2017-18 Faculty Senate
President Eric Kaler, chair, University/Faculty Senate
Catherine French, vice chair, University/Faculty Senate
Civil, Environmental & Geo-Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
cfrench@umn.edu
Joseph Konstan, chair, Senate/Faculty Consultative Committee
Computer Science & Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
konstan@umn.edu
Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, vice chair, Senate/Faculty Consultative Committee
Global Policy
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
frie0013@umn.edu
Abimbola Asojo, FCC member
Design, Housing & Apparel
College of Design
aasojo@umn.edu
Robert Blair, FCC member
Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences
blairrb@umn.edu
Sheri Breen, FCC member
Political Science
University of Minnesota, Morris
breens@umn.edu
Tabitha Grier-Reed, FCC member
Family Social Science
College of Education and Human Development
grier001@umn.edu
Peggy Nelson, FCC member
Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
nelso477@umn.edu
Ned Patterson, FCC member
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
patte037@umn.edu
Amy Pittenger, FCC member
Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
College of Pharmacy
alp@umn.edu
Peter Tiffin, FCC member
Plant and Microbial Biology
College of Biological Sciences
ptiffin@umn.edu
Bill Arnold, Research chair
Civil, Environmental & Geo-Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
arnol032@umn.edu
Colin Campbell, former chair, Senate/Faculty Consultative Committee
Pharmacology
Medical School
campb034@umn.edu
Daniel Feeney, Finance and Planning Committee chair
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
feene001@umn.edu
Jennifer Goodnaugh, Educational Policy Committee chair
Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Morris
jenng@morris.umn.edu
Robert Kudrle, Faculty Affairs Committee chair
Freeman Center for International Economic Policy
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
kudrle@umn.edu
Michael Oakes, faculty legislative liasion
Epidemiology & Community Health
School of Public Health
oakes007@umn.edu
Donna Spannaus-Martin, faculty legislative liasion
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Center for Allied Health Programs
spann003@umn.edu
Wendy St. Peter, Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee chair
Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
College of Pharmacy
stpet002@umn.edu
Carlson School of Management
Frank Gigler, senator
Accounting
gigle003@umn.edu
George John, senator
Marketing
johnx001@umn.edu
College of Biological Sciences
Mark Bee, senator
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
mbee@umn.edu
Sue Gibson, senator
Plant and Microbial Biology
gibso043@umn.edu
Georgiana May, senator
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
gmay@umn.edu
Anke Reinders, senator
Plant and Microbial Biology
anke@umn.edu
College of Continuing Education
To be named
College of Design
Carol Waldron, senator
Design, Housing, and Apparel
cwaldron@umn.edu
College of Education and Human Development
Patricia Avery, senator
Curriculum and Instruction
avery001@umn.edu
Kathleen Cramer, senator
STEM Education Center
crame013@umn.edu
Irene Duranczyk, senator
CEHD Dean's Office
duran026@umn.edu
Lori Helman, senator
Curriculum and Instruction
lhelman@umn.edu
Margaret Kelly, senator
Family Social Science
deleh003@umn.edu
Kendall King, senator
Curriculum and Instruction
kendall@umn.edu
Elizabeth Lightfoot, senator
Social Work
elightfo@umn.edu
Steven Yussen, senator
Institute of Child Development
syussen@umn.edu
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Melania Figueroa, senator
Plant Pathology
figue031@umn.edu
Gary Gardner, senator
Horticultural Science
ggardner@umn.edu
Stephen Kells, senator
Entomology
kells002@umn.edu
Matthew Russell, senator
Forest Resources
russellm@umn.edu
Chery Smith, senator
Food Science and Nutrition
csmith@umn.edu
Peter Snyder, senator
Soil, Water and Climate
pksnyder@umn.edu
Eric Watkins, senator
Horticultural Science
ewatkins@umn.edu
College of Liberal Arts
Peter Campion, senator
English
pcampion@umn.edu
Michael Gallope, senator
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
mgallope@umn.edu
Michael Gaudio, senator
Art History
gaudio@umn.edu
Meredith Gill, senator
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
gill@umn.edu
Elizabeth Kautz, senator
CLA Language Center
kautz001@umn.edu
Betsy Kerr, senator
French and Italian
bjkerr@umn.edu
Michael Kim, senator
Music
mikim@umn.edu
Jeylan Mortimer, senator
Sociology
morti002@umn.edu
Francisco Ocampo, senator
Spanish and Portuguese
focampo@umn.edu
Sonali Pahwa, senator
Theatre Arts and Dance
pahwa007@umn.edu
Paula Pentel, senator
Geography, Environment, and Society
pent0006@umn.edu
Matthew Rahaim, senator
Music
mrahaim@umn.edu
Arun Saldanha, senator
Geography, Environment, and Society
saldanha@umn.edu
Robert Schlauch, senator
Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences
schla001@umn.edu
Thomas Wolfe, senator
History
wolfe023@umn.edu
Yuhong Yang, senator
Statistics
yangx374@umn.edu
College of Pharmacy
Barry Finzel, senator
Medicinal Chemistry
finze007@umn.edu
College of Science and Engineering
Daniel Cronin-Hennessy, senator
Physics and Astronomy
croni028@umn.edu
Steven Koester, senator
Electrical and Computer Engineering
skoester@umn.edu
David Kohlstedt, senator
Geology and Geophysics
dlkohl@umn.edu
Kevin Leder, senator
Mechanical Engineering
lede0024@umn.edu
Ellen Longmire, senator
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
longmire@umn.edu
Katsumi Matsumoto, senator
Geology and Geophysics
katsumi@umn.edu
Gopalan Nadathur, senator
Computer Science and Engineering
nadat001@umn.edu
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, senator
Computer Science and Engineering
papan001@umn.edu
Marco Peloso, senator
Physics and Astronomy
peloso@umn.edu
Valerie Pierre, senator
Chemistry
pierre@umn.edu
Clement Pryke, senator
Physics and Astronomy
cspryke@umn.edu
Claudia Scarlata, senator
Physics and Astronomy
mscarlat@umn.edu
Lian Shen, senator
Mechanical Engineering
shen@umn.edu
Carol Shield, senator
Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
ckshield@umn.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine
Al Beitz, senator
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
beitz001@umn.edu
Rebecca Davies, senator
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
rdavies@umn.edu
James Mickelson, senator
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
micke001@umn.edu
Robert Washabau, senator
Veterinary Population Medicine
washabau@umn.edu
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Deborah Levison, senator
Minnesota Population Center
dlevison@umn.edu
Law School
Brad Karkkainen, senator
Francis Shen, senator
Libraries
Erik Moore, senator
University Archives
moore144@umn.edu
Elizabeth Weinfurter, senator
Health Sciences Library
eweinfur@umn.edu
Medical School
Ioanna Apostolidou, senator
Anesthesiology
apost015@umn.edu
Gregory Beilman, senator
Surgery
beilm001@umn.edu
Kumar Belani, senator
Anesthesiology
belan001@umn.edu
Lynne Bemis, senator
Biomedical Sciences
ltbemis@d.umn.edu
Maneesh Bhargava, senator
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
bharg005@umn.edu
Peter Bitterman, senator
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicin
bitte001@umn.edu
Paul Bohjanen, senator
Microbiology
bohja001@umn.edu
Scott Dehm, senator
Masonic Cancer Center
dehm@umn.edu
Marna Ericson, senator
Dermatology
erics004@umn.edu
Jerry Froelich, senator
Radiology
froel005@umn.edu
Daniel Garry, senator
Lillehei Heart Institute
garry@umn.edu
Hyun Kim, senator
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
kimxx015@umn.edu
Mojca Konia, senator
Anesthesiology
konia012@umn.edu
Steven McLoon, senator
Neuroscience
mcloons@umn.edu
Kaz Nelson, senator
Psychiatry
kjnelson@umn.edu
Jan Norrander, senator
Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
norra001@umn.edu
Gulin Oz, senator
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
ozxxx001@umn.edu
Angela Panoskaltis-Mortari, senator
Pediatrics
panos001@umn.edu
Mary Porter, senator
Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
porte001@umn.edu
Marc Pritzker, senator
Cardiology
pritz001@umn.edu
Michel Sanders, senator
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
sande001@umn.edu
Ramu Tummala, senator
Neurosurgery
tumm0011@umn.edu
School of Dentistry
Conrado Aparicio, senator
Restorative Sciences
apari003@umn.edu
Sandra Myers, senator
Diagnostic and Biological Sciences
myers025@umn.edu
Julie Olson, senator
Diagnostic and Biological Sciences
jkolson@umn.edu
School of Nursing
Kristine Talley, senator
Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation
carl0106@umn.edu
School of Public Health
John Connett, senator
Biostatistics
john-c@umn.edu
J. Michael Oakes, senator
Epidemiology and Community Health
oakes007@umn.edu
University of Minnesota, Crookston
Rob Proulx, senator
Agriculture and Natural Resources
prou0041@crk.umn.edu
University of Minnesota, Duluth
To be named
University of Minnesota, Extension
Susanne Hinrichs, senator
Regional Extension Office, Brainerd
hinri110@umn.edu
Lisa Hinz, senator
Regional Extension Office, Farmington
hinzx001@umn.edu
Bruce Schwartau, senator
Regional Extension Office, Rochester
bwschwar@umn.edu
University of Minnesota, Morris
Tammy Berberi, senator
Humanities
berberit@morris.umn.edu
Sheri Breen, senator
Social Sciences
breens@morris.umn.edu
Jennifer Deane, senator
Social Sciences
deanej@morris.umn.edu
Michelle Page, senator
Education
pagem@morris.umn.edu
University of Minnesota, Rochester
Rajeev Muthyala, senator
Chemistry
muthy004@umn.edu