 |
Robin Bond | Assistant Dean & Clinical Professor | Admissions & Enrollment Committee Chair | Pullman | 2022 | 2024 |
Li Xu | Associate Professor | Budget Committee Chair | Vancouver | 2021 | 2023 |
Judi McDonald | Professor | Faculty Affairs Committee | Pullman | 2021 | 2024 |
Erica Nicol | Librarian | Graduate Studies Committee | Pullman | 2018 | 2024 |
Gary Wayman | Professor | Graduate Studies Committee | Pullman | 2019 | 2025 |
John Mattoon | Clinical Professor | Professional Health Sciences Committee | Pullman | 2020 | 2023 |
Pablo Monsivais | Associate Professor | Research & Arts Committee | Spokane | 2022 | 2023 |
Jeb Owen | Associate Professor | Research & Arts Committee | Pullman | 2015* | 2023 |
Faculty Senate Campus Representatives | |||||
Soobin Seo | Assistant Professor (TT) | WSU Everett Representative | Everett | 2022 | 2025 |
Gordon Taub | Associate Professor (CT) | WSU Everett Representative | Everett | 2023 | 2026 |
Ken Roberts | Professor (TT) | WSU Spokane Representative | Spokane | 2023 | 2026 |
Ayesha Ahmed | Associate Professor (CT) | WSU Spokane Representative | Spokane | 2023 | 2026 |
Paul Skilton | Associate Professor (TT) | WSU Tri-Cities Representative | Tri- Cities | 2020 | 2026 |
Nelmi Devarie-Baez | Associate Professor (CT) | WSU Tri-Cities Representative | Tri-Cities | 2022 | 2024 |
Alex Dimitrov (Sabatical) | Associate Professor (TT) | WSU Vancouver Representative | Vancouver | 2019 | 2025 |
Renee Magnan (Sabatical Substitute) | Associate Professor (TT) | WSU Vancouver | Vancouver | 2023 | 2024 |
John Barber | Scholarly Professor (CT) | WSU Vancouver Representative | Vancouver | 2018 | 2024 |
Faculty Senate Legislative Representative | |||||
Stephen Bollens | Director & Professor | Faculty Senate Legislative Representative | Vancouver | 2021 | 2024 |
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