Faculty Senate
Purpose and membership
The College of Education Faculty Senate:
Undertakes the role of constructing and revising policy/procedures to uphold shared governance.
Develops a closer community between colleges, instructional departments, and faculty and students.
Advises the Dean of the College on budget and program priorities, strategic planning, consultative on preparation for targeted searches and other priorities of the mission of the COE.
Coordinates special projects and events relative to college-sponsored committees.
Holds elections for COE department and three at-large representatives on committees.
Advocates for college faculty with both the University Senate and administration, providing an additional line of communication for faculty.
Nominates colleagues for university awards.
Creates ad-hoc committees to address specific issues.
2024-25 Faculty Senate
COE Faculty Senate Membership
David Hernández-Saca, Chair
Literacy, Early Childhood & Special Education (LESE)
Term Ends: Spring 2026
Timothy (Tim) Weih
At-Large
LESE
Term Ends: Spring 2027
Mason Kuhn
Elementary and Middle Level Education (EMLE)
Term Ends: Fall 2028
Ex-Officio:
Colleen Mulholland, Dean
Sohyun Meacham, COE Dean's Proxy, Associate Dean of Research, Scholarship & Faculty Excellence
Kady Korbel
Educational Foundations and Professional Experiences (EFPE)
Term Ends: Spring 2027
Theophile Muhayimana
Learning, Leadership & Community (LLC)
Term Ends: Spring 2027
Senate Secretary (TBD)
Mason Kuhn
EMLE
Mary Sult (Centers)
LLC
Amber Dullard (P&S)
College of Education Advising & Teacher Education Success
Tom Britt (Merit)
LLC
COE Faculty Senate representatives on university committees:
- Tubbs Committee: Dana Atwood-Blaine, EMLE
- Awards Committee: Theophile (Theo) Muhayimana, LLC
- Beverly Funk Barnes Educator Excellence Award: Megan Balong, EFPE
- Class of 1943/Ross A. Nielsen Professional Service Award: Dessy Stoycheva, EMLE
- University Faculty Senate: Megan Balong, EFPE; Karla Justice, LESE; Shelley Price-Williams, LLC
- Student Academic Appeals Board (SAAB): Kenneth Hayes, LLC
- University Graduate Council: Mason Kuhn, EMLE
- Intercollegiate Academics Advisory Council (IAAC): Tim Gilson, LLC
- Faculty Senate Nominating Committee: Karen Breitbach,
- Grad College Curriculum Committee, Robert (Rob) Boody, LLC
- Committee on Admission, Readmission & Retention, Gregory Bourassa, EFPE
- University Curriculum Committee, Dawn Mollenkopf, LESE