Senators

Faculty Senators

*** Faculty Senate Chair
**   Faculty Senate Executive Committee Chair
*     Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member
Department Name Term Expires
Harpur College of Arts and Sciences- Fine Arts and Humanities
Africana Studies Nkiru Nzegwu 2026
Art and Design Colin Lyons 2025
Art History Tom McDonough * 2026
Asian And Asian American Studies

Ramaesh Bhagirat

Sungdai Cho *

2026

2026

Cinema

Sofia Theodore-Pierce

2026

Comparative Literature Tarek Shamma 2026
English, General Literature and Rhetoric

John Havard

Joseph Keith

Jennifer Stoever

Bridget Whearty

2026

2026

2026

2025

German and Russian Studies

Sidney Dement

2025

Judaic Studies Shay Rabineau 2025
Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

John Starks * 

2027

Music

Gregory Evans

2026

Philosophy

Mateo Duque

Melissa Zinkin *

2026

2025

Romance Languages & Literature Robyn Cope

2026

Theatre

Laura Fine Hawkes **

2026

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences- Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Biological Sciences

Laura Cook

Anthony Fiumera

Kirsten Prior

2025

2026

2025

Chemistry

Ming An

Rebecca Kissling

Julien Panetier *

2026

2026

2026

Department of Earth Sciences Adriane Lam

2026

Mathematics and Statistics

Laura Anderson

Marcin Mazur

Anton Schick *

2026

2025

2026

Physics

Michael Lawler

Wei-Cheng Lee *

2026

2025

Psychology

Meaghan Altman

Christina Balderrama- Durbin

Marvin Diaz

Cyma Van Petten

2026

2026

2026

2026

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences- Social Sciences
Anthropology

Jeffrey Lum

Sabina Perrino

2026

2026

Economics

Barry Jones *

Andreas Pape

2026

2026

Geography Norah Henry * 2025
History

Nathanael Andrade *

Sean Dunwoody

Meg Leja

2026

2025

2025

Political Science

Mikhail Filippov

Olga Shvetsova 

2026

2026

Sociology

Gladys Jimenez-Munoz

2026

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Health and Wellness Studies

Nursing

Physical Therapy

Speech Language Pathology

Lina Begdache

Jodi Sutherland

Michael Buck

Rodney Gabel *

2025

2026

2026

2025

Libraries
 

Nancy Abashian

Megan Benson

Matt Gallagher

Heather Parks *

Erin Rushton * 

2025

2025

2025

2025

2026

College of Community and Public Affairs
Teaching Learning and Educational Leadership


Thomas O'Brien

Bogum Yoon


2025

2025

Human Development Marguerite Wilson 2025
Public Administration David Campbell 2025

Social Work

Melissa Hardesty *

2026

Student Affairs and Administration Melvin Whitehead 2025
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
 

Aaron Beedle ***

Leon Cosler

Gail Rattinger

2025

2025

2026

School of Management
 

Tiffany Keller Hansbrough

Kimberly Jaussi

Anthony Meder

Debi Mishra *

2026

2026

2025

2025

Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science
Biomedical Engineering Ahyeon Koh 2026
Computer Science

Jeremy Blackburn 

Kenneth Chiu

Weiying Dai

2026

2026

2026

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tara Dhakal *

Vladimir Nikulin *

2026

2026

Mechanical Engineering

Paul Chiarot

Timothy Singler

2026

2026

Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

Peter Borgesen

Shuxia (Susan) Lu

Mark Poliks

2026

2026

2025

Ex-officio & Non-voting members:

President Harvey G. Stenger, ex-officio
Provost Donald E. Hall, ex-officio
Luca Cassidy- Non-voting Undergraduate Student liaison
Mackenzie Cooper- Non-voting BU Council Student liaison
Andre Mathis- Non-voting Professional Staff Senate liaison
Anjani Praneet Meruvu- Non-voting Graduate Student liaison
James Rea, Non-voting University Faculty Senator (Professional) (Manar Sabry, alternate)